Hamid Arandiyan

Dr Hamid Arandiyan is a leader of the Critical Minerals for Clean Energy (CMCE) research group.

His research focuses on resource recovery for environmental remediation, energy applications, hydrometallurgy, solid-state chemistry, and mineralogy.

OVERVIEW
Dr Arandiyan’s academic career is distinguished by expertise that spans multi-, inter-, cross- and trans-disciplinary fields, reflecting a significant global impact. He has led as the Theme Leader for Critical Minerals and Interim Deputy Director at the Centre of Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC) within the STEM College.

He is/has been Chief Investigator on >$35M worth of research funding (ARC, ARENA, ICIRN, DCCEEW, ANN, Philanthropy, and Industry).

Prior to his appointment at RMIT in 2021, he was awarded a Senior Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney in 2018 and a Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellowship in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW in 2015.


MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS
His research interests encompass heterogeneous catalysis, nanotechnology, functional materials, fundamental catalytic reaction mechanisms, chemical surface sciences, and industrial and minerals chemistry.


PUBLICATION OVERVIEW
Refereed Journal Articles = 185
• H-index = 63 (59) by Google Scholar (Scopus) - Citations = 11,600
• 11 of the publications feature Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Papers (Top 1%)
• 26 publications have been selected as Journal Covers (ACS, Wiley, RSC, Elsevier, Springer)
• >30 Fully Refereed Conference Proceedings
• >20 Invited Peer-reviewed Review Papers


KEY RESEARCH POSITIONS HELD (selected)
• Research Affiliate in the School of Chemistry at the University of Sydney (2018-present)
• University of Sydney Nano Institute- Sydney Nanoscience Hub (SNH) (2018-present)
• Sydney Society of Fellows-University of Sydney (2018-present)
• Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN) (2015-present)
• UNSW-Chemical Engineering Early Career Academic Network (ECAN) (2014-present)
• University of the Basque Country, Dissertation Committee (Spain) (2014-present)
• PhD Thesis Assessor for Australian and International Universities (2014-present)
• International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) (2012-present)
• Grant assessor for the Australian Research Council (ARC), European Science Foundation (ESF), Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC), A*STAR Singapore, etc. (2011-present)
• Reviewer of Leading International Journals from ACS, Wiley, RSC, Elsevier, Springer, Nature and other publishing groups (2007-present)

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION (selected)
2024 Pioneering Investigator by Royal Society of Chemistry, London (UK)
2023 Dean’s Research Excellence Award, School of Science, RMIT, Melbourne (Australia)
2021 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), London (UK)
2019 Feature Article by Chemistry World (Royal Society of Chemistry), Cambridge (UK)
2018 Young Researcher Award by the Global Green Chemistry Centres G2C2, York (UK)
2018 Emerging Investigators by Royal Society of Chemistry, ChemComm, London (UK)
2018 Thinking BIG with Nano, Australian Nanotechnology Network Travel Award, Melbourne (Australia)
2017 Royal Society Commonwealth Science Award, Singapore (Singapore)
2017 Australian Nanotechnology Network Travel Award, Adelaide (Australia)
2017 Selected as One of Five Australian Representatives at IUMRS and E-MRS (France)
2017 UNSW Engineering Projects, Pitch Fair – The Most Innovative Project Award, Sydney (Australia)
2016 National Highly Commended of Australia at Energy Global Award, Vienna (Austria)
2015 Best Oral Presentation at XII European Congress on Catalysis, Kazan
2014 American Dow Sustainability Innovation Award, Michigan (USA)
2014 Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award – Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)
2014 Tsinghua University, Top 10 Students and Special Award, Beijing (China)
2013 Young Scientist Award – 6th Asia-Pacific Congress on Catalysis, Taipei (Taiwan)