Ravichandar Babarao

Associate Professor Ravichandar Babarao

Associate Professor

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College: School of Science
Department: School of Science
Campus: City Campus Australia
ravichandar.babarao@rmit.edu.au

ORCID: 0000-0003-3556-495X
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Masters Research or PhD student supervision
Media enquiries
Collaborative projects
Mentoring (short-term)

About

Fellowships, scholarships, and awards
A representative list of fellowships, scholarships, and awards from a total of 14 is shown below.

2018, Shortlisted for stage 2 RJW Le Fèvre Memorial Prize (Australian Academy of Science Honorific Award for Early and Mid-Career Researcher to recognise outstanding basic research in Chemistry)
2016 Victoria Fellowship in Physical Science
2016 Rennie Memorial Medal for excellence in research in Chemical Science
2016, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researcher
2016, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship
2016, Recipient of Embassy of France Scientific Mobilization Program
2015, Winner of 2015 ProsPER.net Scopus Young Scientist Award in Energy Category (Asia – Pacific)
2015, Australia – India Council Grant (AU$ 27K)
2015, CSIRO – Chinese Academy of Science Exchange Program Grant
2015, Participant - Elsevier INVITE Meeting of the Minds Video Documentary
2012, SIEF Postdoctoral Fellowship, CSIRO
2010, ORNL, US Department of Energy, Postdoctoral research associate fellowship
2010, Outstanding PhD Thesis award in Environmental and Sustainability Research (US $10K, World Future Foundation, Singapore).
In the media

In the media
Victoria's Top Scientists Honoured.
Game-Changing Compound Research An Award Winner for NCI User.
Functionalized metal-organic frameworks for hydrocarbon azeotropes energy economic separation.
NCI (National Computational Infrastructure) The Best of 2015. CSIRO researcher Dr Ravichandar Babarao has received the 2015 Prosper.net Scopus Young Scientist Award in Sustainable Development
Winner of 2015 Prosper.net Scopus Young Scientist Award in Energy Category.
3 of my articles were among the Top 20 Most-Cited articles published by Langmuir during the years 2008-2010.
Winner of Best PhD Thesis Award in Environmental and Sustainability Research, WFF, Singapore
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at TU Dresden, Germany.

For a full list of Dr Babarao's publication see his Google Scholar profile

Research fields

340207 Metal organic frameworks
4016 Materials engineering
400409 Separation technologies
510403 Condensed matter modelling and density functional theory

UN sustainable development goals

13 Climate Action
7 Affordable and Clean Energy
6 Clean Water and Sanitation
3 Good Health and Well Being

Supervisor projects

New Functional Nanostructures For Electrocatalytic Energy And Chemical Conversion Reactions
2 Jan 2024

Design of Electrocatalysts for activation of smaller molecules like N2. H2, CO2, CH4
2 Jan 2024

Development of two-dimensional heterostructures as electrode materials for metal ion batteries
4 Aug 2023

Porous Materials for Carbon Capture and Conversion
19 Jul 2023

Development of two-dimensional heterostructures as electrode materials for metal ion batteries
5 Jul 2023

Development of two-dimensional heterostructures as electrode materials for metal ion batteries
16 May 2023

Multiscale Modelling of Adsorption Properties for Porous Materials towards enhanced CO2 separation from H2
6 Apr 2023

Designing Functional Anodes and Electrolytes for Next Generation Commercial Metal Batteries
7 Mar 2023

Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers from Biopolymer Blends and its Applications
23 Feb 2023

Synthesis of perovskite nanocrystals for optoelectronic applications.
3 Jan 2023

Computer-modelled materials design for metal organic frameworks
15 Aug 2022

Solution-Processed (110) Oriented Bismuth Oxyiodide for Optoelectronic Devices
22 Dec 2021

Strategically Devised Multiresponsive Porous Materials for Environmental Remediation with Mechanistic Insights
7 Sep 2021

Theoretical Investigation of Two-dimensional (2D) Materials for Nitrogen Activation
30 Aug 2021

Functional Nano Porous Materials for Environmental Catalysis Applications
17 Jun 2021

Investigating Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Porosity Using Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy (PALS)
15 Mar 2021

Morphology Controlled Synthesis, Characterization, and Separation Performance of Novel Polymeric Membranes
5 Feb 2021

Developing Quantitative Structure Toxicity Relationship (QSTR) Models using Relevant Physico-chemical Descriptors for Predicting Chemical Toxicity
5 Aug 2020

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)-Based Materials for Room Temperature Gas Sensing
14 Nov 2017

Teaching interests

Designing novel robust porous framework material targeting energy and environmental applications including capturing and sensing of harmful pollutants, separation of gas mixtures, clean fuel storage and drug delivery

Teaching
CHEM1242 Chemistry Principles
ONPS 2505 Introduction to Nanotechnology and Smart Materials

Course Coordinator
ONPS2501/2502 Nanotechnology Seminar Course 1 & 2

Mentor
ONPS2335 The Professional Scientist

Research interests

Condensed Matter Physics, Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, Materials Engineering, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Chemical Engineering, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Research
Leader, Porous Materials Group
Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Manufacturing