Ali Zavabeti

Employment

• RTU Scientific Lead
  2025 - 2029
• RMIT University Senior Lecturer and DECRA Senior Fellow
  2024 - Present
• The University of Melbourne Honorary (Fellow)
  2024 - 2027
• The University of Melbourne Lecturer
  2023 - 2024
• RMIT University Adjunct Principal Research Fellow
  2020 - 2024
• The University of Melbourne McKenzie Fellow
  2020 - 2023
• RMIT University
  2018 - 2019
• ABB australia Automation engineer
  2007 - 2016

Education

• University of Melbourne Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (GCUT)
  2022 - 2023
• RMIT University Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  2015 - 2018
• Monash University Masters of engineering science (research)
  2008 - 2011
• Monash University Bachelor of engineering with honours
  2003 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (144)

• Computational investigation of liquid metal surface oxidation mechanism
  Applied Surface Science 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.167913
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• Interfacial Kinetic Control Enables Regulated Growth of Functional Metal–Phenolic Network Films
  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c12331
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• Writing monolayer oxides with electrons
  Nature Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-026-02788-z
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• Liquid‐Metal Interfacial Chemistry for Crystal and Defect Engineering in Two‐Dimensional Post‐Transition‐Metal Materials
  Advanced Science 2026 DOI: 10.1002/advs.77978
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• Metal–Phenolic Complexation Governs Soil Mineral Crystallinity to Enhance Crop Growth
  Advanced Science 2026 DOI: 10.1002/advs.77994
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• In Situ TEM Study of the Size-Dependent Solubility of Metals in Liquid Metal Nanodroplets
  Nano Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c04107
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• A Descriptor and Tool for Guiding Composition Design toward Developing Single- or Mixed/Hybrid-Phase “Layered” Transition Metal Oxide Cathode Materials for Na-Ion Batteries
  Brijesh Yadav, Velaga Srihari, Himanshu Kumar Poswal +4 more
  ACS Applied Energy Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.6c01167
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• Charge‐Redistribution‐Driven Dual‐Single‐Atom Catalysts on MXene for Hydrogen Evolution
  Advanced Energy Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.71403
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• Dielectric Heating of Ionic Liquids: A Successful Strategy to Enhance Regeneration Kinetics in Direct Air Capture
  Environmental Science & Technology 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c18272
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• Substoichiometric Atomically Thin Gallium Oxide as a Defect-Tunable Multifunctional Oxide
  ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.6c00656
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• Liquid metal-enabled energy harvesting for self-powered flexible electronics
  Nano Energy 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2026.111988
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• Nanoporous Liquid Metal Silica Aerogels for Solar Energy Capture and Heat Transfer
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.6c00989
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• Negative Photoconductivity in Liquid-Metal-Derived Ultrathin 2D Ceria-Rich Oxide Nanosheets for Broadband Photodetection
  ACS Applied Nano Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.6c00597
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• Dispersed Nickel on Gallium Liquid Metal for Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia
  Small Structures 2026 DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202500762
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• Engineering Temperature‐Switchable Conducting Metal–Phenolic Network Films
  Advanced Materials 2026 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202520092
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• Bridge solubility in liquid metals enables the synthesis of ultrathin fluorine-doped tin oxide
  Nanoscale 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6NR03250H
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• Computational Investigation of Liquid Metal Surface Oxidation Mechanism
  2026 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6478758
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• Harnessing Wastewater as a Catalyst Modifier for Sustainable Hydrogen Production
  ACS Electrochemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00064
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• High‐Entropy Liquid Metal Process for Transparent Ultrathin p‐Type Gallium Oxide
  Advanced Functional Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202425108
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• Porous Carbon-Ice Composite Microscale Vessels for Gas Encapsulation and Storage
  Langmuir 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c00629
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