DrShuaifei Zhao

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • +61 3 522 73779 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Water purification and reuse;
* Mineral (e.g. lithium and rare earth elements) extraction and recovery;
* Resource recovery towards a circular economy
* Membrane materials and processes for energy-efficient separations;
* Membrane technologies for gas separations, including CO2 seperation and utilisation.

Knowledge Areas
* Wastewater Treatment and Reuse;
* Mineral Extraction and Recovery;
* Carbon Capture and Utilisation;
* Gas Separations;
* Separation Processes and Materials.

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    REACH Schedule 2 - Advanced hard carbon anode materials for sodium-ion batteries - Applied Materials Research
    9 Jul 2026 - 31 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shuaifei Zhao
    Nexsolid Pty Ltd - $457,687.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Victorian Gold Mine Tailings as an Alternative Concrete Material
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment20 Mar 2025 - 31 Oct 2025
    People funded by this grant:
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Artificial intelligence for battery maintenance in Australian heavy industries
    28 Feb 2025 - 31 Aug 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Xcel Tech - $34,500.00
  • GRANT
    AI-enabled battery health management systems
    REACH PhD24 Feb 2025 - 31 Jul 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    $45,550 p.a.
  • GRANT
    Electric modification of heavy vehicles for low-emission mining
    Recycling and Clean Energy Commercialisation Hub Deakin6 Jan 2025 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Zhao S,
    • Yu S,
    • Kong L
    $4.76M total project value, $820k research component
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Schedule 1 - Xcel Tech - REACH Program: Electric modification of heavy vehicles for low-emission mining
    1 Dec 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Xcel Tech - $822,619.00
  • GRANT
    REACH scholarship Developing new materials for enhancing battery safety of electric heavy vehicles
    28 Oct 2024 - 28 Apr 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Xcel Tech - $34,500.00
  • GRANT
    Smart foliage: imparting intelligence to synthetic leaves
    1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP230100307 - $250,000.00
  • GRANT
    Sublingual self-emulsifying films containing cannabis.
    4 Jul 2022 - 9 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    International Education Resilience Fund - $15,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Novel membrane technology for mining wastewater treatment.
    9 Nov 2020 - 1 Jul 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions - $200,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Water production from CO2-capture
    1 Aug 2019 - 30 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    CSIRO Grant - Research - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - CONTR2019/01301 - $100,000.00