Mahdokht Shaibani

Dr. Mahdokht Shaibani has been a Lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering, RMIT University since July 2022. She has secured over $16.18 million in research funding from diverse funding bodies, including government and industry, both nationally and internationally. Her expertise includes developing green energy storage and recycling/repurposing solutions to combat climate change. Specifically,  her research interests are synthesis and scale up of carbon materials, lithium–sulfur batteries, silicon anodes, flow batteries, liquid metal batteries, supercapacitors, lithium-ion capacitors, recycling and repurposing of end of life batteries and solar panels, powder technology and particulate materials

With high-impact publications in journals like Science Advances, ACS Nano, and Nature Communications, Dr. Shaibani's pioneering research in lithium metal-based energy storage technologies has established her as a key innovator, resulting in the filing of eleven patents. She received the 2021 L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship and the 2022 Victorian Young Tall Poppy Scientist award.

Dr. Shaibani is passionate about science communication, translating complex concepts into accessible content featured in several outlets, including The Conversation, Australian Financial Review, and Women's Agenda. She has co-supervised four PhD students to completion, mentored two postdoctoral Research Fellows, and currently supervises four PhD students (two at Monash, two at RMIT) and two master’s students at RMIT.

Prior to RMIT, she was a Research Fellow at Monash University for five years after completing her PhD. Dr. Shaibani's work continues to advance energy storage technology, impacting both academia and industry.