Associate Professor Ravichandar Babarao
Details
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Department: School of Science
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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ravichandar.babarao@rmit.edu.au
Open to
- 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.
2023 RMIT School of Science Established Researcher Award
2020 Class of Influential Researchers (Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research)
2019 Peter Schwerdtfeger Award: Australian Alexander von Humbolt Fellow
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
- Develop 2D based metal free advanced porous materials for electrocatalytic application
- 24 Sep 2025
- Fabrication of advanced catalytic electrodes for direct seawater splitting
- 21 Jul 2025
- Design, development, and testing of new solid materials and systems for carbon dioxide capture
- 6 Mar 2025
- Theoretical Investigation of Pollutant Gas Sensing Using Engineered Novel 2D-Materials
- 13 Aug 2024
- 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
- Design of 2D and 3D Nanomaterials for Storage and Sensing Applications
- 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
- Accelerating Materials Discovery For Gas Capture And Separation Applications Combining High Throughput Simulation And Machine Learning
- 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
ONPS2186 - Applied Science Project 1 - Discipline Coordinator
ONPS2668 - Applied Science Project 2 - Discipline Coordinator
ONPS2768 - Applied Science Project (Extended) Planning - Discipline Coordinator
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
Research
Leader, Porous Materials Group
Visiting Scientist, CSIRO Manufacturing
Initiatives and links
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Victoria's Top Scientists Honoured
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Game-Changing Compound Research An Award Winner for NCI User
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Functionalized metal-organic frameworks for hydrocarbon azeotropes energy economic separation.
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NCI (National Computational Infrastructure) The Best of 2015
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Winner of 2015 Prosper.net Scopus Young Scientist Award in Energy Category.
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Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at TU Dresden, Germany
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravichandar-babarao-ab432616/
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https://x.com/babaravi1
