Biography
Dr Weiwei Lei is an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University. He received his PhD degree in Jilin University in 2010. He then joined Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, working with Prof. Dr. Markus Antonietti. He was awarded an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Deakin University in 2011. He was then granted an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award in 2014. He has contributed 2 book chapters, 9 patents, >180 journal publications including Nature Communications, Joule, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, etc, which received >10,000 citations with an H-index of 53. The research outcomes have attracted more than 500 media coverages internationally (e.g. BBC, ABC, Global Water Forum, SBS, The Conversation) and industry requests (i.e. UK Highways, AquaPure, GOV. UK, Graphene technologies, MonarchGreen, Inc).
Read more on Weiwei's profileCareer highlights
• 2022-now, Associate Professor, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, IFM, Deakin University, Australia
• 2021-2022, Associate Professor, IFM, Deakin University, Australia
• 2017-2020, Senior Research Fellow, IFM, Deakin University, Australia
• Jan. 2014~2017, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), IFM, Deakin University, Australia.
• July. 2011~Dec. 2013, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, IFM, Deakin University, Australia.
• June. 2010 ~ June. 2011, Research fellow, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany.
Research interests
- Designing novel two- and three-dimensional and porous nanomaterials, especially boron nitride (BN) nanosheets and graphene, metal nitrides, MXene.
- Developing new nanomaterials for water purification, freshwater generation, environment protection and green energy geneartion and storage devices.
- Plasma surface functionalization of materials
Affiliations
Jan. 2015~now, Editorial Board member: Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Energy Review, Nano Reserch Energy.
Knowledge areas
Nanomaterials, nanotechnology, water purification, membrane, electrochemistry, sustainable energy generation, renewable energy generation, supercapacitors, batteries
Awards
1. 2023 Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Funding, $731,584
2. 2022 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects, $380,000
3. 2022 Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow, $887,746
4. 2022 Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub, $5M
5. 2021 Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Funding, $600,000
6. 2020 Victoria-Jiangsu Technology Program $200,000
7. 2020 Post-Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), $900,000
8. 2019 Deakin University, Vice-Chancellor’s Mid-Career Researcher Award for Research Excellence, $10,000
9. 2019 Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC), $3.4M
10. 2019 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects, $424,799
11. 2018 Xiamen FilterTech Industrial Corporation, $151,775
12. 2018 Deakin University, IFM: ICYRAM conference travel award
13. 2018 Deakin University, IFM: Research Equipment Support Scheme
14. 2017 Deakin University, IFM: Impact grants
15. 2017 Deakin University, IFM: Research Equipment Support Scheme
16. 2016 Selected Global Young Scientists Summit@one-north 2016 (GYSS 2016) Awardee, Singapore
17. 2015 Editorial Board member: Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
18. 2015 TechConnect Innovation Award from the TechConnect Corporate & Investment Partner Committee, Washington DC, USA.
19. 2014 Finalist of 2014 Australian Innovation Challenge.
20. 2014 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), $367,422
21. 2014 Deakin University: Central Research Grants Scheme
22. 2013 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher Award
23. 2013 Smart Geelong Award for Early Career Researcher
24. 2012 Deakin University: Central Research Grants Scheme
25. 2012 The nomination award of 100 outstanding PhD theses of China
26. 2011 Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Deakin University
27. 2011 Fonds Québécois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies (FRQNT) awards, Canada
28. 2011 Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Research Fellowship, Germany
Publications
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Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Novel Boron Carbon Nitride (BCN) Nanosheets for Future Electrochemical Energy Storage
A/Prof Weiwei Lei
ARC DECRA - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
- 2016: $131,648
- 2015: $128,190
- 2014: $125,419
Functionalized 2D nanomaterials (MXenes) for Future Energy Storage
A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Prof Joselito Razal, Prof Yury Gogotsi
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2021: $150,059
- 2020: $147,406
- 2019: $144,799
ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
Prof Joselito Razal, Prof Russell Varley, Prof Luke Henderson, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Maryam Naebe, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Mr Warren Sexton, Wayne Best, Mr David Tester, Mr Joshua Handcock, Dr Murray Height, Mr Thomas Hussey, Dr Ashley Denmead, Mr Blake Harris, Dr Stuart Gordon, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Michael Hummel, Dr Julia Reisser, Dr Tom Whyte, Phil Warner, Mark Dunstan
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2024: $395,890
- 2023: $1,063,113
- 2022: $1,027,162
- 2021: $1,018,000
Advanced nanomaterials for future energy generation and storage
A/Prof Weiwei Lei
ARC Fellowships - Future Fellowships
- 2024: $71,626
- 2023: $226,581
- 2022: $226,653
- 2021: $112,840
Developing novel two-dimensional hybrid nanostructures for renewable energy
A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Prof Chris McConville, Prof Joselito Razal
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2024: $41,715
- 2023: $132,889
- 2022: $128,395
Advanced protective coatings for thermal energy management devices
A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Prof Nick Birbilis
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2024: $49,914
Other Public Sector Funding
ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
Prof Joselito Razal, Prof Russell Varley, Prof Luke Henderson, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Maryam Naebe, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Mr Warren Sexton, Wayne Best, Mr David Tester, Mr Joshua Handcock, Dr Murray Height, Mr Thomas Hussey, Dr Ashley Denmead, Mr Blake Harris, Dr Stuart Gordon, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Michael Hummel, Dr Julia Reisser, Dr Tom Whyte, Phil Warner, Mark Dunstan
Transport Accident Commission, Transport for NSW
- 2023: $50,000
- 2022: $25,000
Novel membrane technology for mining wastewater treatment.
Dr Shuaifei Zhao, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Jingliang Li
Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
- 2023: $20,000
- 2022: $100,000
- 2021: $40,000
- 2020: $40,000
Innovations Connections Grant - Development of protective coatings for additively manufactured heat exchanges - Phase 2.
Dr Qi Chao, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Mr Majid Laleh, A/Prof Wei Xu
Innovation Connections
- 2023: $50,000
Industry and Other Funding
Research and Development of Charged Multifunctional Composite Filter Material.
Dr Sulley Li, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Weiwei Lei
Xiamen FilterTech Industrial Corporation
- 2022: $30,331
- 2019: $133,416
- 2018: $60,289
ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
Prof Joselito Razal, Prof Russell Varley, Prof Luke Henderson, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Maryam Naebe, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Mr Warren Sexton, Wayne Best, Mr David Tester, Mr Joshua Handcock, Dr Murray Height, Mr Thomas Hussey, Dr Ashley Denmead, Mr Blake Harris, Dr Stuart Gordon, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Michael Hummel, Dr Julia Reisser, Dr Tom Whyte, Phil Warner, Mark Dunstan
HeiQ Pty Ltd, Xefco Pty Ltd, Carbon Revolution Operations Pty Ltd, Simba Global Pty Ltd, Nanollose Limited, Conveyor Products and Solutions, ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd, C Sea Solutions P/L (trading as ULUU)
- 2024: $75,000
- 2023: $587,500
- 2022: $337,500
APRI internship Salumeh Issazadeh
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Dr Frank Chen, Ms Salumeh Issazadeh
Xefco Pty Ltd
- 2021: $20,500
2D - Material Plasma Composite Coatings.
A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Dr Frank Chen, Ms Yuyu Su
Xefco Pty Ltd
- 2021: $14,500
Ultra-High Resolution 3D Printing of Micron-Sized Structures and Voids
Prof Rosanne Guijt, Prof Michael Breadmore, Prof Weihua Li, A/Prof Muhammad J.A. Shiddiky, Dr Sara Baratchi, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Dr Mohsen Sarafraz, Dr Dan Yuan, Prof Brett Paull, Dr Stuart Thickett, Dr Vipul Gupta, Prof Ronald Sluyter, Dr Navid Kashaninejad, Dr Jun Zhang, A/Prof Kiao Inthavong
Griffith University
- 2023: $10,000
Innovations Connections Grant - Development of protective coatings for additively manufactured heat exchanges - Phase 2.
Dr Qi Chao, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Mr Majid Laleh, A/Prof Wei Xu
Conflux Technology
- 2023: $25,236
- 2022: $25,236
Plasma coating for 3D printed parts.
A/Prof Weiwei Lei
Conflux Technology
- 2023: $42,478
Other Funding Sources
Atmospheric Plasma Coating System.
A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, A/Prof Dan Liu, Dr Frank Chen
Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited
- 2022: $427,965
- 2021: $657,854
- 2020: $370,469
- 2019: $193,720
Textile dyeing via Atmospheric plasma coating.
Dr Frank Chen, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Amol Patil, Dr Marzieh Parhizkar
Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited
- 2022: $190,906
- 2021: $8,749
Ultra-High Resolution 3D Printing of Micron-Sized Structures and Voids
Prof Rosanne Guijt, Prof Michael Breadmore, Prof Weihua Li, A/Prof Muhammad J.A. Shiddiky, Dr Sara Baratchi, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Dr Mohsen Sarafraz, Dr Dan Yuan, Prof Brett Paull, Dr Stuart Thickett, Dr Vipul Gupta, Prof Ronald Sluyter, Dr Navid Kashaninejad, Dr Jun Zhang, A/Prof Kiao Inthavong
ARC LIEF - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities Program, University of Wollongong, RMIT Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
- 2023: $385,792
Supervisions
Yijun Qian
Thesis entitled: Fabrication of Two-dimensional Nanomaterial Membranes for Ion Separation related Applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Xing Qing
Thesis entitled: Fiber-based organic electrochemical transistors and their applications in sensing
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Yuyu Su
Thesis entitled: Development of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Energy and Environment Applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Yuxi Ma
Thesis entitled: Mechanical Exfoliation of Two-dimensional Transition Metal Oxides for Water Purification
Master of Engineering, Institute for Frontier Materials
Liangzhu Zhang
Thesis entitled: Development of Two-dimensional Nanomaterials for Micro-supercapacitors
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Jiemin Wang
Thesis entitled: Development of Boron (Carbon) Nitride Nanocomposites for Energy Applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Deepak Mallya
Thesis entitled: Evaluation of MoS2-engineered Nanofiltration Membranes for Removal of Natural Organic Matter
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), School of Engineering
Degang Jiang
Thesis entitled: Fabrication of 3D MXene based architectures for high performance applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Guoliang Yang
Thesis entitled: Fabrication of MXene-based membranes for energy conversion and water cleaning
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Mingyu Han
Thesis entitled: The Interactions of Self-Assembled Lubricin Coating with Surfaces and Molecules ¿ From Fundamental Studies to Practical Applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Zhiyu Wang
Thesis entitled: Surface and Structural Modification of Carbon-based Materials for Stable Lithium Anodes
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Cheng Chen
Thesis entitled: Development of Boron Nitride-based Membranes for Environment and Energy Applications
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Sara Abdi Kheibari
Thesis entitled: Natural organic matter removal from water using thin film nanocomposite membranes
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), School of Engineering
Chen Yang
Thesis entitled: Design, self-assembly and application of 3D superstructures from 2D nanomaterials
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Yuchen Liu
Thesis entitled: Composite Nanosheets of Graphene and Boron Nitride for Lubrication Application Plasma functionalized nanomembranes for environmental purification
Master of Engineering, Institute for Frontier Materials
Si Qin
Thesis entitled: Development of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials