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Nitu Syed

Research Interests

  • Unique interfacial and thermo-chemical phenomena of low temperature liquid metal alloys for obtaining wafer-scale nanomaterials at atomic scale
  • Miniaturized functional devices with applications in nano-electronic, sensing and opto-electronic devices
  • Metallic nanostructure on liquid metal derived 2D metal oxide(MOX) films for enhanced photodetection

Education

  • PhD in Electronic Material Engineering, RMIT University, Australia 2016-2019
  • M. Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh 2010-2012
  • B. Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh 2004-2009

Achievements & Awards

  • Receiver of McKenzie Fellowship-2022 by the University of Melbourne
  • Shortlisted candidate (top 20) for L’Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science- 2021
  • Awarded one of Australia's Most Innovative Engineers 2020 in the category for “Electronics and Communication”
  • Recipient (CI) for DAAD Australia-Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme (ID 57511357)-2020
  • RMIT Prize for Research Excellence (HDR-Enterprise)-2020

Themes

  • RT 3 - Detect

Dr Nitu Syed is currently working as a McKenzie Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne where she is extensively involved not only in fundamental research but also in translational research. She completed her Ph.D. in 2019 From the School of Engineering at RMIT. Nitu’s research involves exploring the new chemistry of liquid metals as a pathway for low dimensional material synthesis with considerable focus in the area of micro-/nano-electronic devices. Nitu Syed was able to produce first-author publications in some of the most reputed journals within the field including Nature Communications, Nature Electronics, Advanced Functional Materials, and the Journal of American Chemical Society. She is also a co-author for more than 45 peer-reviewed articles in various prestigious journals which have already attracted ~2400 citations with an h-index of 25.
Over a couple of years, Nitu’s works have attracted significant attention from national and international print and broadcast media, and her research was featured in SBS News and Create Magazine published by Engineers Australia. Over the past years, her works on nanometre-thin flexible touchscreens and large-area piezoelectric nanosheets received widespread media coverage which received industry attraction. She has received multiple awards including the RMIT Publication Award 2019 (Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering) and RMIT Award for research excellence (HDR) 2020. She has also been recognized by Engineer’s Australia as one of Australia’s Most Innovative 30 Engineers 2020 in the Electronics and Communication category.
Nitu Syed is a mother of a beautiful daughter. She wants to work hard to impart her knowledge to the next generation and is interested in translating research to solve real-world challenges.

Current Projects

  • Fabrication of potential thin film transistors (TFTs) and optoelectronic devices utilizing atomically thin 2D metal oxide film for a sustainable future
  • Metallic nanoparticle decorated tin oxide film with enhanced photodetection in the UV-visible wavelength
  • UV light-driven high-performance NH3 gas sensor using atomically thin SnO2 film
  • CO2 reduction on the liquid metal surface


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