Mahboobeh Shahbazi has been a researcher at the Queensland University of Technology since 2015 and is currently an Advance Queensland Research Fellow. Her main expertise is the design, fabrication and characterisation of superconducting (SC) materials for practical applications. This is achieved by correlating the structure, physics and chemistry of materials with their bulk physical and electronic properties.

Mahboobeh's research has explored a variety of topics including solar cells, iron- and boron- based superconductors, superparamagnetic materials and borides. The Advance Queensland Fellowship in partnership with Siemens (Aust) Pty Ltd focuses on development of new SC components with low thermal loss and high power density for use in high efficiency motors.  

Awards:

2018     Australian Synchrotron beam time, Project Title: “Study the Phase Transformations in Superconducting Iron Chalcogenides” In-kind ANSTO Grant Value: $ AUD 65,568.00 

2018     QUT Capital Equipment fund (To purchase High Pressure autoclave reactors, total funding: AUS $ 31,305.7)

2017      Australia China Young Scientists Exchange Program sponsored by Australian Academy for Technological Sciences and Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Sciences

2017     Advanced Queensland Fellowship, project title: Engineered Design of Bulk superconductors for Maximum Efficiency Motors/Generators, total funding for project: $ AUS 510,000

2015     Queensland-Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Science Fund, Project title: “Clean, Low Cost Solar Electricity”, Total funding for project: $ AUS 410,000