Dr Mahnaz Shafiei is currently a Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow – Women in STEM – at Swinburne University of Technology (SUT), Melbourne and a visiting fellow at QUT. She has extensive experience in nanomaterials, gas sensing techniques, and device fabrication.

Mahnaz' research focus is on sensors and nanomaterials and their practical use for health and environmental monitoring. She is investigating new technologies to develop reliable, portable gas sensors with ultra-low power requirements to be embedded in sensor nodes for Internet-of-Things applications or in mobile systems.