Biography

Prof Foroughi is a visiting professor at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, a Senior Research Fellow and Chief Investigator within ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health at the University of New South Wales and a recipient of Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship. He has specialised in innovative research work in smart materials with a focus on artificial muscles, soft robotics and wearable technology for emerging advanced applications, including medical devices and health monitoring. He has made pioneering contributions to the field of smart materials science and he has recognised internationally as an emerging leader in the smart materials field. Dr Foroughi has widely acknowledged as the inventor of Torsional Carbon Nanotube Artificial Muscles (published as a highlight paper in Science 2011). His growing national and international reputation is demonstrated by his various awards and invited presentations (e.g. Best Impacts, Joint Award by the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, Gold Award for the Market Disruptor Product at the 53rd annual R&D 100 Awards & Technology competition (USA), Emerging Research Fellow, Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), Lead Diagnostics and therapeutics program at IHMRI, Guest Editors. His accomplishments includes an ARC DECRA Fellowship award, a proven record of 175 refereed publications in top ranked journals including five papers in the prestigious journal Science. He has been instrumental in securing over $7 million competitive research grants, from ARC, Universities, and local industries. Prof Foroughi has developed significant expertise in the supervision of higher research degree students and has completed 15 PhD students as primary or co-supervisor. His recent works on developing smart materials for biomedical applications including wearable sensors, textile antenna, smart drug delivery and smart textiles. Prof Foroughi joined the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering at the UNSW as a Senior Research Fellow and Chief Investigator within ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health in 2021.