Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh
Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh FTSE Professor and Academic Lead: Research Excellence and Impact Development

Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh is a multidisciplinary engineer and entrepreneur known for transformative contributions with real-world impact, including ingestible sensors, liquid metals, and atomically thin materials. 

His groundbreaking innovations span several industries, including transparent conductive glass used in mobile phones with his colleagues, smart electronic windows for aircraft, and globally deployed hazardous gas sensors. He co-founded several companies, led his team to the development of the world’s first ingestible chemical sensors for medical diagnostics, and is also developing liquid metal-based greenhouse gas capture technologies. 

Kalantar-Zadeh’s work extends beyond the lab with outreach, public engagement and mentorship. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Foreign Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. His achievements earned him the prestigious Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science in 2020 and a place in the 2019 LinkedIn Spotlight for Science and Engineering in Australia.



Fellow status Elected 2025 Division NSW
Fellowship Affiliations The University of Sydney (USYD) Classification Sector D - Materials & Emerging Technologies Expertise 363 - Materials science and engineering

Biography at time of election

Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, ARC Laureate and AAAS Fellow, is a globally recognised multidisciplinary engineer and entrepreneur known for groundbreaking contributions to ingestible sensors, liquid metals, and atomically-thin materials. His pioneering innovations span several industries, including commercialised deposition systems for thin semiconductors, transparent conductive glass used in the current of generation mobile phones, smart electronic windows for aircraft, and globally deployed NOx sensors. He is also developing liquid metal-based greenhouse gas capture technologies with significant environmental impact. Notably, he co-founded Atmo Biosciences, which introduced the world’s first ingestible chemical sensors for medical diagnostics. His influential work has shaped modern engineering, while his mentorship has led to numerous successful careers. His achievements earned him a place in the 2019 LinkedIn Spotlight for Science and Engineering in Australia.