My primary research foci is on the development of advanced materials for environmental and energy applications, particularly the transformation of waste materials /industrial by-products into value-added materials for economical and industrially-viable high-performance applications. I am the co-leader of the NEMCAT (Novel Engineered Materials for Conventional and Applied Technologies) group in the School of Materials Science and Engineering UNSW Sydney which focusses on understanding the correlations between structure-properties for different conventional and advanced materials. I am currently leading the Vecor-UNSW collaborative research program for materials for energy and environmental applications through the Australian Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy and have been awarded an ARC mid-career industry fellowship in 2024 to undertake research on developing novel materials from fly ash for industrial applications in paints and plastics. I have co-authored >150 publications, 4 international patents, supervised over 40 HDR (18 current) and 99 Honours students (10 current) to completion. I teach 3 courses (~100 hours) currently and am the only staff in the School to win the Australian Citation award, the Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence award and the Vice Chancellor's Excellence Teaching Awards.