Rate My Professor Amir Razmjou

Associate Professor Amir Razmjou is a leading researcher in the School of Engineering at Edith Cowan University, where he founded and leads the Mineral Recovery Research Centre. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales in 2012, a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from a faculty in Iran in 2006, and a Bachelor of Science from Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, in 2007. His career includes the 2021 UTS Chancellor Research Fellowship and his current role at ECU, complemented by positions as Board Director of the Membrane Society of Australasia and editorial board member for journals including Desalination, Desalination and Water Treatment, and Journal of Water Process Engineering.

Razmjou's research specializes in metal extraction and resource recovery, direct lithium extraction technologies, ion-selective membranes, material discovery using artificial intelligence and machine learning, sensors, controlled release of ionic drugs, and PFAS removal technologies. He has authored over 210 peer-reviewed articles, achieving an h-index of 56 and more than 12,000 citations according to Google Scholar as of March 2025. Notable publications include 'Liquid membranes for the selective extraction of lithium ions from brine: A review' (Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2026), 'Comprehensive review of lithium extraction processes with economic and environmental analysis' (Separation and Purification Technology, 2026), 'Recent advances in the design principles of lithium selective membranes' (Water Research, 2025), 'Nanochannel Membranes in Direct Lithium Extraction' (Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2025), and 'Bifunctional Chelating Resin-Modified Polymer Membrane for Sustainable Osmotic Energy Generation' (ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2025). Razmjou has secured over $15.4 million in research funding, with $7.95 million as lead chief investigator, including a $0.5 million Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia grant for lithium extraction and a $6.4 million CRC-P grant for high purity alumina production using membrane technology. His contributions have earned awards such as the 2025 Water Professional of the Year at the WA Water Awards, 2024 ECU Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award for Excellence in Research, 2023 WA FHRI Fund Innovation Fellowship, 2023 MSA Industry Innovation Award, and finalist status in the 2014 Australian Museum Eureka Awards for the ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology.