Rate My Professor Amir Razmjou

Associate Professor Amir Razmjou serves in the School of Engineering at Edith Cowan University, where he is the founder and leader of the Mineral Recovery Research Centre. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering from The University of New South Wales in 2012, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from Iran in 2006, and Bachelor of Science from the Petroleum University of Technology, Iran, in 2007. Razmjou is also the Board Director of the Membrane Society of Australasia. His multidisciplinary career encompasses surface engineering, critical mineral extraction including lithium, rubidium, and high-purity alumina, membrane technologies, and sensors. He has supervised over 40 higher degree by research students and holds editorial positions on the boards of Desalination, Desalination and Water Treatment, and Journal of Water Process Engineering.

Razmjou's research focuses on metal extraction and resource recovery, direct lithium extraction technologies, ion-selective membranes, material discovery via artificial intelligence and machine learning, sensors, controlled release of ionic drugs, and PFAS removal. With over 210 peer-reviewed publications, he boasts an h-index of 56 and more than 12,000 citations according to Google Scholar (March 2025). He has attracted over $15.4 million in research funding, including $7.95 million as lead chief investigator, such as a $6.4 million CRC-P grant for high-purity alumina production using membrane technology and a $0.5 million Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia grant resulting in two patent applications. His accolades include the 2025 Water Professional of the Year Award from the WA Water Awards, 2024 ECU Vice-Chancellor's Staff Excellence Award for Excellence in Research, 2023 WA FHRI Fund Innovation Fellowship, 2023 Membrane Society of Australasia Industry Innovation Award, 2021 UTS Chancellor Research Fellowship, and Finalist for the 2014 ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology. Key publications encompass "Design principles of ion selective nanostructured membranes for the extraction of lithium ions" (Nature Communications, 2019), "Liquid membranes for the selective extraction of lithium ions from brine: A review" (Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2026), and "Recent advances in the design principles of lithium selective membranes" (Water Research, 2025).