Dr Maryam Ghodrat is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Technology at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. She earned her PhD in 2014 and Master of Engineering in 2010, both from UNSW Sydney. Specialised in thermal fluid and energy systems, her research emphasises combustion science for safety and climate change impacts on thermal systems. She established and leads the Pyrometric Laboratory in 2021, UNSW's fire testing facility equipped for small- and intermediate-scale experiments on flame behaviour, ignition, heat release rates, and material performance under fire exposure. This lab supports studies on bushfire risks, battery fire safety, fire retardants for defence applications, and compliance testing per Australian standards. Ghodrat also heads the Advanced Battery Safety Research Group and the Adaptive Design for Resilient Infrastructures group, supervising five PhD students, one research assistant, and seven honours students. She has taught over 12 undergraduate and graduate courses and supervised four PhD completions at UNSW.

Her interdisciplinary research covers design for extreme environments including AI-enhanced battery design and fire CFD modelling; climate-responsive infrastructure and environmental digital twins; pollutant dispersion; hybrid renewable systems for net-zero buildings; and performance-based fire safety for batteries, modular construction, and smart buildings. As Chief Investigator, she has secured two ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs grants and two Category 2 grants. Ghodrat's scholarly impact is evident in her Google Scholar profile with 4,496 citations and an h-index of 37. Key publications include 'Recent advances in thermodynamic analysis of biomass gasification: A review on numerical modelling and simulation' (Journal of the Energy Institute, 2022), 'Numerical analysis of hydrocyclones with different conical section designs' (Minerals Engineering, 2014), 'Techno economic analysis of electronic waste processing through black copper smelting route' (Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016), 'Automated spatial design of multi-story modular buildings using a unified matrix method' (Automation in Construction, 2017), and 'A Novel, eco-friendly combined solar cooling and heating system' (Energy Conversion and Management, 2020). Awards include Goldstar recognition for ARC-DP proposals in the top 10% (2022, 2023, 2024), top 2% highly cited researchers worldwide (Stanford/Elsevier, 2023, 2024), Best Paper at International Conference of Flow Dynamics (2023), and People’s Choice at UNSW Pitch Night (2023). She co-chairs the Australian Fluid Mechanics Conference (2024), serves on executive and scientific committees for multiple conferences, acts as mentor for the International Association of Wildland Fire, and guest-edited the International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow.

Professional Email: m.ghodrat@unsw.edu.au