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Dr Shayan Seyedin

Senior Lecturer

Background

BACKGROUND

Dr Shayan Seyedin is currently a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Newcastle University. His multidisciplinary research aims to generate fundamental insights into the properties of emerging functional materials such as two-dimensional (2D) materials and to develop novel processing and fabrication methods to transform those materials into multi-functional structures and devices for flexible and wearable energy storage and sensing systems. Prior to his role at Newcastle, Dr Seyedin worked at the Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, as a Research Associate. He was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Wollongong (Australia) in 2014. His PhD research led to the discovery of a new generation of electrically conducting and stretchable fibres that could be comfortably worn to track movements of human body. Following the completion of his PhD, he joined the Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University (Australia), as an Associate Research Fellow. In 2017, he was awarded the Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, which supported his research for two years. He then received the Endeavour Research Fellowship (Australian Government) and moved to the USA in 2018 to work at the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, Drexel University for six months. His research made pioneering advances in processing a new family of 2D materials called MXenes into neat, hybrid, and composite macroscopic structures such as films, fibres, yarns, and textiles that could store energy or sense strain, pressure, or touch. He is a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA), a member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), and serves as editorial board member of two MDPI journals (C – Journal of Carbon Research and Textiles).

 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=t9EXBssAAAAJ

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shayan_Seyedin

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7322-0387

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57210888457

Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1781868

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shayan_Seyedin

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/shayanseyedin

Research

RESEARCH FOCUS

Dr Seyedin’s research is focused on the development of novel functional materials and designing advanced manufacturing processes to enable their processing into the next-generation macroscopic structures for emerging applications such as flexible and wearable electronics. He has made pioneering advances in processing of a wide range of novel materials (e.g., graphene, 2D materials, carbon nanotubes, and conducting polymers) into flexible and wearable films, micropatterns, fibres, yarns, and textiles that could store energy or sense strain, pressure, or touch.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Synthesis and processing of functional materials such as 2D materials (graphene and MXenes)
  • Energy storage and conversion including batteries, supercapacitors, triboelectric nanogenerators, and solar cells
  • Wearable electronics and e-textiles
  • Advanced fibre fabrication processes
  • Structure-property relationships of materials

 

RESEARCH FUNDING

2024         Impact Acceleration Account, EPSRC, ~£10k, Co-I.

2023         MSCA Fellowship UKRI Guarantee (Fellow Dr Neeraj Kumar), EPSRC, ~£200k, PI.

2023         Commercial Consultancy, ~£50k, PI.

2022         Commercial Consultancy, ~£5k, PI.

2022         Standard Grant, EPSRC, ~£500k, Co-I.

2022         Research Grant, Royal Society, ~£20k, PI.

2022         Impact Acceleration Account, EPSRC, ~£13k, PI.

2022         CCF Feasibility and Proof of Concept Fund, Northern Accelerator, ~£50k, Co-I.

2020         NU Covid-19 Research Fund, Newcastle University, ~£15k, Co-I.

2019         Small/Wide Angle X-ray Scattering Beamtime, Australian Synchrotron, ~£18k, PI.

2018         Impact Grant, Institute for Frontier Materials, ~£11k, PI.

2018         Small/Wide Angle X-ray Scattering Beamtime, Australian Synchrotron, ~£18k, Co-I.

2018         Research Excellence Grant, Deakin University, ~£7k, Co-I.

2018         Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Government Department of Education and Training, ~£14k, PI.

2017-2018 Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Deakin University, ~£108k, PI.

2017         Commercial Research, ~£21k, Co-I.

2017         Central Research Grant, Deakin University, ~£4k, PI.

2017         Travel Award, CASS Foundation, ~£2k, PI.

2016         Impact Grant, Institute for Frontier Materials, ~£11k, PI.

2016         Travel Award, The Ian Potter Foundation, ~£2k, PI.

 

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

2023         Top 2% Scientists Worldwide in 2023 by Elsevier (Stanford's List).

2016         Young Scientist Medal, International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden.

2015         Poster Award, 10th International Electromaterials Science Symposium, University of Wollongong, Australia.

2010-2014 University Postgraduate Award (UPA), University of Wollongong, Australia.

2010-2014 International Postgraduate Tuition Award (IPTA), University of Wollongong, Australia.

 

FEATURED PRESENTATIONS

  1. “MXene Fibres for Wearable Applications”. iCANX Youth Talk, Online, 17 Oct 2023. Invited talk
  2. “Integrating 2D Materials into Functional Fibres for E-textile Applications”. The Henry Royce Institute Fibre Technology Platform Showcase Event, Manchester, UK, 19 Sep 2023. Invited talk
  3. “Wearable E-textiles Made using 2D Materials”. 2023 Future Textile Conference, Bristol, UK, 28 Feb - 2 Mar 2023. Invited talk and Session Chair
  4. “2D Materials for 1D Fibre Devices”. 2D Materials Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 12 Dec 2022. Invited talk
  5. “MXenes to Wearable Fiber Devices”. 2nd International MXene Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 1 - 3 Aug 2022. Invited talk
  6. “Where Now for Graphene and 2D Materials in Textiles?”. The Textile Institute Technical Textiles Special Interest Group, Manchester, UK, 12 May 2022. Invited talk and panel member
  7. “From 2D Materials to Fibres”. University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, 28 Jul 2021. Invited talk
  8. “Can Your Clothes Charge Your Mobile Phone?” (Oral). University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, 12 Nov 2019. Invited lecture
  9. “Wearable MXene Energy Storing Fibres and Yarns” (Oral). NanoteC19, ICB-CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain, 27-30 Aug 2019. Invited talk
  10. “MXene-based Fibres for Wearable Applications” (Oral). ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, 09 Aug 2019. Invited talk
  11. “MXene for Wearable Energy Storage” (Oral). 4th International Conference On 2D Materials and Technologies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 10-13 Dec 2018. Invited talk
  12. “MXene Enables Wearable Energy Storage” (Poster). 2018 MRS Fall Meetings & Exhibit, Boston, USA, 25-30 Nov 2018. Nominated for best poster presentation
  13. “Can Your Clothes Charge Your Mobile Phone?” (Oral). University of the Third Age, Geelong, Australia, 27 Apr 2018. Invited lecture
  14. “Knitted Textiles of Dry-jet Wet-spun Graphene Oxide Fibres” (Oral). European Advanced Materials Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 23-25 Aug 2016. Young Scientist Medal and Session Chair
  15. “Knitted Strain Sensor Textiles of Highly Stretchable Conductive Fibres” (Poster). 10th Annual International Electromaterials Science Symposium, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia, 11-13 Feb 2015. Poster award

 

MEDIA APPEARANCES



Teaching

Dr Seyedin is currently teaching the following modules at Newcastle:

 

  • CME1023 – Transfer Processes (Stage 1) - Since 20/21
  • CME8061 – Advanced Materials for Energy Applications (MEng/MSc) - Since 21/22 (Module Leader 23/24)
  • CME3040 – Chemical Engineering Laboratory II (Stage 3) - Since 20/21
  • CME3039 – CME3039 Plant Design (Stage 3) - Since 21/22
  • CME8128 – MEng Research Project (Stage 4) - Since 20/21

 

He is an International Student Tutor at the School of Engineering.


He has previously taught the following modules:

 

  • Engineering Materials (Stage 1)
  • Polymeric Materials (Stage 3)
  • Engineering Design and Innovation (Stage 1)
  • Introductory Chemistry for Engineers (Stage 1)
  • Advanced Mathematics (MSc)
  • Introductory Mathematics (Stage 1)
  • Physical Chemistry (Stage 2)
Publications