Rate My Professor Sumeet Walia

Professor Sumeet Walia is a Professor in the School of Engineering at RMIT University and Director of the Centre for Opto-electronic Materials and Sensors (COMAS) since 2023. He also directs the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Intelligent Contaminant-Sensing in Complex Environments (IC-SensE). As an innovator, research leader, and serial inventor, he focuses on engineering new material systems and nanoelectronic/photonic devices to overcome critical technological bottlenecks in healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. His research specializations include electronic and optical devices, low-dimensional materials, materials engineering, nanoelectronics and photonics, flexible devices, neuromorphics, bio-inspired devices, optical memories, artificial brain and vision systems, photodetectors, chromic and thermoelectric coatings, sensors, artificial intelligence hardware, biomaterials, and sensors. With over 160 peer-reviewed journal articles published in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications and Advanced Materials, his work has garnered more than 11,770 citations. He is a named inventor on twelve patents covering innovations across multiple sectors. Key publications include "Elemental analogues of graphene: Silicene, germanene, stanene, and phosphorene" (2015), "Two‐dimensional molybdenum trioxide and dichalcogenides" (2013), "Flexible metasurfaces and metamaterials: A review of materials and fabrication processes at micro- and nano-scales" (2015), "Transition metal oxides–Thermoelectric properties" (2013), and "Enhanced charge carrier mobility in two‐dimensional high dielectric molybdenum oxide" (2013).