Rate My Professor Tanveer Hussain

Dr Tanveer Hussain is an Associate Professor in the School of Science and Technology at the University of New England. He holds a PhD in Physics (Computational Condensed Matter Physics) and has built an internationally recognised profile in computational physics over the past 15 years. His research pioneers advances at the intersection of renewable energy, nanosensing, and nanobiosensing, core areas of UNE’s Renewable Energy and OneHealth strategic flagships. Employing quantum mechanical simulations, Dr Hussain designs materials for hydrogen storage to enable safe onboard systems as alternatives to liquefaction and compression; nanosensors for detecting common pollutants like CO, NO2, NH3, volatile organic compounds for food assessment, disease biomarkers for early diagnosis of cancers, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and kidney diseases, warfare agents, and agricultural pollutants; electrode materials for sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium-ion batteries; and additives for lithium-sulfur, lithium-selenium, sodium-sulfur, and potassium-sulfur batteries to address capacity fading.

Dr Hussain has published over 220 peer-reviewed papers (85% in Q1 journals such as Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Energy Letters, Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie, and Nano Energy), achieving an H-index of 52 and more than 8,890 citations that exceed national and international benchmarks. He has attracted over $3.0 million in competitive research funding, including a prestigious ARC Discovery Project (DP250101156), and leads interdisciplinary collaborations across Asia, Europe, and North America, producing over 70 joint publications and shared funding successes since 2022. In education, he holds formal qualifications in science education and teaches units including PHYS100 Introductory Physics, PHYS131 Applied Physics 1, PHYS132 Applied Physics 2, PHYS204 Electromagnetism 1, PHYS213 Sensors and Signal Processing, PHYS301 Microscopic to Macroscopic Physics and Chemistry, PHYS404 Electromagnetism 1, and SCI395 Scientific Report, championing inquiry-driven learning and real-world applications. He led the creation of UNE’s BSc Renewable Energy Systems major and serves as Discipline Convenor for Physics, engaging with defence science in gas-sensing. His honours include the Australian Nanotechnology Travel Award and Vice Chancellor Travel Award (Uppsala University, Sweden).