Dr Zhi Li | UNSW Research

My Expertise

Superconductors, functional materials, condensed matter physics, atomically thin materials, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), magneto optical kerr microscope (MOKE)

Biography

Dr. Zhi Li is a Scientia Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales. Prior to joining UNSW, he was an ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Wollongong. His research focuses on quantum materials and their applications in energy, quantum sensing, and future electronics. His contributions have been recognized with multiple prestigious fellowships, including the ARC DECRA...view more

My Grants

2025	NIDG ID250100022 “Superconducting quantum sensors based on emerging quantum materials” second CI, leading superconductor thin films fabrication	$799,653
2025	UNSW Science Attractors Scheme “Superconducting sensors at the quantum limit” CI	$10,000
2025	ARC LE250100032 “Victorian Facility for Atom-Scale Quantum Microscopy and Manufacturing” CI	$904,800
2024	UNSW Small Equipment Grants sole CI	$20,000
2023	ARC IC230100042 “ARC Training Centre for Battery Recycling” CI	$5,000,000
2023	UNSW Translational funding sole CI	$2,000
2023	ARC DP230102221 “Giant magnetic-thermoelectricity in topological materials.” CI	$420,000
2022	UNSW Faculty start-up funding sole CI	$25,000
2022	UNSW School start-up funding sole CI	$40,000
2022	UNSW Scientia Academic Fellowship sole CI	$200,000
2021	ARC FT210100844 “Iron-based high-temperature topological superconductors” sole CI	$802,288
2021	UOW URC Major Equipment Grants, “Replacement of AIIM’s Atomic Force Microscope” CI	$200,000
2021	UOW AIIM for GOLD Investigator “Engineering thermoelectric properties of WTe₂ and MoTe₂ thin films” leading CI	$14,610
2019	ARC DE190100219 “Engineering of exotic electronic properties in atomically thin antimony” sole CI	$359,174
2017	ARC DP170104116 “Atomically thin superconductors” leading CI	$372,500
2017	UOW URC Major Equipment Grants, “A Full Spectrum Thermal Conductivity Measurement System” CI and the instrument supervisor	$246,000
2016	ARC DP160101474 “Coherent, tuned terahertz photons from nonlinear processes in graphene” CI	$395,000
2016	UOW Vice Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Scheme “Exploring exotic electronic states in silicene” sole CI	$400,000

My Research Supervision

Areas of supervision

Superconductors, functional materials, condensed matter physics, atomically thin materials, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), magneto optical kerr microscope (MOKE)