Dusan Losic

Dr Dusan Losic

Professor

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.


  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2013 - ongoing Professor The University of Adelaide
    2012 - 2016 ARC Future Fellow The University of Adelaide
    2010 - 2011 Associate Research Professor University of South Australia
    2007 - 2011 ARC Research Fellow (ARF) University of South Australia
    2004 - 2006 Research Fellow Flinders University
    2003 - 2004 Research Fellow Monash University
    1999 - 2003 PhD student (APA) Flinders University
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    1999 - 2003 Flinders University, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Australia Doctor of Philosophy in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
    University of Novi Sad, The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Serbia Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (Honours I)

National Research Grants (Australian Research Council)

ARC Fellowships

1.  FT110100711 (Future fellowship), Carbon nanotube based chromatography, D. Losic, 2012-2016, $822,856

2. DP 0770930 (ARF fellowship) Engineered Nanotube Membranes for Molecular Separation and Biosensing, 2008-2012, D.Losic, $560,000

ARC Discovery

3. NS210100245, Development of Wearable Wireless Sensors for Chemical Warfare Agents (CWA) Detection, D. Losic, TT Tran, (2022-2024) $600.000

4. DP 150101760, Engineered graphene-based nanofertilizers to improve crop nutrition, M.J. McLaughlin, D.Losic, E.Tavakkoli (2015-2017),  $560.000 

5. DP120101680, A nanoengineered solution to drug delivery in bone, D. Losic, D. Findlay, P. Pivonka, G. Atkins, 2012-2014, $410.000  

6. DP1096282, Periodic nano-ratchets: a new paradigm for biomolecule separation, D. Losic, White, W. Guo, 2010-2012, $385,500 

ARC Research Hubs, Industry Linkage

7. ARC IH 210100025, ARC Research Hub for Advanced Manufacturing with 2D Materials (AM2D) M. Majumder, D. Losic, K. Kalantar-Zadeh, N. Choudhury, R. Tabor, D. Dubal, N. Medhekar, A. Polyzos, M. Shaibani, M. McLaughlin, J. Tsanaktsidis, M. Boley, M. Yellishetty (2022- 2026) $9.500,000

8. ARC IH 150100003, ARC Research Hub for Graphene Enabled Industry,  Transformation, D. Losic, E. Skafidas, M.Majumder, C. Fumeaux, N. Choudhury, M. McLaughlin, J. Ma, R. Ghomashchi, (2017-2021) $5.800,000

9. ARC LP210300715, Overcoming the impacts of vineyard exposure to smoke, Kerry Wilkinson, David Jeffery, Dusan Losic, Tung Tran, Tangerine Parker, Nick Dokoozlian, Udo Seiffert,  $752,454

10. ARC LP0989229 Advanced Nanoscale Materials Engineered from Diatomaceous Earth, D. Losic, J. Mensah, I. Neering, 2009-2011, $240,000                       

11. ARC LP100100272Microchip Impedance Biosensor for Biomedical Diagnostics, D. Losic, C. Priest, Wang, 2010-2012, $150.000

12. ARC LX0989444 Combining the soft with the hard: the assembly of artificial cell membranes on porous semiconductors, N. Voelcker, J. Shapter, D. Losic, R. Lal, F. Cunin, F.Sanz  2019, $110.000

ARC Infrastructure (LIEF)

13. ARC LE210100153, Integrated In situ Characterisation Facilities for Energy Studies, S.Qiao, R. Amal, K. Ostrikov, Y. Lu, Y. Zheng, A. O'Mullane, S. Wang, K. Konstantinov, D. Losic, D. Kundu, A. Santos, 2021, $497,264.

14. ARC LE180100003, Vector network analyser suite for advanced terahertz materials and devices, Withayachumnankul W, Fumeaux C, Abbott D, Losic D, Bhaskaran M, Sriram S, Rowe W, Atakaramians S, 2018, $318,900

15. ARC LE150100040, Advanced capabilities for surface engineering and nanolithography, D. Losic, J. Shapter, T. Nann, D. Abbott, M. Nyden, W. Skinner, A. Ellis, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, J. Quinton, A. Santos, I. Koeper, Z. Xie, (2015) $330,000 

16. ARC LE150100187, SA facility for High resolution Imaging and Materials Characterization, N. Choudhury, N. Dutta, D. Losic, C. Lenehan, C. Raston, M. Andersson, A. Santos, A. Ellis, B. Follink, C. Prestidge, 2015, $290,000

17. ARC LE140100122, Microdiffraction: Advanced capabilities for spatial resolution, trace phase detection and solid object analysis, Gerson, Sumby, Smart, Evans, Losic, Murphy, Marschner, Qiao; (2014) $375,000

National Research Grants (National Health and Medical Research Council, NHMRC)

18. NHMRC, APP1138865, Transforming Growth Factor Beta as a causal factor in human osteoarthritis, Findlay D, Cao X, Kuliwaba J, Gill T, Solomon L, Schutz C, Losic D, Atkins G, 2018-2021, $643,239

National Research Grants (Grain Research and Development Corporation, GRDC)

19. GRDC, UA 000151 (2015-2016) Protection of Stored Grain from Insect Pests through the use of Low Frequency Magnetic Fields,  D. Losic, C. Fumeaux, L. Johnson, P. Collins, 2016-2017, $150.000

20. GRDC UA 000135, Improved functionality of grain storage products D. Losic, C. Saunders, 2014-2016, $300,000

21. GRDC UA 000135, Improved functionality of grain storage products D. Losic, C. Saunders, 2011-2014, $674,324

National Research Grants (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, AINSE)

22. ALNGRA 13065, Study of  molecular transport through carbon nanotubes using radiotracer (RT) technology, Losic, Triani, 2013

23. ALNGRA 12035 Probing of molecular transport of carbon nanotubes using radiotracer (RT) technology, Losic, Triani, 2012

 24. ALNGRA 10058 Probing of molecular transport of nanopores and nanotube membranes using radiotracer (RT) technology, Losic, Triani, 2010

25. ALNGRA 08040, Metal Ions-Specific Interfacial Chemistry of Functional. Nanotube Membranes, Losic, Triani, Evans, 2009

26. ALNGRA 07950, Bioinspired engineering of nanoporous membranes for molecular separations, Losic, Triani, Evans, 2008

My current teaching activities include:

  • Research Practice CHEM ENG 4056
  • Master projects, 3710_CHEM_ENG_7046B
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in hospital wastewater by graphene-photocatalyst composites in Coiled Flow Inverter (CFI) Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Ms Ammara Waheed
    2024 Principal Supervisor Heavy metal removal from waste and drinking water by functionalized graphene 3D composites in coiled flow inverter (CFI) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Rabia Sabir
    2024 Principal Supervisor Synthesis of functional magnetic nanoparticles for remediation of emerging contaminants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Jimyl Arabit Cruz
    2024 Principal Supervisor Developing Graphene Composite Fibers for Emerging Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Siavash Aghili
    2023 Principal Supervisor Engineering of graphene related 2D Materials (GR2Ms) for CO2 Capture Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Fanxiang Lei
    2023 Principal Supervisor Development of Hydrogen Gas Sensors Based on Hybrid Nanostructures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Md Abdul Jalil
    2023 Principal Supervisor Development of new and simplified methods for characterization and the quality control of graphene related 2D materials (GR2DMs) Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Gimhani Danushika Ushetti Arachchi Appuhamilage
    2023 Co-Supervisor Implementation of core-shell beads as a flow-free solution for conducting consecutive reactions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sampurna Mukherjee
    2022 Principal Supervisor Development of graphene based chemoresistive volatile organic compound (VOC) sensors Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Trong Tuan Anh Tran
    2022 Co-Supervisor Graphene Based Scaffold for Neural Tissue Engineering (NTE) and Biomedical Engineering Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohammad Khaled A Alsenaide
    2022 Principal Supervisor Functionally active charged surface for antibiofouling applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Gurleen Singh Sandhu
    2022 Principal Supervisor 3D Bioprinting of hybrid biopolymer bioinks for wound healing applications Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Phuong Hien Le
    2022 Principal Supervisor Graphene based anti corrosion paint Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kosala Ruwan Kumara Purasinhala
    2021 Principal Supervisor Next generation Thermochromic and Electrochromic smart device based on 2D atomically layered materials Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Mahnaz Dadkhah Jazi
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Mechanics of CNT Reinforced Macrostructures Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Oscar Zi Shao Ong
    2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor A New Kind of Microplasma for Nitrogen-Fixation Multifunctional Nanoparticle Synthesis Towards Selected Applications Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with Doctorate Full Time Mr Quoc Hue Pho
    2018 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Ionic Liquids for High Performance Solid-state Lithium Metal Batteries Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Tianhua Chen
    2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Development of New Generation Chemoresistive VOC/Gas Sensors for Real-Field Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Kamrul Hassan
    2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor New Generation of 2D Materials for Ionizing Electromagnetic Radiation Shielding Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Le Yu
    2017 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Engineering Novel Nano-Structured 3D-Printed Titanium Implants for Optimized Osseointegration, Antibacterial Protection and Localized Drug Delivery Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Shaheer Guirguis Maher Makar
    2017 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Development of Next-Generation Construction Materials with Graphene Additives Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Van Dac Ho
    2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor 3D Bioprinting of Advanced Bioinks for Tissue Engineering Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hadi Rastin
    2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Development of Advanced Biomedical Coatings via Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Arash Mazinani
    2017 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Development of Advanced Graphene-based Composites for Water Purification Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Pei Lay Yap
    2017 - 2021 Co-Supervisor A Study of 3D Graphene-based Scaffolds for Advanced Neural Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Negar Mansouri
    2016 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Engineered Graphene and Metal-Organic Framework Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor and Sensing Applications Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Van Truc Ngo
    2015 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Application of graphene based composites in agriculture Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Shervin Kabiri
    2014 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Engineering of multi-functional conductive thin films using graphene materials and their composites Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Faisal Khalid Alotaibi
    2014 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Carbon Nanotubes Composites: Engineering, Properties and Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohammed Obid Alsawat
    2014 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Development of Optical Microchip Sensor for Biomolecule Detection Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Mahdieh Nemati
    2014 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Graphene for Multifunctional Protective Coatings Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Md Julker Nine
    2014 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Synthesis of Anodic Alumina Nanotubes for Drug Delivery and Nanotoxicity Study: understanding of bio-nano interactions by a nanomaterial model Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ye Wang
    2014 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Studies on Low-Toxic Sugar Ester Based Pesticides against Rhyzopertha Dominica Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Miss Sheena Chen
    2014 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Graphitic Carbon Materials for Energy and Environment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ramesh Udayashankar Karunagaran
    2013 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Development of Nanopore Based Label-Free Optical Sensors Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tushar Kumeria
    2013 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Nanoengineered Titanium as Protein-Releasing Implants: A Molecular Adjunct to Reduce Craniofacial Surgery Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Manpreet Bariana
    2012 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Nano-Engineered Titanium Implants for Complex Bone Therapies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Karan Gulati
    2012 - 2014 Principal Supervisor Carbon Nanotube Composites: Advanced Properties for Emerging Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tariq Ateeq J Altalhi
  • Position: Professor
  • Phone: 83134648
  • Email: dusan.losic@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering North, floor 2
  • Org Unit: Materials Engineering

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