Mahdokht Shaibani

Dr. Mahdokht Shaibani is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at RMIT University, Australia. Her research focuses on developing sustainable energy storage solutions and waste recycling technologies to combat climate change. She leads projects on lithium-sulfur batteries, silicon anodes, flow batteries, and end-of-life battery/solar panel recycling, with over $16.18M in secured research funding. Dr. Shaibani has authored high-impact papers in Science Advances, ACS Nano, and Nature Communications, and holds 11 patents. She actively communicates science through platforms like The Conversation and has mentored multiple postdoctoral researchers and supervised eight PhD students (four completed, four ongoing) across RMIT and Monash University.

Her academic affiliations include dual email addresses at RMIT and Monash, and she teaches courses in chemical engineering processes and environmental hazard analysis. Dr. Shaibani’s work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable Clean Energy) and has received accolades such as the L’Oréal–UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship (2021) and Victorian Young Tall Poppy Scientist Award (2022).