Negin Shariati Moghadam

Dr. Negin Shariati Moghadam is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Data Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. She leads the RF and Communications Technologies (RFCT) Lab, a state-of-the-art facility with over $3.5M in equipment and 30+ team members. Her research focuses on RF energy harvesting, IoT, metamaterials, and precision agriculture. She has attracted over $6M in grants, including ARC and industry partnerships with NTT, Zetifi, and Food Agility CRC. Dr. Shariati also directs the WiEIT initiative to promote gender equity in STEM. Key achievements include developing Farm-wide WiFi for rural connectivity and winning the 2023 Food Agility Research & Innovation Award.

Education: PhD in Electrical-Electronic and Communication Technologies from RMIT University (2016). Industry experience as an electrical engineer (2008-2012).

Research Interests: RF energy harvesting, low-power IoT, metamaterials for beamforming, agricultural sensing systems, and wireless communication protocols. Her work integrates machine learning with RF sensing for applications like soil moisture monitoring and secure data transmission.

Grants & Collaborations: Co-Director of an ARC Training Centre for Automated Vehicles in Rural Regions (2024-2028) and leader of the $1.7M Sustainable Sensing project with NTT. Industry partnerships include Zetifi for AgTech innovations and Hokkaido University for collaborative research.

Awards: Recognized for pioneering RF energy harvesting (Standout IoT Award 2021), ECR excellence (2019), and multiple IEEE accolades. Media engagement includes features in the NSW Smart Sensing Network and Food Agility CRC reports.

Lab & Impact: RFCT Lab's innovations include metamaterial lenses for wireless power transfer and compact sensors for smart agriculture. Outputs span 87+ publications and 9 PhD students under supervision.