DrArman Siahvashi

Dr Arman Siahvashi is a Sydney Horizon Fellow (Lecturer) in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney. In addition to his prestigious Horizon Fellowship, he holds an ARC DECRA fellowship developing Australia's first high-efficiency, modular and low-cost hydrogen liquefaction and storage system.

Dr Siahvashi completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Hydrogen Technology and Energy Center (HyTEC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). During this time, he also held the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. His research has made significant innovative contributions to the oil and gas, clean energy (hydrogen) and space sectors.

His expertise is in advanced cryogenics, specifically related to hydrogen liquefaction, storage and transportation. He is internationally recognised for his research in clean energy. He has developed an advanced cryogenic cooler for space applications, patented technologies for hydrogen conversion and oxygen purification, a real-time sensor for solid formation in LNG production, and a novel reactor to produce cost-efficient catalysts for hydrogen production

Dr Siahvashi has had a diverse career in engineering, science, and technology spanning academia and industry. At UNSW, he developed a novel high-temperature reactor and catalyst for CO₂natural gas reforming and utilisation. He then worked at Origin Energy for three years as a Control Systems Engineer.

He received his PhD in Chemical Process Engineering from the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 2019. He then worked at UWA as a Research Fellow on several industry projects related to hydrogen liquefaction, storage and transportation before becoming a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT.

Dr Siahvashi's collaborations have included NASA, JPL, Fortescue Future Industries, Chevron, ExxonMobil, the U.S. Department of Energy. His research has been recognised by numerous awards and fellowships including the 2023 American-Australian Association Fellowship, 2023 MIT Energy Initiative Award, 2021 Early Career Scientist of the Year in Western Australia, 2021 Forrest Research Foundation Fellowship,2020 International Chemical Thermodynamics Prize, 2018 Student Scientist of the Year in WA, and the 2018 Australia National Measurement Institute Prize.