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11 September 2026 Back to news

SafeREnergy Hub Chief Investigators (CI) awarded Future Fellowship grant

The Hub has great pleasure in sharing that Hub Chief Investigators Xuequan Lu and Ashok Kumar Nanjundan have recently been awarded a Future Fellowship from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

Ashok is a a Professor of Energy Storage at the University of Southern Queensland. He is a nanomaterial (carbon) and energy expert, with significant past experience in industry. Ashok has been awarded $1.3M to develop self-healing materials for the next-generation sodium-ion batteries.

Xuequan (Bruce) had experience in Computer Science and Software Engineering, and is currently based at the University of Western Australia. He successfully applies his well-developed experience to real world problems, including energy storage system management. Bruce was awarded $1.1M towards Real-World 3D Point Cloud Understanding.

The Hub congratulates both Chief Investigators and celebrates their success!

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