Kaveh Shahbaz

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Associate Professor

Biography

Kaveh joined James Cook University in 2025 as an Associate Professor in the College of Science and Engineering. He is a Chemical Engineering Academic with specialised expertise in green chemical engineering, an emerging and essential discipline that offers innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and long-standing environmental issues.

His research is focused on the design and application of green solvents to enable cleaner processes that minimise waste, recover valuable resources, and transform by-products into high-value materials. In this field, he has worked extensively on biofuels production and purification, plastic recycling, thermal energy storage, and the recovery of valuable compounds from biomass, biowaste, and e-waste. His work advances environmentally benign technologies that align with circular economy principles and promote more sustainable industrial practices.

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My research interests lie primarily in the green chemical engineering arena, an emerging area of high significance, since this is the engine that delivers solutions to innovative questions of sustainability and addresses chronic environmental issues. In this important area, I have focused on designing, characterising, and using deep eutectic solvents (DESs) as promising eco-solvents and alternatives to conventional solvents in industrial processes.

Research Specialities:

Extraction (Extraction of valuable compounds from biomass, biowaste and E-waste using DESs)
Separation and Purification (Purification of biofuels and wastewater using DESs)
Catalysis (Using DESs as catalysts in chemical reactions) Waste Minimisation
Waste minimisation
Resource recovery
Bioenergy
Thermal energy storage

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[EG1010] Process EngineeringCoordinator, Lecturer

2025

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Associate Professor , James Cook University

Senior Lecturer , The University of Auckland History

Lecturer , The University of Auckland

Professional teaching fellow , University of Auckland

Postdoc Research Fellow , University of Auckland

lecturer, Taylor's Education Group

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Bioactives From Brown Algae: Antioxidant, Anti‐Inflammatory, Anticancer, and Antimicrobial Potential

2025

Fonseca‐Barahona, Irvin; Shahbaz, Kaveh; Baroutian, Saeid (2025) 'Bioactives From Brown Algae: Antio. ChemBioEng Reviews, 12 (3). [DOI] ...

Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU

Chemical recycling of Polyethylene terephthalate: A mini-review

2024

Babaei, Mahsa; Jalilian, Milad; Shahbaz, Kaveh (2024) 'Chemical recycling of Polyethylene terephthal. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineeri, 12 (3). [DOI] ...

Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU

Textile waste pretreatment for anaerobic digestion: a review and technology feasibility study

2024

Tharmarajah, Naveenrajah; Shahbaz, Kaveh; Baroutian, Saeid (2024) 'Textile waste pretreatment for an. Journal of Chemical Technology , 99 :2213-2227. [DOI] ...

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Liquid‐Liquid Phase Equilibrium of Glycerolysis Precursors: Experimental and Modeling Study

2024

Mamtani, Kapil; da Silveira, Christian L.; Farid, Mohammed M.; Shahbaz, Kaveh (2024) 'Liquid‐Liquid . Chemical Eng, 47 (1):208...

Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU

Anaerobic Digestion for Textile Waste Treatment and Valorization

2024

Tharamrajah, Naveenrajah; Shahbaz, Kaveh; Baroutian, Saeid (2024) 'Anaerobic Digestion for Textile W. ChemBioEng Reviews, 11 (5). [DOI] ...

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Embedding computer programming into a chemical engineering course: The impact on experiential learning

2023

Arjmandi, Mohammadreza; Woo, Meng Wai; Mankelow, Cody; Loho, Thomas; Shahbaz, Kaveh; Auckaili, Amar;...

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