Dr. Asim Riaz is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ACT-H₂ program. He acquired a PhD in Materials Engineering from the ANU and a Masters degree in Nanoscience and Engineering from the NUST, Pakistan. He has gained expertise in metal oxides, 2D nanomaterials, heterogenous catalysis, and thermochemical and electrochemical conversion of CO₂ /H₂O into H₂ and carbon-neutral fuels. Prominent work of his research activities/collaborations have been published in reputed research journals Energy and Environmental Science, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Energy, ACS Catalysis, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, etc.

Through his research and development, he is passionate to help to create a cleaner and more efficient energy landscape that benefits both the environment and society. His current research activities focus on developing sustainable energy solutions to the climate change crisis. This involves low-cost and efficient solar-driven electrolyser systems for green hydrogen production. In addition, he is working on developing efficient earth abundant electrocatalysts with facile fabrication techniques. He is also developing skills in the area of techno-economic analysis and system-level modeling of pilot scale electrolyser for cost-effective H₂ production.