Anwar Ahniyaz

Dr. Anwar Ahniyaz is senior researcher at RISE Bioeconomy and Health Division. He received a B. Sc. in Chemistry at Xinjiang University in 1991 and a D. Sc. in Material Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2002 in the field of synthesis and characterization of functional nanoparticles.
During 1994-1999, Anwar worked as a Lecturer at the Xinjiang University teaching physical chemistry and structural chemistry.
During 2002-2005 Anwar worked as a researcher at the Materials and Structures Laboratory of Tokyo Institute of Technology with a close collaboration with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Rhodia (Now Solway) and contributed to the development of inorganic-organic nanocomposites for contact lens applications , Inorganic phosphors for lighting applications, electrode materials development Li-ion Battery applications and ceria-zirconia solid solution nanoparticle-based three-way catalysts for automotive exhaust gas treatment applications.
During the 2005-2007, Anwar worked as a researcher at Stockholm University, contributing to the establistment of inorganic nanoparticle synthesis lab.
During 2007-2015, Anwar worked as a project manager at YKI (Institute for Surface Chemistry)/SP (SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden)/RISE. He dealt with problem-solving and trouble shootings of various industrial problems.
In 2016 Anwar was appointed as a senior researcher at RISE and today working mainly with the development of energy storage materials. Anwar is an adjunct assistant professor of Material chemsitry and has published over 45 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is co-inventor of 5 patents.
Anwar has led and coordinated many national and large European projects in slurry engineering and batteries. His research areas include but are not limited Li-ion batteries, energy storage, coating, metal-organic frameworks, mesoporous silica, latex, nanoparticles, surface functionalization and dispersion, UV protective coating, anti-corrosion coating, self-cleaning coating, anti-bacterial coating, fire-retardant coating, barrier coating, conductive inks, conductive adhesives, surfactants, ceramics, dental materials, carbon material (CNTs, CNFs, carbon fibers, graphene, graphite) biomaterials (HAP, CaCO3) and packaging materials. Anwar is currently involved in several large EU projects, including Exploit4InnoMat, Hypelignum, Lightcoce, GIGABAT, NEXTBAT, and coordinating 3 EU projects, including PULSELION, NOVOC, SOURCE.