Dr. Ali Hadigheh is a senior lecturer and an associate head of school (Research Education) in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney. He is leading the Smart Materials and Sustainable Structures (SMS2) group, which focuses on multidisciplinary themes aimed at developing and implementing innovative materials and systems for sustainable, durable, and resource-efficient infrastructure. His research expertise lies in recycling and upcycling composite wastes and industrial by-products, material and performance-based characterization, smart sensors for structural health monitoring, and additive manufacturing of multifunctional materials via experimental, advanced computational modeling, and machine learning techniques. He has been the lead investigator on several research grants including an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) in 2020. He has produced a PCT, an Australian provisional patent, over 100 publications including a book and several book chapters, and received various awards including the Standards Australia Young Leaders Award. He has successfully supervised several PhD students to completion and was awarded Supervisor of the Year in 2023 and 2018.