Academic staff
Materials Science and Engineering - Academic staff
Professor Matthew Hill
Research Interests:
Development and application of porous materials: storage, separation and triggered release of small molecules with adsorbents and membranes, flow chemistry, lithium-sulfur batteries, vanadium redox flow batteries, and super-capacitors.
Professor Jess Frith
Research Interests:
mechanobiology, biomaterials, tissue-engineering, regenerative medicine, tissue models
Professor Laure Bourgeois
Adjunct Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Nucleation and growth of solid-state precipitates in aluminium alloys, Curved graphitic structures, Application of advanced transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques to determine the atomic structure of inorganic materials and defects, in order to better understand the formation mechanisms and properties of these materials.
Professor Yves Brechet
Member of the French Académie des Sciences
Member of the European Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Research Interests:
My field of expertise covers three main domains: (i) Materials Science of structural materials, (ii) Methods to develop and optimise materials and materials selection, and (iii) Energy and energy related topics for sustainable development.
Professor Neil Cameron
Research Interests:
Neil's research interest lie at the interface between materials chemistry and biology. We use modern synthetic chemistry to create designed macromolecules and materials that interrogate, interrupt or mimic biological systems and processes. This in turn leads to opportunities to create novel systems with therapeutic or biotechnological applications.
Professor John Forsythe
Co-Director, Monash Institute of Medical Engineering (MIME)
Research Interests:
Biomaterials, hydrogels, 3D bioprinting, neural tissue engineering, neural electrodes, Parkinson's disease, stroke, traumatic brain Injury, nano-fibrous electrospun scaffolds.
A/Professor Matthieu Gresil
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests:
Matthieu’s research focuses on (i) multifunctional composites integrating self-monitoring, reprocessing, recycling, load management, and graphene-based nanocomposites for tailoring thermo-electro-mechanical properties; (ii) emerging dynamic polymers such as vitrimers with thermal-triggered reshaping; and (iii) biodegradable enzymatic vitrimers.
Professor Aijun Huang
Associate Dean - International, Faculty of Engineering
Director, Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing
Professor, Dept. Materials Science & Engineering, Dept. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests:
Professor Huang's research interests are Processing and physical metallurgy of aerospace metallic materials including titanium alloys and Ni-based superalloys; Additive Manufacturing technology including metal power bed and direct metal deposition; Advanced manufacturing technology of metal powders;
Professor Christopher Hutchinson
Co-chair Woodside FutureLab at Monash
Research Interests:
Christopher's research is focused on two principle areas: i) the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations and microstructural changes in the metallic solid state, and ii) the relationship between mechanical properties and microstructure of metals and alloys. This work contains both experimental and theoretical components.
Professor Jacek Jasieniak
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Advanced Coatings, Printed Electronics, Solar cells, photoconductors, light emitting devices, energy storage systems and chemical sensors, Nanomaterials.
A/Professor Julie Karel
Research Interests:
Thin film growth, nanostructuring and device fabrication, Magnetic materials, Liquid electrolyte gating, X-ray spectroscopy: hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES), X-ray absorption spectroscopy/X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XAS/XMCD), X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS).
A/Professor Kristian Kempe
Research Interests:
biocompatible and biodegradable polymers; polymer-bio hybrid materials; emulsions; surface coatings; nanotechnology; nanomedicine; neurodegenerative diseases
Professor Daniela Loessner
Research Interests:
Biomaterials, 3D cell culture models, matrix biology, tissue engineering, tumour microenvironment
Dr. Jisheng Ma
Professor Chris McNeill
ARC Future Fellow
VESKI Innovation Fellow
Research Interests:
Organic semiconductors, perovskite solar cells, synchrotron science
Professor Laurence Meagher
Director, ARC Centre for Cell and Tissue Engineering Technologies
Director, SPARK Monash Program
Research Interests:
Controlled radical polymerisation for biomedical applications, Bioactive surface coatings for biomedical device applications, Antibacterial polymers and surface coatings, Materials for stem cell expansion and control of phenotype, Cellular therapies.
Professor Nikhil Medhekar
Research Interests:
Computational mechanics and materials science, Structure, properties and processing of materials at nano- and micro-scale using computer simulations.
A/Professor Sudha Mokkapati
Research Interests:
Optoelectronics, Nanomaterials, Nanophotonics, Photovoltaics, Lasers, Nanowires, III-V semiconductors
A/Professor Philip Nakashima
ARC Future Fellow
Research Interests:
Convergent beam electron diffraction, Transmission electron microscopy, Detector characterisation, Chemical bonding and charge density studies, Crystallography, Metals physics, Atomic structure solution, Image processing, Override quantitative electron diffraction.
Professor Jianfeng Nie
Research Interests:
Physical metallurgy of light alloys, structure/property relationships in metallic alloys, crystallography of phase transformations in solids, application of electron microscopy and diffraction.
Professor Michael Preuss
Research Interests:
Physical Metallurgy, Plasticity, Phase Transformation, Residual Stresses, Irradiation Damage, Mechanical Performance, Material Degradation, Material Processing, Electron Microscopy, Digital Image Correlation, Diffraction Techniques, Large Scale Research Facilities, In-Situ Characterisation, 3D Characterisation
Dr. Andrew Rodda
Research Interests:
Surface biofunctionalisation (attachment of proteins/peptides/DNA), material design to enhance specific binding/recognition of biomolecules, polymer-based surface coatings, coatings to control cell adhesion, 3D cell scaffolds, DNA diagnostic technologies, Materials Education, Medical Technology Education.
A/Professor Timothy Scott
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
A/Professor Hsin-Hui Shen
NHMRC Career Development Fellow
Professor Kiyonori Suzuki
Research Interests:
Development of nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys (NANOPERM), Nanostructured materials for electromagnetic device applications, Magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications, Magnetic framework (MOF) composites for gas separation, Nanostructural formation in melt-spun alloys.
Dr. Yunlong Tang
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Senior Lecturer, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Yunlong’s research focus is manufacturing information technologies for the integration of design, manufacturing processes; particularly the design methods for additive manufacturing as well as advanced smart manufacturing technologies.
A/Professor Sebastian Thomas
Research Interests:
Materials Durability and Additive Manufacturing. Atmospheric corrosion, Hydrogen embrittlement, Stress corrosion cracking, Corrosion Under Insulation, Coatings and Cathodic protection. Corrosion of magnesium alloys, galvanised steels, stainless steels, aluminium alloys Electroanalytical Chemistry: Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy
Dr. Xinni Tian
Dr. Yang Tian
Research Interests:
Industrialization of additive manufacturing technology: AM business case building (part identification, powder recycling, AM pros & cons, supply chain optimisation, cost model); materials and process capability development (material parameters, balanced properties, reliability); DfAM; prototype/production and AM qualification and certification
A/Professor Matthew Weyland
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Design and implementation of novel characterisation techniques & strategies for materials systems. Multidimensional imaging at the nano- and atomic scales. Achieving truly quantitative experimental data from electron microscopes. Specialist in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), electron tomography (ET) and analytical imaging.
Regius Professor Philip Withers
Henry Royce Institute | The University of Manchester
Dr. Yuxiang Wu
Research Interests:
Green metal: green iron, steel recycling, green aluminium, advanced alloys, with an emphasis on phase transformations; Machine intelligence for characterisation and ML-driven materials design; Ocean carbonation: mineral-carbon interactions, kinetics, and phase transformations.
Professor Jian-Min Zuo
Research Interests:
Transmission electron microscopy, diffraction and spectroscopy, the study of materials' defects, thin-films and nanostructures characterization.