Dr Leslie Yeo

Dr Leslie Yeo is an Australian Research Fellow and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Monash University, Australia. Together with Associate Professor James Friend, he established the Micro/Nanophysics Research Laboratory shortly after joining the department as a Lecturer in 2005. This follows a postdoctoral stint with Professor Hsueh-Chia Chang at the Center for Microfluidics and Medical Diagnostics, University of Notre Dame in 2003/4 and industrial experience as a Mathematical Modeller at Det Norske Veritas in 2002/3. Leslie had previously completed his MEng and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London in 1998 and 2002, respectively. His PhD thesis, with Professor Omar Matar involved the theoretical investigation of Marangoni (surface tension gradient) driven drop coalescence dynamics and how it relates to phase inversion of liquid-liquid dispersions. For his work, Leslie was awarded the Dudley Newitt prize for a theoretical/computational thesis of outstanding merit. His PhD studies were supported through two awards, namely the Overseas Research Scholarship and the University of London Knight Studentship in Science & Engineering. Leslie is the recipient of the 2007 Young Tall Poppy Science Award and the 2009 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Early Career Research. Leslie currently serves as the Co-Editor of the American Institute of Physics journal Biomicrofluidics. His current research interests are in acoustically and electrokinetically driven microfluidics for engineering and biological applications.