Education

2002          PhD (Chemical Engineering) Imperial College London

1998          MEng (Chemical Engineering) Imperial College London

Employment

2011-         Professor of Chemical Engineering & Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2013-2017),

                 School of Civil, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Australia

                 Director, RMIT MicroNanomedical Research Centre (2014-present)

                 Adjunct Senior Research Fellow (2012–2017), Department of Physiology, Faculty of

                 Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia

2010-2011  Associate Professor & Australian Research Fellow (2009-2013), Department of Mechanical &

                 Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia

2007-2009  Senior Lecturer & Australian Research Fellow (2009-2013), Department of Mechanical &

                 Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Australia

2005-2006  Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Australia

2003-2005  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,

                 University of Notre Dame, USA

2002-2003  Mathematical Modeller, Risk Management Solutions, Det Norske Veritas, UK

Awards

2013–2017  Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Level 3 - Awarded to outstanding Australian

                 and international mid-career researchers to promote research in areas of critical national

                 importance

2010          Eureka Prize for Early Career Research Finalist (Australian Museum) - For

                 outstanding achievements in Australian research & innovation, science leadership, school

                 science and science journalism & communication

2009-2013  Australian Research Fellowship (ARF) - Awarded by the Australian Research Council to

                 postdoctoral researchers of exceptional promise to undertake research in Australia of

                 national and international significance

2009          Monash University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research by an Early Career

1. Researcher - Awarded in recognition of research excellence by an early career researcher within ten years of the start of their research careers
   

2009          Monash University Faculty of Engineering Early Career Researcher Award - Awarded in

                 recognition of research excellence by an early career researcher within ten years of the

                 start of their research careers

2008          Eureka Prize People’s Choice Award Finalist (Australian Museum) - For outstanding

                 achievements in Australian science and science promotion/communication       

2007          Young Tall Poppy Science Award (Australian Institute of Policy & Science) - In recognition of

                 the achievements of outstanding young researchers in science

2007          Fresh Science Finalist - For new and interesting research being done by early-career

                 scientists in Australia

2002          Dudley Newitt Prize - Awarded by Imperial College London for theoretical/computational

                 PhD thesis of outstanding merit

1999-2001  University of London Knight Studentship in Science & Engineering - Awarded by the

                 University of London for support of doctoral studies

1998-2001  Overseas Research Scholarship (ORS) - Awarded by the UK Committee of Vice Chancellors

                 and Principals for support of doctoral studies

2000          Society of Chemical Industry Messel Fund Bursary - Travel subsidy to the International

                 Symposium on Multi-Phase Flow and Transport Phenomena in Antalya, Turkey

1999          Imperial College London Beit Fellowship (declined in lieu of Knight Studentship) - Awarded

                 by Imperial College London in support of doctoral studies

1998          Henry Sawistowski Travel Fellowship - Awarded by Imperial College London in recognition of

                 the best undergraduate industrial link and research project

Professional Activities

1. 1.2009-Present: Editor - Biomicrofluidics (American Institute of Physics)
   

2. 2008-2009: Associate Editor - Biomicrofluidics (American Institute of Physics)       
   

3. 2007: Editorial Board - Biomicrofluidics (American Institute of Physics)
   

2. 2.2013- : Editorial Board - Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
   

3. 2013- : Editorial Board – Interfacial Phenomena & Heat Transfer (Begell House)
   

3. 3.Research Evaluation Committee Member – Australian Research Council (ARC) Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) 2015
   

4. 4.Assistant Chair – National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Grant Review Panel (2014)
   

5. 5.Technical Review Panel Member – Science & Engineering Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Singapore (A*STAR) (2014)
   

6. 6.Reviewer - Nature Communications, Science Translational Medicine, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Applied Physics Letters, Physics of Fluids, Langmuir, Lab on a Chip, Analytical Chemistry, Electrophoresis, Small, Nanoscale, Biomicrofluidics, Biomacromolecules, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Applied Physics, Chemical Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Soft Matter, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, New Journal of Physics, Biomedical Microdevices, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Sensors & Actuators A, Sensors & Actuators B, Optics Express, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, Journal of Micromechanics & Microengineering, Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Interfacial Phenomena & Heat Transfer, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Composites Science & Technology, Journal of Chromatography A, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Thin Solid Films, Applied Physics A, Quarterly Journal of Mechanics & Applied Mathematics, Aerosol Science & Technology, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Communications, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control
   

7. 7.Grant Proposal Assessor – Australian Research Council (ARC; Discovery Projects, Laureate Fellowships, Future Fellowships, Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards, Linkage Projects), National Health & Medical Research Council (Project Grants), United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC), United Kingdom Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), United Kingdom Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), European Research Council, Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Israel Science Foundation, Hong Kong Innovation & Technology Commission, Human Frontier Science Program, National Research Foundation of Korea Creative Research Initiative Program, Polish National Science Centre PRELUDIUM Funding Scheme, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Singapore (A*STAR) President’s Technology Award, South Australia Premier’s Research & Industry Fund
   

8. 8.Thesis Examiner – University of Queensland, University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Western Australia, RMIT University, Deakin University, University of South Australia, Flinders University, University of Wollongong, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
   

9. 9.Reviewer (conference proceedings, book proposals and others) – Chemeca 2007, Taylor & Francis, Elsevier Science, CRC Press
   

10. 10.Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) Delegation to Malaysian Universities (June 2008)
    

11. 11.Council Member – Australian Society of Rheology (July 2008 - June 2009)
    

12. 12.Committee Membership - University Academic Probations Committee (2006), Engineering Faculty Board (2006–2007,2010–2011), Chemical Engineering Faculty Search Committee (2008), Mathematics Liaison Committee (2008-2010), Engineering Faculty Senior Lecturer Promotions Committee (2008–2010), School Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Committee (2012), University Intellectual Property Committee (2015–2016), University Research Committee (2016–2017)
    

13. 13.Advisory Committee – Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics (AMN) and Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Lab on Chip (APLOC) (Hong Kong, Jan 2009; Singapore, Jan 2010; Dalian, May 2012)
    

14. 14.Organiser/Co-organiser – Complex Fluids & Microfluidics Workshop (Melbourne, Australia, September 2008), 1st Australian & New Zealand Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Symposium (Melbourne, Australia, April 2009), MicroNanoacoustics Workshop (Prato, Italy, September 2009), Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics (AMN) (Notre Dame, USA, May 2013), 6th Australian & New Zealand Nanofluidics and Microfluidics Symposium (Melbourne, Australia, April 2015)
    

15. 15.Organising Committee – Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics (Hong Kong, January 2009), 2nd Australian & New Zealand Microfluidics and Nanofluidics Symposium (Sydney, Australia, April 2011)
    

16. 16.Symposium Organiser & Chair – Electrokinetics & Microfluidics, 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface & Colloid Science (ICSCS) and 83rd ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium (Columbia University, New York, June 2009)
    

17. 17.Technical Programme/Scientific Committee & Track Chair – 2nd American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Micro/Nanoscale Heat & Mass Transfer International Conference (MNHMT09, Shanghai, December 2009), Chemeca 2010 (Adelaide, Sept 2010), Australian Colloid and Interface Science Symposium (Hobart, Jan/Feb 2011), 3rd European Conference on Microfluidics (Heidelberg, Germany, Dec 2012), 4th European Conference on Microfluidics (Limerick, Ireland, Dec 2014)
    

18. 18.External Referee for Faculty Search – Nanyang Technological University Singapore
    

19. 19.External Assessor for Promotion & Tenure – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, University of Leeds
    

20. 20.Scientific Advisory Board Member – Lifeboat Foundation
    

Selected Publications

Full Publication List

1. 1.H-C Chang, LY Yeo. Electrokinetically Driven Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010) (Link).
   

2. 2.LY Yeo, JR Friend. Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics. Annu Rev Fluid Mech 46, 379–406 (2014) (PDF).
   

3. 3.AR Rezk, O Manor, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Unique Fingering Instabilities and Soliton-Like Wave Propagation in Thin Acoustowetting Films. Nature Commun 3, 1167 (2012) (PDF).
   

4. 4.O Manor, LY Yeo, JR Friend. The Appearance of Boundary Layers and Drift Flows Due to High-Frequency Surface Waves. J Fluid Mech 707, 482–495 (2012) (PDF).
   

5. 5.NR Glass, RJ Shilton, PPY Chan, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Miniaturized Lab-on-a-Disc (miniLOAD). Small 8, 1881–1888 (2012) (PDF) [Article selected as journal frontispiece 12/2012 p 1880].
   

6. 6.J Friend, LY Yeo. Microscale Acoustofluidics: Microfluidics Driven via Acoustics and Ultrasonics. Rev Mod Phys 83, 647–704 (2011) (PDF).
   

7. 7.LY Yeo, H-C Chang, PPY Chan, JR Friend. Microfluidic Devices for Bioapplications. Small 7, 12–48 (2011) (PDF).
   

8. 8.A Qi, P Chan, J Ho, A Rajapaksa, J Friend, L Yeo. Template-Free Synthesis and Encapsulation Technique for Layer-by-Layer Polymer Nanocarrier Fabrication. ACS Nano 5, 9583–9591 (2011) (PDF).
   

9. 9.MK Tan, JR Friend, OK Matar, LY Yeo. Capillary Wave Motion Excited by High Frequency Surface Acoustic Waves. Phys Fluids 22, 112112 (2010) (PDF).
   

10. 10.MK Tan, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Interfacial Jetting Phenomena Induced by Focused Surface Vibrations. Phys Rev Lett 103, 024501 (2009) (PDF).
    

11. 11.A Qi, JR Friend, LY Yeo, DA Morton, MP McIntosh, L Spiccia. Miniature Inhalation Therapy Platform Using Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidic Atomization. Lab Chip 9, 2184–2193 (2009) (PDF).
    

12. 12.H Li, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Microfluidic Colloidal Island Formation and Erasure Induced by Surface Acoustic Wave Radiation. Phys Rev Lett 101, 084502 (2008) (PDF).
    

13. 13.M Alvarez, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Surface Vibration Induced Spatial Ordering of Periodic Polymer Patterns on a Substrate. Langmuir 24, 10629-10632 (2008) (PDF).
    

14. 14.A Qi, LY Yeo, JR Friend. Interfacial Destabilization and Atomization Driven by Surface Acoustic Waves. Phys Fluids 20, 074103 (2008) (PDF).
    

15. 15.LY Yeo, JR Friend, DR Arifin. Electric Tempest in a Teacup - The Tea Leaf Analogy to Microfluidic Blood Plasma Separation. Appl Phys Lett 89, 103516 (2006) (PDF).
    

16. 16.LY Yeo, D Hou, S Maheshswari, H-C Chang. Electrohydrodynamic Surface Micro-Vortices for Mixing and Particle Trapping. Appl Phys Lett 88, 233512 (2006) (PDF).
    

17. 17.LY Yeo, H-C Chang. Electrowetting Films on Parallel Line Electrodes. Phys Rev E 73, 011605 (2006) (PDF).
    

18. 18.LY Yeo, Z Gagnon, H-C Chang. AC Electrospray Biomaterials Synthesis. Biomaterials 26, 6122-6128 (2005) (PDF).
    

19. 19.LY Yeo, D Lastochkin, S-C Wang, H-C Chang. A New AC Electrospray Mechanism by Maxwell-Wagner Polarization and Capillary Resonance. Phys Rev Lett 92, 133902 (2004) (PDF).
    

20. 20.LY Yeo, RV Craster, OK Matar. Marangoni Instability of a Thin Liquid Film Resting on a Locally Heated Horizontal Wall. Phys Rev E 67, 056315 (2003) (PDF).
    

Selected Press Releases

1. 1.Micro-motor Developed to Treat Strokes, ABC News, 24 July 2012 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
   

2. 2.What a Sound Idea, The Economist, 2 June 2012.
   

3. 3.Miniaturised Lab-on-a-Disc, Chemistry World, 21 May 2012 (Royal Society of Chemistry).
   

4. 4.Delivering Medicines, ABC Catalyst (Special Edition: Little Wonders – Medical Nanotechnology), Television Broadcast date: 25 August 2011 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
   

5. 5.Microfluidics Streamlines Laboratory Operations, SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) Newsroom, 7 December 2010 (Print Version). 
   

6. 6.Sound-Blasting Chips for On-the-Spot Forensics, New Scientist, 24 May 2010 (Print Version).
   

7. 7.Jet Stream, Nature Research Highlights 23 July 2009, Nature 460, 439 (2009) (PDF).
   

8. 8.Squirting Water Without a Gun, Physical Review Focus, 13 July 2009 (American Physical Society).
   

9. 9.Physics of Pizza Tossing for Micro-Motors, Europhysics News, Vol 40, No 4, July-August 2009 (European Physical Society).
   

10. 10.Earthquake on a Wafer Could Boost Asthma Relief, New Scientist, 28 May 2009.
    

11. 11.Drug Delivery’s a Blast, Chemical Technology, 15 May 2009 (Royal Society of Chemistry).
    

12. 12.If Research is Your Cup of Tea, this Eureka Moment will Stir the Blood, The Age, 16 August 2008.
    

13. 13.Eureka Prize People’s Choice Award, ABC Catalyst, Television Broadcast date: 14 August 2008 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
    

14. 14.Einstein's Tea Leaves Cause a Stir in Medical Circles, ABC Catalyst, Television Broadcast: 19 July 2007 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
    

15. 15.Am I Really Sick?, Fast Th!nking, Spring 2007 (Print Version).
    

16. 16.Stirring Things Apart, The Economist, 20 January 2007 (Print Version).
    

17. 17.Einstein's Tea Leaves Inspire Gadget, Discovery Channel News, 19 January 2007.
    

18. 18.Taking Blood Cells for a Spin, ScienceNOW, Science Magazine Daily News, 18 January 2007 (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
    

19. 19.Einstein's Tea Leaves Inspire New Gadget, ABC Science Online, 17 January 2007 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
    

20. 20.Unique Blood Testing Method Developed, The Washington Times, 16 January 2007.
    

Grants Awarded

1. 1.2016–2017: National Health and Medical Research Council Development Grant 1112870, Low-Cost Portable Inhalation Therapy Platform for Needle-Free DNA-Based Influenza Vaccination (L Yeo, A Hurt, D Piedrafita, D Morton) AUS$524,644.
   

2. 2.2016: Australian Research Council Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant LE160100228, Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic Device Fabrication Facility (Y Li, A Mitchell, L Yeo, M Heimlich, A Parker, K Esselle, A Kouzani, S Haswell, W Rowe, O Kavehei, X Zhu, M Mohammed) AUS$400,000.
   

3. 3.2014–2017: Australian Research Council Linkage Project LP140100416, Putting an End to Hospital-Borne Infection with Micronebulisation of Lung-Safe Disinfectants (JR Friend, LY Yeo, S Semoff) AUS$326,000.
   

4. 4.2014–2016: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP140100805, Acoustowetting: Microscale and Nanoscale Liquid Manipulation for Microfluidic Applications (L Yeo, X Zhang, O Manor) AUS$410,000.
   

5. 5.2013–2017: Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Level 3 FT130100672, Microscale microRNA Detection and Delivery for Effective Point-of-Care Cancer Screening and Therapeutics (L Yeo) AUS$989,144.
   

6. 6.2012: Australian Research Council Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant LE120100004, Thin Film Processing Cluster: Precise Synthesis and Nano-Patterning of Functional Coatings (A Mitchell, DG McCulloch, JR Friend, K Kalantar-Zadeh, LY Yeo, D Li, S Sriram, M Bhaskaran, DN Neshev) AUS$470,000.
   

7. 7.2011–2013: National Health & Medical Research Council Project Grant 1003806, Postnatal Macrophages for Organ Growth and Repair (S Ricardo, I Bertoncello, J Friend, L Yeo, S Miller) AUS$522,957.
   

8. 8.2011: Australian Research Council Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant LE110100100, Biophysical Surface Characterisation Facility (AI Mechler, JR Friend, MA Anderson, MD Hulett, CF Hogan, PJ Pigram, LY Yeo) AUS$250,000.
   

9. 9.2010–2013: Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative – Research in Bionic Vision Science and Technology SR1000006, Direct Stimulation of the Visual Cortex: A Flexible Strategy for Restoring High-Acuity Pattern Vision (A Lowery, M Rosa, J Rosenfeld, R Rajan, J Friend, K Smith-Miles, L Kleeman, L Yeo, J Forsythe, B Adler, J Rood, A Hall, N Karmarkar, LW Ho, E Saunders, E Harvey) AUS$8,000,000.
   

10. 10.2010–2012: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP1092955, Opto-Microfluidics: A Rapid and Sensitive Platform for Biological Diagnostics (Leslie Y Yeo, Paul R Stoddart, Hsueh-Chia Chang) AUS$290,000.
    

11. 11.2010: National Health and Medical Research Council Development Grant 1000513, The RespireTM System: Portable Pulmonary Delivery Platform for Rapid, Flexible and Highly Efficient Treatment of Elderly, Paediatric and Physically-Compromised Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases (Leslie Yeo, James Friend, David Morton, Michelle McIntosh, Els Meeusen) AUS$464,000.
    

12. 12.2010: Australian Research Council Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant LE100100108, Ultra-High Frequency Non-Contact Vibrometry Equipment for Biomicrofluidics Metrology (James R Friend, Adam I Mechler, Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$175,000.
    

13. 13.2010: Australian Research Council Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant LE100100215, Molecular Spectroscopic 2D and 3D Imaging Systems at Sub-Micron Spatial Resolution (Paul R Stoddart, Sally L McArthur, Donald McNaughton, Alan M Bond, Brian M Cooke, Lisandra L Martin, Leslie Y Yeo, Sharath Sriram, Gorgi Kostovski, Bayden R Wood, John Beardall, Yosry S Morsi, Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, Arnan Mitchell, Christopher C Berndt) AUS$350,000.
    

14. 14.2010: Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), Department of Defence, Emerging Microfluidic Technologies (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$70,000.
    

15. 15.2010: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Synthesis of Multifunctional Hydrogels as a Biomimetic Heart Valve and Microfluidic 3D Cell Culture System (Peggy Chan, Leslie Yeo) AUS$19,600.
    

16. 16.2010: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Linear Micromotor for Microrobotic Applications (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$20,000.
    

17. 17.2009 – 2013: Australian Research Council Discovery Project & Australian Research Fellowship DP0985253, Electrohydrodynamically-Driven Microcentrifugation for Microfluidic Applications (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$650,000.
    

18. 18.2009: National Health and Medical Research Council Development Grant 546238, The NanoNautilus: A Breakthrough in the Successful Treatment of Strokes and Other Cerebrovascular Diseases (James Friend, Bernard Yan, Leslie Yeo) AUS$183,313.
    

19. 19.2009: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Rapid Microfluidic Mixing via Surface Acoustic Wave Technology (Leslie Yeo) AUS$19,500.
    

20. 20.2008: Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network, Workshop on Bio/Micro/Nanofluidics, Complex Flows and Rheology (LY Yeo, RP Jagadeeshan, JR Friend) AUS$5,730.
    

21. 21.2008–2010: Research Support for Counter Terrorism, Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet, Miniaturized Sensor Device for Rapid Detection of Biological Warfare Agents (LY Yeo, JR Friend, MI Aguilar) AUS$1,993,000.
    

22. 22.2008: CASS Foundation Science/Medicine Grant, A Microrobot for Three-Dimensional Navigation of Neural Vasculature for Enabling Treatment of Stroke, Arteriovenous Formations, and other Neural disorders (James Friend, Leslie Yeo) AUS$44,000.
    

23. 23.2008: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Electroosmotic Microrecirculatory Flows for Mixing and Bioparticle Trapping in Microfluidic Applications (Leslie Yeo) AUS$17,500.
    

24. 24.2008: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Surface Acoustic Wave-Induced Alignment of Collagen Fibre Matrices (Haiyan Li, Leslie Yeo, James Friend), AUS$13,500.
    

25. 25.2007–2009: Nanotechnology Victoria, Development of a Portable Device for Pulmonary Insulin Delivery (James Friend, Leslie Yeo) AUS$711,000.
    

26. 26.2007: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, A Novel Cell Seeding Method for Tissue Engineering Using Surface Acoustic Wave Manipulation (Haiyan Li, Leslie Yeo, James Friend) AUS$15,500.
    

27. 27.2007: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Optical Quantification of Electrohydrodynamically Driven Micro-Mixing (Leslie Yeo) AUS$17,500.
    

28. 28.June 2006 – June 2007: Monash University New Staff Member Research Fund, Development of an Integrated Miniaturised Microfluidic Biosensor (Leslie Yeo) AUS$20,000.
    

29. 29.2006: Collier Charitable Grant Scheme, Finite Element Modelling of Electrohydrodynamically-Induced Surface Vortices (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$4,000.
    

30. 30.2006: Telstra Corporation Retired Facility Donation, Microelectronics Fabrication and Testing Facility (J Varga, J Friend, G Simon, D Berry, L Yeo) AUS$1,500,000.
    

31. 31.2006–2008: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP0666549, Characterisation and Stability of Electrowetting Films (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$180,000.
    

32. 32.2006–2008: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP0666660, Feasibility Studies of Using AC Electrospraying for Biomaterials Synthesis (Leslie Y Yeo, Andrew J Ruys) AUS$260,000.
    

33. 33.2006: Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment & Facilities Grant LE0668435, Biomedical Engineering Sensing and Imaging Facility (T Sridhar, WP Anderson, F Caruso, K Hourigan, JF Bertram, JR Friend, IS Harper, LY Yeo, RG Evans, GM Forde, HC Parkington, RP Jagadeeshan, BJ Oldfield, J Carberry, J Pearson, J Sheridan, MC Thompson, KA Gross, GG Qiao, R Wetherbee) AUS$2,500,000.
    

34. 34.2006: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, AC Electrospray Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Embedded Polymeric Micro/Nano-Fibers (Leslie Yeo) AUS$17,500.
    

35. 35.June 2005 – June 2006: Monash University New Staff Member Research Fund, Non-Contact Electrohydrodynamic Mixer and Separator (Leslie Yeo) AUS$18,000.
    

Invited Lectures and Seminars

Plenary, Keynote and Invited Lectures

1. 1.Towards Integrated Miniaturisation of Actuation Schemes in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices. Plenary Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Beijing, China (August 2015).
   

2. 2.Acoustowetting. Keynote Lecture: 5th International Conference on Optofluidics, Taipei, Taiwan (July 2015).
   

3. 3.Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Invited Lecture: 6th International Nanomedicine Conference, Sydney (July 2015).
   

4. 4.Inhaled Vaccines via a Microfluidic Pulmonary Delivery System. Invited Lecture: 7th World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE) World Congress on Bioengineering, Singapore (July 2015).
   

5. 5.Acoustic Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Australian National Fabrication Facility Microengineering Winter School, Adelaide (July 2015).
   

6. 6.From Electrostatics to Piezoelectrics: A Decade-Long Journey in the Development of Microscale Centrifugation and Lab-on-a-Disc Platforms. Keynote Lecture: Annual Meeting of the Electrostatics Society of America, Pomona, CA, USA (June 2015).
   

7. 7.Microfluidic Extensional Rheology. Invited Lecture: Australian Society of Rheology 2015 Lecture Series, Melbourne (May 2015).
   

8. 8.Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Invited Lecture: 2nd Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology International Symposium on Nanomedicine and Nanoassays, Singapore (December 2014).
   

9. 9.Towards Integrated Miniaturisation of Actuation Schemes in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices. Invited Lecture: Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress, Adelaide (December 2014).
   

10. 10.Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Keynote Lecture: Nanotechnology & Medicines for Tomorrow, Melbourne (November 2014).
    

11. 11.Microscale Mixing. Keynote Lecture: International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes VIII, Melbourne (September 2014).
    

12. 12.Microfluidic Nebulisation of Nanoaerosols and Nanoparticles for Inhaled Gene Delivery. Special Keynote Lecture: NanoBio Australia: 5th International NanoBio Conference & 3rd International Conference on BioNano Innovation, Brisbane (July 2014).
    

13. 13.Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics for Biotechnological Applications. Keynote Lecture: 6th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems, Singapore (July 2014).
    

14. 14.Anomalous Nonlinear Interfacial Phenomena in Microscale Drops Excited by MHz Order Substrate Vibration. Plenary Lecture: Journées Nationales du Groupement De Recherche (GDR),
    Micro/Nano Systèmes et Micro/Nano Fluidique (CNRS French National Research Network Meeting on Micro/Nano Systems and Micro/Nano Fluidics), Paris, France (July 2014).
    

15. 15.Anomalous Dynamic Nonlinear Film Spreading and Colloidal Dispersion Phenomena in Microscale Flows Excited by MHz Order Substrate Vibration. Special Plenary Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Taipei, Taiwan (May 2014).
    

16. 16.Anomalous Phenomena Arising from High Frequency Fluid-Structural Interactions at the Microscale. Invited Lecture: International Union of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on Transition and Turbulence in Flow Through Deformable Tubes and Channels (Bangalore, India, January 2014).
    

17. 17.The Lab-on-a-Disc: Miniature Counterpart to the Lab-on-a-CD for Driving Chip-Based Microcentrifugation. Invited Lecture: RMIT-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research India) Joint Workshop (Melbourne, December 2013).
    

18. 18.Polymeric Nanoparticle Synthesis via Microfluidic Nebulization. Invited Lecture: 7th Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering (Beijing, China, October 2013).
    

19. 19.The Lab-on-a-Disc: Miniature Counterpart to the Lab-on-a-CD for Driving Chip-Based Microcentrifugation. Invited Lecture: IEEE Nanotechnology Materials & Devices Conference, Tainan, Taiwan (October 2013).
    

20. 20.Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Keynote Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Notre Dame, IN, USA (May 2013).
    

21. 21.The Lab-on-a-Disc: Miniature Counterpart to the Lab-on-a-CD for Driving Chip-Based Microcentrifugation. Keynote Lecture: 4th Australia & New Zealand Micro/Nanofluidics Symposium, Adelaide (April 2013).
    

22. 22.Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics: Novel Phenomena and Applications for Biotechnology. Plenary Lecture: Fluids in New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand (January 2013).
    

23. 23.Honey I Shrunk the Lab: Microfluidics for Lab-on-a-Chip Devices. Plenary Lecture: Fluids in New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand (January 2013).
    

24. 24.Thin Film and Capillary Wave Dynamics Excited by High Frequency Surface Vibration. Invited Lecture: Workshop on Droplet Dynamics and Interfacial Physics in Micro Devices, Taipei, Taiwan (January 2013).
    

25. 25.The Lab‐on‐a‐Disc: Miniature Counterpart to the Lab‐on‐a‐CD for Chip‐Based Microcentrifugation. Plenary Lecture: 3rd European Conference on Microfluidics, Heidelberg, Germany (December 2012).
    

26. 26.Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Invited Lecture: Chinese Physical Society Fall Meeting, Guangzhou, China (September 2012).
    

27. 27.The Lab‐on‐a‐Disc: Miniature Counterpart to the Lab‐on‐a‐CD for Chip‐Based Microcentrifugation. Keynote Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Dalian, China (May 2012).
    

28. 28.Acoustically-Driven Microcentrifugation. Invited Lecture: Acoustics 2012, Hong Kong (May 2012).
    

29. 29.Acoustically-Driven Microcentrifugation. Invited Lecture: 14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress, Singapore (February 2012).
    

30. 30.Acoustically-Driven Microcentrifugation. Plenary Lecture: Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (October 2011).
    

31. 31.Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale. Invited Lecture: International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore (June 2011).
    

32. 32.A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. Invited Lecture: Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems – Inhalation and Transdermal, Singapore (April 2011).
    

33. 33.High Frequency Microscale and Nanoscale Acoustofluidics: Current Developments and Future Prospects. Plenary Lecture: Second Conference on Advances in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (AMN) & Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Lab on Chip (APLOC), Singapore (January 2011).
    

34. 34.Fast Alternative to Sonochemistry for Enhancing Microscale Chemical and Biochemical Reactions. Invited Lecture: 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem), Honolulu, Hawaii (December 2010).
    

35. 35.Fast Inertial Microfluidic Actuation and Manipulation Using Surface Acoustic Waves. Keynote Lecture: 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels & Minichannels, Montreal, Canada (August 2010).
    

36. 36.Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Keynote Lecture: 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, Sapporo, Japan (August 2010).
    

37. 37.Peculiar Interfacial Phenomena Driven by Surface Acoustic Waves. Invited Lecture: Small Scale Hydrodynamics: Microfluidics and Thin Films, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada (February 2010).
    

38. 38.Surface Acoustic Waves: A New Paradigm for Driving Ultrafast Biomicrofluidics. Invited Lecture: ASME 2009 2nd Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference, Shanghai, China (December 2009).
    

39. 39.RESPIRETM: Blasting a Way Into Pulmonary Drug Delivery. Invited Lecture: Australian Controlled Release Society Symposium, Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Annual Conference, Hobart (December 2009).
    

40. 40.Interfacial Phenomena Driven by Surface Acoustic Waves. Invited Lecture: MicroNanoAcoustics Workshop, Prato, Italy (September 2009).
    

41. 41.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Australian Society of Rheology 2009 Lecture Series, Melbourne (April 2009).
    

42. 42.Surface Acoustic Waves: A New Paradigm for Driving Ultrafast Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Australian Institute of Physics Lecture, Melbourne (April 2009).
    

43. 43.Curious Pattern Formation and Ordering Dynamics in Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Hong Kong (January 2009).
    

44. 44.Small Matters: Medical Diagnostics and Devices Driven by Micro/Nanotechnologies. Invited Lecture: Research Matters Seminar, Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia (June 2008).
    

45. 45.Enabling Microfluidic Technologies for the Development of Rapid Miniaturised Biological Warfare Detection Systems. Invited International Panel Lecture: Mitigating and Recovering from Chemical & Biological Attacks, 2nd US Annual Department of Homeland Security University Network Summit, Washington DC, USA (March 2008).
    

Seminars/Workshops

1. 1.Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale. Department of Chemistry & Physics, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (November 2015).
   

2. 2.Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biotechnological Applications. School of Science & Engineering, University of Dundee, Scotland (October 2015).
   

3. 3.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. University of Hong Kong (August 2015).
   

4. 4.Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biotechnological Applications. Institute of NanoEngineering and MicroSystems. National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (July 2015).
   

5. 5.Anomalous Nonlinear Film Spreading and Colloidal Dispersion Phenomena in Microscale Flows Excited by MHz Order Substrate Vibration. Benjamin Levich Institute for Physico-Chemical Hydrodynamics, City College, City University of New York, NY, USA (October 2014).
   

6. 6.Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics for Biotechnological Applications. Distinguished Seminar, School of Mechanical, Materials & Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia (September 2014).
   

7. 7.Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics for Biotechnological Applications. Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India (January 2014).
   

8. 8.The Lab-on-a-Disc: Miniature Counterpart to the Lab-on-a-CD for Driving Chip-Based Microcentrifugation. Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (December 2013).
   

9. 9.Lab-on-Disc: Chip-Based Microcentrifugation. School of Electronic and Computing Systems. University of Cincinnati, OH, USA (May 2013).
   

10. 10.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (January 2013).
    

11. 11.Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics: Novel Phenomena and Applications for Biotechnology. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (December 2012).
    

12. 12.Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Wetting. Center of Smart Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany (November 2012).
    

13. 13.Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center, Peking University, China (September 2012).
    

14. 14.Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Institute of Microanalytical Systems, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China (September 2012).
    

15. 15.Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science & Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (September 2012).
    

16. 16.Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China (September 2012).
    

17. 17.Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Shanghai Institute of Microsystem & Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China (September 2012).
    

18. 18.Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (September 2012).
    

19. 19.Advanced Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Department of Pharmacy. Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (March 2012).
    

20. 20.A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. 3M Drug Delivery Systems Division, 3M, St Paul, MN, USA (October 2011).
    

21. 21.Challenges and Opportunities in the Mathematical Modelling of Microfluidics Driven by Acoustics at High Frequencies. Seminars in Applied Mathematics, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia (September 2011).
    

22. 22.A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. 3M Drug Delivery Systems Division, 3M Innovation, Singapore (July 2011).
    

23. 23.Microfluidics as an Emerging Technology. Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), Department of Defence, Canberra, Australia (March 2011).
    

24. 24.A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (January 2011).
    

25. 25.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia (May 2010).
    

26. 26.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (December 2009).
    

27. 27.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (December 2009).
    

28. 28.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, Tainan, Taiwan (December 2009).
    

29. 29.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia (October 2009).
    

30. 30.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College London, UK (October 2009).
    

31. 31.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK (September 2009).
    

32. 32.Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microcentrifugation. National Enterprise for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy (September 2009).
    

33. 33.A New Approach for Ultrafast Microfluidic Actuation and Manipulation. Center for Complex Fluids Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (November 2008).
    

34. 34.Enabling Microfluidic Technologies for the Development of Rapid Miniaturised Biological Warfare Detection Systems. Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO) Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Biodetection, Melbourne, Australia (October 2008).
    

35. 35.Enabling Microfluidic Technologies for the Development of Rapid Miniaturised Biological Warfare Detection Systems. National Security Science & Technology Workshop, Office of National Security, Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet, Canberra, Australia (July 2008).
    

36. 36.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, TX, USA (March 2008).
    

37. 37.Electrokinetically Manipulated Capillary Phenomena. Precision & Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (March 2008).
    

38. 38.Nanoearthquakes and Microflows. Biomedical Engineering Seminar. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (February 2008).
    

39. 39.Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (November 2007).
    

40. 40.Role of Plasma Polarization in Electrokinetically Driven Free-Surface Interfacial Flows for Bio-Microfluidic Applications. Tri-University Research Workshop, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China (October 2005).
    

41. 41.Free Surface Electrokinetics for Bio-Microfluidic Applications. Department of Precision Instruments & Mechanology and the Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (October 2005).
    

42. 42.Role of Plasma Polarization in Electrokinetically Driven Free-Surface Interfacial Flows for Bio-Microfluidic Applications. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (October 2005).
    

43. 43.Plasma Driven Free Surface Electrokinetic Flows. School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia (June 2005).
    

44. 44.Free Surface Electrokinetics for Bio-Microfluidic Applications. Applied Mathematics Seminar, Center for Applied Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (September 2004).
    

45. 45.Electrowetting on Parallel Line Electrodes. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, NY, USA (June 2004).
    

Teaching

MEC2404 Fluid Mechanics I

MEC3401 Fundamentals of Heat Transfer (replaced by MEC3454)

MEC3451 Fluid Mechanics II

MEC3454 Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer

MEC4403/MAE4904 Minor Research Project

MEC4416 Momentum, Energy and Mass Transport in Engineering & Biological Systems

MEC4425 Micro/Nano Solid & Fluid Mechanics

Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Associates & Graduate Students

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr Dian Arifin (Oct 2005 - Sept 2006) - Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Cell Engineering,

    School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Dr Christopher Ticknor (Jan 2006 - Jul 2006) - Currently Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for

    Atom Optics & Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr Haiyan Li (Apr 2006 - Oct 2008) - Currently Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering,

    Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Dr Mar Alvarez (Jan 2007 - Jul 2008) - Currently Staff Researcher, Nanobiosensors & Bioanalytical

    Applications Research Group, Centre D’Investigació En Nanociència I Nanotenologia (CIN2),

    Barcelona, Spain

Dr Mohit Bajaj (Jul 2007 - Jan 2008) - Currently Senior Research Engineer, IBM, Bangalore, India

Dr Sasikaran Kandasamy (May 2008 - Dec 2008) - Currently Instrument Manager,

    Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, Australia

Dr Yuejun Kang (Dec 2008 - Dec 2009) - Currently Assistant Professor, School of Chemical & Biomedical

    Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Dr Cheol-Ho Yun (Mar 2009 – Feb 2011) - Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of

    Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

Dr Pradipto Bhattacharjee (Oct 2009 – Mar 2010) - Currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow,

    RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr Jenny Ho (Mar 2009 – May 2010) - Currently Assistant Manager, A-Bio Pharma Pte Ltd, Singapore

Dr Ming Kwang Tan (Oct 2009 – June 2010) - Currently Lecturer, Monash University, Malaysia

Dr Aisha Qi (May 2010 – Feb 2013) - Currently Patent Examiner, IP Australia, Canberra, Australia

Dr Ofer Manor (June 2010 – Feb 2013) - Currently Senior Lecturer,

    Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Dr Christina Cortez-Jugo (Dec 2010 - Sept 2014) - ARC Super Science Fellow; currently Postdoctoral

    Fellow, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Melbourne, Australia

Dr Sean Langelier (Jan 2011 - Jan 2012) - Currently Instrument Manager, Melbourne Centre for

    Nanofabrication, Australia

Dr Xinyi Zhang (Jan 2012 - May 2013) - Currently Lecturer, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

Dr Florian Lapierre (Apr 2014 – March 2015) - Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate,

    University of Tasmania

Dr Lillian Lee (Apr 2014 - Present)

Dr Amgad Rezk (July 2014 - Present)

Dr Sandeep Vashist (Oct 2015 - Present)

Research Associates

Mr Devendra Maurya (Jan 2009 - July 2012) - Currently Cleanroom Manager, Edith Cowan University,

    Perth, Australia

Ms Sarah Teo (Feb 2013 - Feb 2014)

Mr Mourad Rezk (Jan 2015 - July 2015)

Postgraduate Students

Mr Ming Kwang Tan (Jan 2006 - Sept 2009; PhD; Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidic Actuation)

Ms Chintha Handapangoda (Mar 2006 - Jan 2010; PhD; Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Light

    Propagation Through Biological Tissue With Implanted Structures)

Mr Daniel Liu (Mar 2006 - Mar 2010; PhD; The Dynamics of Combined Axial-Torsional Standing-Wave

    Ultrasonic Motors)

Ms Aisha Qi (Aug 2006 - Apr 2010; PhD; Fundamentals and Biomicrofluidic Applications of Surface

    Acoustic Wave Atomization)

Mr Brett Watson (Feb 2007 - Aug 2010; PhD; A Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Micro-Motor for In Vivo Micro-

    Robots)

Mr Debadi Chakraborty (Aug 2007 - Oct 2011; PhD; Viscoelastic Flow in a Collapsible Channel)

Mr Rohan Raghavan (Oct 2007 - Nov 2009; MSc; Electrohydrodynamic & Surface Acoustic Wave-Driven

    Microfluidic Actuation)

Mr Richard Shilton (May 2008 - Feb 2012; PhD; Surface Acoustic Wave Actuated Rotations for

    Microfluidics)

Mr Ricky Tjeung (Jul 2008 - June 2012; PhD; Development of Surface Acoustic Wave Devices as Micro/

    Nano Actuators)

Mr Jeremy Blamey (Jan 2009 - July 2013; PhD; Atomisation and Capillary Wave Generation in

    Ultrasonically-Actuated Microfluidics)

Mr Nicholas Glass (Jul 2009 - Present)

Mr Michael Dentry (Aug 2009 - Feb 2015; Microfluidic Actuation by High-Frequency Ultrasound: Acoustic

    Streaming, Pumps and Drops)

Ms Anushi Rajapaksa (Jan 2010 - July 2013; PhD; Advances in Pulmonary Drug Delivery via High

    Frequency Acoustic Nebulization)

Mr Amgad Rezk (Apr 2011 - June 2014; PhD; Microfluidic Actuation on Lithium Niobate and Paper

    Substrates Using MHz Surface and Bulk Acoustic Waves)

Ms Layla Mehdi Alhasan (Aug 2011 – Present)

Mr Kai-Wei Cheng (Apr 2012 - Present)

Ms Shwathy Ramesan (Feb 2014 - Present)

Mr James Tan (June 2014 – Present)

Ms Xiangqi Liu (July 2014 - Present)

Ms Heba Ahmed (Aug 2014 - Present)