Chief Investigators
Professor Xungai Wang
Pro Vice-Chancellor, Future Fibres, Deakin University
Professor Tong Lin
ARC Future Fellow (Functional fibrous materials and short fibres), Deakin University
Professor Bronwyn Fox
Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Institute, Swinburne University of Technology
Professor Russell Varley
Professor (Composite materials), Deakin University
Professor Joselito Razal
Professor (Fibre spinning), Deakin University
Professor Luke Henderson
Professor (Materials chemistry), Deakin University
Associate Professor Jingliang Li
Associate Professor (Fibres for biomedical applications), Deakin University
Associate Professor Minoo Naebe
Associate Professor (Carbon fibre), Deakin University
Associate Professor Nolene Byrne
Associate Professor (Materials engineering/Circular economy), Deakin University
Associate Professor Alessandra Sutti
Associate Professor (Short fibres), Deakin University
Associate Professor Rangam Rajkhowa
Associate Professor (Advanced materials from natural fibres), Deakin University
Dr Christopher Hurren
Senior Research Fellow (Fibre science and technology), Deakin University
Dr Mandy de Souza
Research Fellow (Carbon fibres)
Partner Investigators
Dr Murray Height
Chief Executive Officer, HeiQ
Dr Ashley Denmead
Engineering and Design Director, Carbon Revolution
Krishna Oruganti
Technology and Engineering Manager, Quickstep Automotive
Professor Marcus Atlas
Director, Ear Science Institute Australia
Dr Tony Pierlot
Theme Leader, Materials Science and Engineering, CSIRO
Dr Ian Blanchonette
Team Leader, Flexible Materials, CSIRO
Dr Linda Hillbrick
Experimental Scientist, CSIRO
Professor Gregory Rutledge
Lammot du Pont Professor in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Friedrich Vollrath
Department of Zoology, Oxford University
Professor Uwe Pieles
Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics, School of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland
Dr Rudolf Hufenus
Research and Development Manager, Polymer & Processing Group, Laboratory for Advanced Fibers, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Professor Jeffrey Wiggins
Director of the School of Polymers and High Performance Materials, The University of Southern Mississippi
Professor David Kaplan
Stern Family Professor of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University
Research Fellows/Engineers
PhD Students
Beini Zeng
Project title: Development of an up-cycling process for denim waste using ionic liquids (completed)
Mina Bayattork
Project title: Creating biomimetic fibrous silk scaffolds from hydrogels by controlling ice formation
Saman Ghadi
Project title: Understanding residual stress in composites and its impact upon durability
Jaehoon Choi
Project title: Composite structural batteries
Ken Aldren Usman
Project title: Novel resin-free high performance multi-functional materials
Yijun Qian
Project title: Utilization of two dimensional nanocomposites as membranes for gas separation, water purification and nanogenerators
Dominic Renggli
Project title: Stabilisation of natural polymer derived (short) fibres for use in aqueous formulations
Associate Members
Dr Negin Amini
Associate Research Fellow (Particle Engineering), Deakin University
Dr Abhijeet Bapat
Associate Research Fellow (Adaptive Materials Optimisation), Deakin University
Dr Claudia Creighton
Research Fellow (Carbon Fibres), Deakin University
Dr Dylan Hegh
Research Engineer (ANFF), Deakin University
Dr Jasjeet Kaur
Postdoctoral Fellow (Advanced Fibre Innovation), CSIRO
Graeme Keating
Technical Officer (Fibres), Deakin University
Dr Weiwei Lei
Senior Research Fellow (Plasma and Nanotechnology), Deakin University
Dr Dan Liu
Research Fellow, Deakin University
Dr Peter Lynch
Senior Research Fellow (ANFF), Deakin University
Dr Maryam Naebe
Senior Research Fellow (Fibre Science & Technology), Deakin University
Dr Esfandiar Pakdel
Alfred Deakin Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
Associate Professor Fred Pfeffer
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Deakin University
Dr Alex Qin
Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University
Dr David Rubin de Celis Leal
Associate Research Fellow (Adaptive Materials Optimisation), Deakin University
Nishat Sharma
Research Assistant (Short fibres and nanofibres), Deakin University
Dr Filippo Valente
Research Fellow, Ear Science Institute Australia
Dr Jing Wang
Research Fellow, Deakin University
Martina Di Venere
PhD student (Short fibres and nanofibres), Deakin University
Nguyen Duc Le
PhD student (bio-based carbon fibres), Deakin University
San Seint Seint Aye
PhD student, Deakin University
Zhiyu Wang
PhD student, Deakin University
Daniel Whyte
Masters student, Deakin University
Fangli Yang
PhD student, Deakin University
Ya Yao
PhD student, Deakin University
Jizhen Zhang
PhD student, Deakin University
Jun Zhang
PhD student, Deakin University