Education

Employment

  • 2011–present: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Australian Research Council Future Fellow (2013–2017) & Distinguished Professor (2019–present), School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia; Research Director, RMIT Europe, Barcelona, Spain (2022–2023); Visiting Academic, Department of Engineering & Visiting Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, UK (2022–2023); Director, RMIT MicroNanomedical Research Centre (2014-2020); International Visiting Scholar, Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (2018–2019);  Inaugural Fellow, RMIT Professorial Academy (2018); Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia (2012–2017)
  • 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

  • 2023: Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (FIET) — Awarded to respected professionals at the forefront of engineering and technology 
  • 2021: RMIT University Science, Technology, Engineering & Medicine College Research Impact Award — For commercialisation of research outcomes that create value for end users or the community 
  • 2019: RMIT University Distinguished Professorship — Awarded in recognition of sustained, outstanding research performance
  • 2018: RMIT University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence — Awarded in recognition of an individual researcher who has achieved the highest level of excellence in their research activity for the preceding five years
  • 2016: Johnson & Johnson World Without Disease Quickfire Challenge Award — Awarded for game-changing, early-stage innovation in the therapeutics, consumer, health technologies and medical device sectors
  • 2015: RMIT University Innovation Excellence Award — Awarded in recognition of demonstrated excellence by academics in bringing innovation to their research activity in the preceding five years
  • 2013–2017: Australian Research Council Future Fellowship Level 3 — Awarded to outstanding Australian and international mid-career aresearchers 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 Early Career Researchers — 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 (now Universities UK) 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

Representative Publications

​Full Publication List
  1. H-C Chang, LY Yeo. Electrokinetically Driven Microfluidics and Nanofluidics (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2010).
  2. H Ahmed, H Alijani, A El-Ghazaly, J Halim, BJ Murdoch, Y Ehrnst, E Massahud, AR Rezk, J Rosen, LY Yeo. Recovery of Oxidized Two-Dimensional MXenes Through High Frequency Nanoscale Electromechanical Vibration. Nature Commun 14, 3 (2023).
  3. LA Ambattu, C Knight, K-h Lin, A Gelmi, LY Yeo. Calcium-Dependent cAMP Mediates the Mechanoresponsive Behaviour of Endothelial Cells to High-Frequency Nanomechanostimulation. Biomaterials 292, 121866 (2023).
  4. Y Ehrnst, PC Sherrell, AR Rezk, LY Yeo. Acoustically-Induced Water Frustration for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Neutral Electrolytes. Adv Energy Mater 13, 2203164 (2023).
  5. AR Rezk, H Ahmed, S Ramesan, LY Yeo. High Frequency Sonoprocessing: A New Field of Cavitation-Free Acoustic Materials Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation. Invited paper: Adv Sci 8, 2001983 (2021).
  6. A El Ghazaly, H Ahmed, A Rezk, J Halim, P Persson, LY Yeo, J Rosen. Ultrafast, One-Step, Salt-Solution-Based Acoustic Synthesis of Ti3C2 MXene. ACS Nano 15, 4287–4293 (2021).
  7. AR Rezk, H Ahmed, TL Brain, JO Castro, MK Tan, J Langley, N Cox, J Mondal, W Li, M Ashokkumar, LY Yeo. Free Radical Generation from High Frequency Electromechanical Dissociation of Pure Water. J Phys Chem Lett 11, 4655–4661 (2020).
  8. LA Ambattu, S Ramesan, C Dekiwadia, E Hanssen, H Li, LY Yeo. High Frequency Acoustic Cell Stimulation Promotes Exosome Generation Regulated by a Calcium-Dependent Mechanism. Commun Biol 3, 553 (2020).
  9. H Ahmed, AR Rezk, JJ Richardson, LK Macreadie, R Babarao, ELH Mayes, L Lee, LY Yeo. Acoustomicrofluidic Assembly of Oriented and Simultaneously Activated Metal–Organic Frameworks. Nature Commun 10, 2282 (2019).
  10. H Ahmed, AR Rezk, BJ Carey, Y Wang, M Mohiuddin, KJ Berean, SP Russo, K Kalantar-zadeh, LY Yeo. Ultrafast Acoustofluidic Exfoliation of Stratified Crystals. Adv Mater 30, 1704756 (2018).
  11. AR Rezk, S Ramesan, LY Yeo. Plug-and-Actuate on Demand: Multimodal Individual Addressability of Microarray Plates Using Modular Hybrid Acoustic Wave Technology. Lab Chip 18, 406–411 (2018).
  12. AR Rezk, JK Tan, LY Yeo. HYbriD Resonant Acoustics (HYDRA). Adv Mater 28, 1970–1975 (2016).
  13. AR Rezk, B Carey, AF Chrimes, DWM Lau, BC Gibson, C Zheng, MS Fuhrer, LY Yeo, K Kalantar-zadeh. Acoustically-Driven Trion and Exciton Modulation in Piezoelectric Two-Dimensional MoS2. Nano Lett 16, 849–855 (2016).
  14. LY Yeo, JR Friend. Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics. Annu Rev Fluid Mech 46, 379–406 (2014).
  15. 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). 
  16. 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).
  17. NR Glass, RJ Shilton, PPY Chan, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Miniaturized Lab-on-a-Disc (miniLOAD). Small 8, 1881–1888 (2012).
  18. J Friend, LY Yeo. Microscale Acoustofluidics: Microfluidics Driven via Acoustics and Ultrasonics. Rev Mod Phys 83, 647–704 (2011).
  19. 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).
  20. MK Tan, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Interfacial Jetting Phenomena Induced by Focused Surface Vibrations. Phys Rev Lett 103, 024501 (2009).
  21. H Li, JR Friend, LY Yeo. Microfluidic Colloidal Island Formation and Erasure Induced by Surface Acoustic Wave Radiation. Phys Rev Lett 101, 084502 (2008).
  22. ​​LY Yeo, H-C Chang. Electrowetting Films on Parallel Line Electrodes. Phys Rev E 73, 011605 (2006).
  23. LY Yeo, Z Gagnon, H-C Chang. AC Electrospray Biomaterials Synthesis. Biomaterials 26, 6122-6128 (2005).
  24. 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).
  25. 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).

Selected Press Releases

  1. Small Device, Big Name. The New Optometrist, 2 July 2024. 
  2. Sounds Good. Nature Energy Research Highlights 27 January 2023. Nature Energy 8, 7 (2023).
  3. Why MXenes Matter. IEEE Spectrum, 23 February 2023 (IEEE).
  4. Sounds Like a Longer-Lasting Battery. Materials Today, 27 January 2023 (Elsevier).
  5. ​Sonic Advance: How Sound Waves Could Help Regrow Bones. Scientific Inquirer, 28 February 2022.
  6. Bizarre Effects of Sound Waves Could Benefit Drug Delivery, Exosome Therapy. Bio-IT World, 6 January 2021.
  7. Sound Waves Power New Advances in Drug Delivery and Smart Materials. The National Tribune, 24 November 2020.
  8. Ultrasound Makes Nano-Waves, Generating ‘Green’ Radicals. Chemistry World, 26 June 2020 (Royal Society of Chemistry).
  9. The Power of Sound Waves Making Noise with New Research. Materials Australia, June 2020 (Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia).
  10. Game-Changing Point-of-Care Device to Diagnose and Sub-Type Dry Eye. Optometry Australia, 26 September 2019 (Optometry Australia).
  11. Researchers Hear About New, Efficient Way to Create MOFs. Materials Today, 7 June 2019 (Elsevier).
  12. Hybrid Sound Wave a ‘Game-Changer’ for Vaccines and Nebulisers. The Australian, 7 January 2016.
  13. A Sound Idea for Treating Lung Disease. Chemistry World, 8 December 2015 (Royal Society of Chemistry).    
  14. Revolutionary Nebulizer to Replace Life-Saving Vaccines for Lung Illnesses. International Business Times, 21 September 2015.
  15. Micro-motor Developed to Treat Strokes. ABC News, 24 July 2012 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 
  16. What a Sound Idea. The Economist, 2 June 2012.
  17. Miniaturised Lab-on-a-Disc, Chemistry World, 21 May 2012 (Royal Society of Chemistry).
  18. Delivering Medicines, ABC Catalyst (Special Edition: Little Wonders – Medical Nanotechnology). Television Broadcast: 25 August 2011 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
  19. Microfluidics Streamlines Laboratory Operations. SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) Newsroom, 7 December 2010 (Print Version).  
  20. Sound-Blasting Chips for On-the-Spot Forensics. New Scientist, 19 May 2010 (Print Version).
  21. Jet Stream. Nature 460, 439 (2009).
  22. Squirting Water Without a Gun. Physical Review Focus, 13 July 2009 (American Physical Society).
  23. Physics of Pizza Tossing for Micro-Motors. Europhysics News, Vol 40, No 4, July-August 2009 (European Physical Society). 
  24. Earthquake on a Wafer Could Boost Asthma Relief. New Scientist, 28 May 2009.
  25. ​If Research is Your Cup of Tea, this Eureka Moment will Stir the Blood. The Age, 16 August 2008.
  26. Eureka Prize People’s Choice Award. ABC Catalyst, Television Broadcast: 14 August 2008 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
  27. Einstein's Tea Leaves Cause a Stir in Medical Circles. ABC Catalyst, Television Broadcast: 19 July 2007 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
  28. Am I Really Sick? Fast Th!nking, Spring 2007.
  29. Stirring Things Apart. The Economist, 20 January 2007 (Print Version). 
  30. Taking Blood Cells for a Spin. ScienceNOW, Science Magazine Daily News, 18 January 2007 (American Association for the Advancement of Science).
  31. Einstein's Tea Leaves Inspire New Gadget. ABC Science Online, 17 January 2007 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

Grants Awarded

  1. 2024: Australia’s Economic Accelerator Seed Grant, NanoVibeH2: High Frequency Sound Wave Electrolytic Enhancement for Efficient Green Hydrogen Production (A Rezk, L Yeo, J Harrison) AUS$466,239.
  2. 2024: Australia’s Economic Accelerator Seed Grant, A Novel Microfluidic Device for Ocular Tear Fluid Collection (S Singh, L Downie, L Yeo, JOAC Castro, R Park-Jones, A Tan, A Ronchi, M Gleeson, M Robinson) AUS$272,378.
  3. 2021–2023: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP210101720, Mechanisms and Platforms for Acoustomicrofluidic Intracellular Delivery (L Yeo, C Conn) AUS$450,000. 
  4. 2021: Nebuliser Development and Licence Agreement (L Yeo) approx. AUS$2,000,000 (upfront payments) + AUS$1,589,000 (research contract).
  5. 2021: University of Melbourne Bioinspiration Hallmark Research Initiative Seed Funding, Bioinspired Device for Ocular Tear Fluid Collection (L Downie, S Singh, L Yeo, J Castro, M Lui, R Park-Jones, C Lawrence, A McDonnell, M Gleeson) AUS$10,000.
  6. 2020–2022: National Health & Medical Research Council Development Grant 1172192, ADMiER: A Novel, Point-of-Care Device to Diagnose and Subtype Dry Eye Disease (L Downie, L Yeo, D Kelly, H St John) AUS$758,290.
  7. 2020: Academia Sinica Innovative Materials and Analytical Technology Exploration Program AS-iMATE-109-12, Live Cell Imaging to Investigate Surface Acoustic Wave Intracellular Protein Delivery (K-H Lin, LY Yeo) NTD3,000,000.
  8. 2020: Australian Research Council Linkage, Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant LE200100163, Live Cell Super Resolution Imaging Facility (F Caruso, C Porter, F Cavalieri, C Pouton, I Yarovsky, S Kent, A Johnston, C Cortez-Jugo, N O’Brien-Simpson, Hinde, L Yeo, S Ellis, A Wise) AUS$700,000.
  9. 2018–2020: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP180102110, Acoustomicrofluidic Platforms for Two-Dimensional Materials Processing (L Yeo, A Rezk) AUS$352,607.
  10. 2018–2019: RMIT University Enabling Capability Platforms Opportunity Fund, Portable Platform for Clinical Dry Eye Diagnostics (L Yeo, L Downie, A McDonnell) AUS$152,000. 
  11. 2018: Diabetes Australia, New Strategy for Managing Diabetic Retinopathy—Evaluation of Somatostatin Microparticles (T Thrimawithana, S Young, C Valery, N Osman, L Yeo, U Rai) AUS$20,000.
  12. 2017–2019: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP170101061, Hybrid Resonant Acoustics—New Paradigm for Microfluidic Materials Synthesis (L Yeo) AUS$300,000.
  13. 2017–2019: Department of Industry, Innovation & Science (Australian Government) Accelerating Commercialisation Grant, Prototype Nebuliser Development using a Novel Medical Aerosol Generator (L Yeo) AUS$601,883.
  14. 2017: RMIT University Research Translation Seed Fund, Dry Eye Diagnostics (L Yeo, L Downie, A McDonnell) AUS$25,000.
  15. 2016–2017: National Health & 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.
  16. 2016: Johnson & Johnson World Without Disease Quickfire Challenge, Inhaled Lung Cancer Therapeutics (L Yeo, B Solomon) US$500,000.
  17. 2016: Victorian State Government Victoria–Israel Feasibility and Proof of Concept Scheme, Novel Intranasal Delivery Platform for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases (L Yeo, J Sznitman, J Nicolazzo) AUS$100,000.
  18. 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.
  19. 2016: MuPharma Pty Ltd, Development and Testing Devices for Non-Invasive Drug Delivery to Tissue (LY Yeo) AUS$125,000.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 2010: Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), Department of Defence, Emerging Microfluidic Technologies (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$70,000.
  32. 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.
  33. 2010: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Linear Micromotor for Microrobotic Applications (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$20,000.
  34. 2009 – 2013: Australian Research Council Discovery Project & Australian Research Fellowship DP0985253, Electrohydrodynamically-Driven Microcentrifugation for Microfluidic Applications (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$650,000.
  35. 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.
  36. 2009: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Rapid Microfluidic Mixing via Surface Acoustic Wave Technology (Leslie Yeo) AUS$19,500.
  37. 2008: Australian Nanotechnology Network, Workshop on Bio/Micro/Nanofluidics, Complex Flows and Rheology (LY Yeo, RP Jagadeeshan, JR Friend) AUS$5,730.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 2008: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Electroosmotic Microrecirculatory Flows for Mixing and Bioparticle Trapping in Microfluidic Applications (Leslie Yeo) AUS$17,500.
  41. 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.
  42. 2007–2009: Nanotechnology Victoria, Development of a Portable Device for Pulmonary Insulin Delivery (James Friend, Leslie Yeo) AUS$711,000.
  43. 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.
  44. 2007: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, Optical Quantification of Electrohydrodynamically Driven Micro-Mixing (Leslie Yeo) AUS$17,500.
  45. June 2006 – June 2007: Monash University New Staff Member Research Fund, Development of an Integrated Miniaturised Microfluidic Biosensor (Leslie Yeo) AUS$20,000.
  46. 2006: Collier Charitable Grant Scheme, Finite Element Modelling of Electrohydrodynamically-Induced Surface Vortices (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$4,000.
  47. 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.
  48. 2006–2008: Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP0666549, Characterisation and Stability of Electrowetting Films (Leslie Y Yeo) AUS$180,000.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 2006: Monash University Engineering Small Grants Scheme, AC Electrospray Synthesis of Carbon Nanotube Embedded Polymeric Micro/Nano-Fibers (Leslie Yeo) AUS$17,500.
  52. June 2005 – June 2006: Monash University New Staff Member Research Fund, Non-Contact Electrohydrodynamic Mixer and Separator (Leslie Yeo) AUS$18,000.

Invited Lectures & Seminars

Plenary, Keynote and Invited Lectures
  1. High Frequency Cell Mechanostimulation. Keynote Lecture: Second Symposium on Bioinspired Interface and Nanomaterials, Suzhou, China (September 2024).
  2. Phonon-Mediated Microfluidic Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Keynote Lecture: ​International Conference on Materials Science, Engineering and Technology, Singapore (September 2024).
  3. Sonomechanobiology: A New Field of High Frequency Cell Mechanostimulation. Plenary Lecture: 12th Australia & New Zealand Micro/Nanofluidics Symposium, Orange, Australia (July 2024).
  4. Acoustomicrofluidic Jetting. Invited Lecture: 11th Asia-Pacific Conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology, Singapore (June 2024).
  5. High Frequency Sonoelectrochemical Enhancement of Water Splitting. Keynote Lecture: International Conference on Next Generation Electronics and Photonics, Hangzhou, China (April 2024).
  6. Sonomechanobiology: High Frequency Cell Mechanostimulation. Keynote Lecture: 16th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (IEEE NANOMED), Okinawa, Japan (December 2023).
  7.  Acoustomicrofluidic Platforms for Macromolecular and Cell Therapeutics. Keynote Lecture: Bio4Apps 2023, Gold Coast, Australia (December 2023).
  8. Sonomechanobiology: High Frequency Cell Mechanostimulation. Invited Lecture: Acoustics, Sydney, Australia (December 2023).
  9. High-Frequency Nanoelectromechanical Interactions Between Sound and Matter: A New Method for the Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two‐Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Keynote Lecture: International Conference on Advances in Material Science and Chemistry, Kollam, India (November 2023; delivered online).
  10. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Keynote Lecture: 1st Indian Conference on Micro Nano Fluidics, Chennai, India (September 2023).
  11. High-Frequency Nanoelectromechanical Interactions Between Sound and Matter: A New Method for the Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two‐Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Keynote Lecture: IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing & Measurement on the Nanoscale, Chengdu, China (August 2023).
  12. A New Cavitation-Free Free Radical Generation Mechanism via High Frequency Electromechanical Dissociation of Pure Water. Invited Lecture: 2021 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem), Virtual Conference (December 2021).
  13. Shaken and Stirred: Phonon‐Mediated Synthesis, Processing & Manipulation of Two‐Dimensional Materials for Sensing Applications. Plenary Lecture: International Conference on Smart Sensors, Virtual Conference (October 2021).
  14. Acoustomicrofluidic Enhancement of Intracellular Delivery for Ex Vivo Autologous Cell Therapeutics. Plenary Lecture: Global Summit on Biomaterials and Applications, Virtual Conference (October 2021).
  15. Shaken and Stirred: Phonon‐Mediated Synthesis, Processing & Manipulation of Two‐Dimensional Materials for Sensing Applications. Keynote Lecture: ASIANALYSIS: Asian Conference on Analytical Sciences, Virtual Conference (October 2021).
  16. Acoustomicrofluidic Platforms for Macromolecular and Cell Therapeutics. Invited Lecture: International Conference on Smart Sensors, Virtual Conference (October 2020).
  17. Acoustic Enhancement of Intracellular Delivery for Ex Vivo Therapeutics. Keynote Lecture: International Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology/International Conference on BioNano Innovation, Brisbane, Australia (February 2020).
  18. Acoustic Enhancement of Intracellular Delivery for Ex Vivo Autologous Cell Therapeutics. Invited Lecture: 17th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore (December 2019).
  19. Acoustomicrofluidic Drug Delivery. Invited Lecture: Frontier Acoustics Symposium, Shenzhen, China (November 2019).
  20. Acoustic–Electric Interactions at Micron and Nanometer Scales. Invited Lecture: Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society, Palm Springs, CA, USA (October 2019).
  21. Acoustomicrofluidic Platform for Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics: A 10-Year Journey from Fundamental Discovery to Translation. Keynote Lecture: 10th Australia and New Zealand Nano and Microfluidics Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (July 2019).
  22. Towards Practical Translation of Acoustomicrofluidic Devices: Multimodal Modular Individual Addressability of Microarray Plates. Keynote Lecture: Nanotech 2019, TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo, Boston, MA, USA (June 2019).
  23. Phonon-Mediated Therapeutic Delivery. Keynote Lecture: 9th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics, Hong Kong (June 2019).
  24. Acoustic-Electric Interactions at Micron and Nanometre Scales. Invited Lecture: Lorentz Center Workshop on Micro- and Nano-Fluidics: Fundamentals & Applications, Leiden, The Netherlands (November 2018).
  25. Phonon-Mediated Acoustomicrofluidic Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Invited Lecture: Emerging Materials Technologies Summit, Hanoi, Vietnam (November 2018).
  26. Phonon-Mediated Acoustomicrofluidic Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Invited Lecture: International Conference on Emerging Advanced Nanomaterials, Newcastle, Australia (October 2018).
  27. Acoustic Enhancement of Intracellular Delivery for Ex Vivo Therapeutics. Invited Lecture: Nanotechnology in Medicine II: Bridging Translational In Vitro and In Vivo Interfaces, Albufeira, Portugal (June 2018).
  28. Next Generation Nebulization Platform for Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics. Invited Lecture: 3rd Annual Inhalation & Respiratory Drug Delivery Congress, London, UK (May 2018).
  29. Acoustic Enhancement of Intracellular Delivery for Ex Vivo Therapeutics. Keynote Lecture: 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, Singapore (April 2018).
  30. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Invited Lecture: International Acoustofluidic Forum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK (April 2018).
  31. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. Keynote Lecture: 2nd Iranian Microfluidics Conference, Tehran, Iran (February 2018).
  32. Acoustomicrofluidic Methods for Drug Delivery. Invited Lecture: RMIT University Drug Delivery Symposium, Melbourne, Australia (November 2017).
  33. Phonon‐Mediated Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two‐Dimensional Materials. Keynote Lecture: 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Optofluidics, Singapore (July 2017).
  34. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. Keynote Lecture: VII Brazilian Workshop on Microfluidics, São Paulo, Brazil (July 2017).
  35. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Invited Lecture: The Batsheva de Rotschild Seminar on the Physics of Microfluidics, Sde Boker, Israel (Jan 2017).
  36. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Plenary Lecture: 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, Perth, Australia (Dec 2016).
  37. A New Use of Sound Waves to Enhance Inhaled Stem Cell, Gene and Drug Delivery. Invited Lecture: 16th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore (Dec 2016).
  38. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. Invited Lecture: Joint 13th Asia Pacific Physics Conference and 22nd Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Brisbane, Australia (Dec 2016).
  39. Next Generation Nebulization Platform for Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics. Invited Lecture: Respiratory Drug Delivery Asia, Goa, India (November 2016).
  40. Microfluidic Nebulisation Platform for Low Cost and Portable Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics. Plenary Lecture: Nanoparticle Therapeutics, Palm Cove, QLD, Australia (October 2016).
  41. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: 52nd International Conference on Microelectronics, Devices and Materials and Workshop on Biosensors and Microfluidics, Ankaran, Slovenia (September 2016).
  42. Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Inhaled Drug and Gene Delivery. Invited Lecture: Microfluidics Congress, Philadelphia, PA, USA (July 2016).
  43. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics. Keynote Lecture: Microfluidics, Liquid Handling and Lab-on-a-Chip, Bangalore, India (May 2016).
  44. Novel Portable Nebulisation Platform for Next Generation Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics. Invited Lecture: The 2016 Respiratory Health Summit, London, UK (May 2016).
  45. A New Use of Sound Waves to Enhance Inhaled Stem Cell, Gene and Drug Delivery. Invited Lecture: Science on the Swan Conference, Perth, Australia (May 2016).
  46. A New Use of Sound Waves to Enhance Inhaled Stem Cell, Gene and Drug Delivery. Invited Lecture: Mini-Symposium on Science and Technology at the Interface of Bio-Nano Systems: Challenges and Opportunities, Okinawa, Japan (Apr 2016).
  47. Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Plenary Lecture: 7th Australia & New Zealand Nano-Microfluidics Symposium, Brisbane, Australia (Mar 2016).
  48. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidic Transport. Invited Lecture: Symposium of Transport in Micro/Nanochannels: Fundamentals, Engineering, and Application, Adelaide, Australia (December 2015).
  49. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Microfluidics Congress, London, UK (October 2015).
  50. Towards Integrated Miniaturisation of Actuation Schemes in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices. Plenary Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Beijing, China (August 2015).
  51. Acoustowetting. Keynote Lecture: 5th International Conference on Optofluidics, Taipei, Taiwan (July 2015).
  52. Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Invited Lecture: 6th International Nanomedicine Conference, Sydney, Australia (July 2015).
  53. 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).
  54. Acoustic Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Australian National Fabrication Facility Microengineering Winter School, Adelaide, Australia (July 2015).
  55. 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).
  56. Microfluidic Extensional Rheology. Invited Lecture: Australian Society of Rheology 2015 Lecture Series, Melbourne, Australia (May 2015).
  57. 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).
  58. Towards Integrated Miniaturisation of Actuation Schemes in Lab-on-a-Chip Devices. Invited Lecture: Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress, Adelaide, Australia (December 2014).
  59. Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Keynote Lecture: Nanotechnology & Medicines for Tomorrow, Melbourne, Australia (November 2014). 
  60. Microscale Mixing. Keynote Lecture: International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes VIII, Melbourne, Australia (September 2014).
  61. 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, Australia (July 2014).
  62. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics for Biotechnological Applications. Keynote Lecture: 6th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems, Singapore (July 2014).
  63. 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).
  64. 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).
  65. 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). 
  66. 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, Australia (December 2013).
  67. Polymeric Nanoparticle Synthesis via Microfluidic Nebulization. Invited Lecture: 7th Sino-US Joint Conference of Chemical Engineering, Beijing, China (October 2013).
  68. 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).
  69. Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Keynote Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Notre Dame, IN, USA (May 2013).
  70. 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, Australia (April 2013).
  71. Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics: Novel Phenomena and Applications for Biotechnology. Plenary Lecture: Fluids in New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand (January 2013).
  72. Honey I Shrunk the Lab: Microfluidics for Lab-on-a-Chip Devices. Plenary Lecture: Fluids in New Zealand, Christchurch, New Zealand (January 2013).
  73. 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).
  74. 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).
  75. Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Invited Lecture: Chinese Physical Society Fall Meeting, Guangzhou, China (September 2012).
  76. 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).
  77. Acoustically-Driven Microcentrifugation. Invited Lecture: Acoustics 2012, Hong Kong (May 2012).
  78. Acoustically-Driven Microcentrifugation. Invited Lecture: 14th Asia Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress, Singapore (February 2012).
  79. Acoustically-Driven Microcentrifugation. Plenary Lecture: Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA (October 2011).
  80. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale. Invited Lecture: International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore (June 2011).
  81. A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. Invited Lecture: Symposium on Drug Delivery Systems – Inhalation and Transdermal, Singapore (April 2011).
  82. 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).
  83. Fast Alternative to Sonochemistry for Enhancing Microscale Chemical and Biochemical Reactions. Invited Lecture: 2010 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (December 2010).
  84. Fast Inertial Microfluidic Actuation and Manipulation Using Surface Acoustic Waves. Keynote Lecture: 8th International Conference on Nanochannels, Microchannels & Minichannels, Montreal, Canada (August 2010).
  85. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Keynote Lecture: 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Rheology, Sapporo, Japan (August 2010).
  86. 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).
  87. 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).
  88. RESPIRE: Blasting a Way into Pulmonary Drug Delivery. Invited Lecture: Australian Controlled Release Society Symposium, Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Annual Conference, Hobart, Australia (December 2009).
  89. Interfacial Phenomena Driven by Surface Acoustic Waves. Invited Lecture: MicroNanoAcoustics Workshop, Prato, Italy (September 2009).
  90. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Australian Society of Rheology 2009 Lecture Series, Melbourne, Australia (April 2009).
  91. Surface Acoustic Waves: A New Paradigm for Driving Ultrafast Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Australian Institute of Physics Lecture, Melbourne, Australia (April 2009).
  92. Curious Pattern Formation and Ordering Dynamics in Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Invited Lecture: Advances in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Hong Kong (January 2009).
  93. Small Matters: Medical Diagnostics and Devices Driven by Micro/Nanotechnologies. Invited Lecture: Research Matters Seminar, Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia (June 2008).
  94. 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).

Invited Seminars/Workshops
  1. Shaken and Stirred: The Art of Miniaturising Chemical Processes (Honey I Shrunk the Lab!). Distinguished Lecture Series, RMIT University, Australia (November 2023).
  2. Shaken and Stirred: Phonon-Mediated Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK (March 2023).
  3. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK (February 2023).
  4. Shaken and Stirred: Phonon-Mediated Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne (January 2023).
  5. Shaken and Stirred: Phonon-Mediated Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Nanotechnology & Precision Engineering Webinar (January 2023).
  6. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)/Université Paris Cité, France (December 2022).
  7. Phonon-Mediated Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Facultad de Química, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (November 2022).
  8. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, UK (November 2022).
  9. Acoustomicrofluidic Platforms for Macromolecular and Cell Therapeutics. School of Pharmacy, University College London, UK (November 2022).
  10. Phonon-Mediated Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. Departamento Química Inorgánica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (September 2022).
  11. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Faculty of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemistry & Technology, Prague, Czechia (August 2022).
  12. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada (February 2021).
  13. Phonon-Mediated Synthesis, Processing and Manipulation of Two-Dimensional and Bulk Crystals. School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (December 2019).
  14. Microscale Fluid-Structure Interactions: Something Old, Something New, Something Unexpected. Applied Physics Seminar, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA (October 2019).
  15. Phonon-Mediated Therapeutic Delivery. School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Australia (July 2019).
  16. Microfluidic Nebulisation Platform for Low Cost and Portable Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics. Med-X Research Institute, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China (December 2018).
  17. Acoustomicrofluidic Platforms for Drug Delivery. Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Research Centre, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai, China (December 2018).
  18. Jetting and Nebulisation Platform for Low Cost and Portable Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics and Medical Diagnostics. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal (June 2018).
  19. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK (May 2018).
  20. A New Acoustomicrofluidic Platform for Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics and Novel Synthesis of 2D and Bulk Crystals. Institute of Signals, Sensors and Systems, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (April 2018). 
  21. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. Department of Physics, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran (February 2018).
  22. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. Department of Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (February 2018).
  23. Next Generation Nebulisation Platform for Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics. Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia (November 2017).
  24. Acoustomicrofluidic Means for Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics and Ex-Vivo Intracellular Delivery. McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Centre, Houston, TX, USA (October 2017).
  25. Evolution of Free Surfaces of Thin Films, Capillary Bridges and Droplets Under High Frequency Surface Vibration. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (August 2017).
  26. Microfluidic Nebulisation Platform for Pulmonary Drug, Gene and Vaccine Delivery. Australian Animal Health Laboratories, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Geelong, Australia (June 2017).
  27. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. Monash Fluids Seminar Series, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (February 2017).
  28. Microfluidic Jetting and Nebulisation Platform for Low Cost and Portable Inhaled Macromolecular Therapeutics and Medical Diagnostics. Nanyang Institute of Technology in Health & Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (December 2016).
  29. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Canada (October 2016).
  30. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biomedical Applications. School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (August 2016).
  31. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological & Pharmaceutical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA (July 2016).
  32. Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Centre d’Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires, INSERM U1100, Faculté de Médecine, Université F. Rabelais, Tours, France (May 2016).
  33. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Institut des Nanotechnologies de Lyon, École Centrale de Lyon, France (May 2016).
  34. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale. Department of Chemistry & Physics, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (November 2015).
  35. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biotechnological Applications. School of Science & Engineering, University of Dundee, Scotland (October 2015).
  36. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. University of Hong Kong (August 2015).
  37. Acoustofluidics: Manipulating Fluids at the Microscale and Nanoscale for Biotechnological Applications. Institute of NanoEngineering and MicroSystems. National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (July 2015).
  38. 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).
  39. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics for Biotechnological Applications. Distinguished Seminar, School of Mechanical, Materials & Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong, Australia (September 2014).
  40. Acoustically-Driven Microfluidics for Biotechnological Applications. Institute for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India (January 2014).
  41. 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).
  42. Lab-on-Disc: Chip-Based Microcentrifugation. School of Electronic and Computing Systems. University of Cincinnati, OH, USA (May 2013).
  43. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (January 2013).
  44. Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics: Novel Phenomena and Applications for Biotechnology. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (December 2012).
  45. Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Wetting. Center of Smart Interfaces, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany (November 2012).
  46. Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center, Peking University, China (September 2012).
  47. Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Institute of Microanalytical Systems, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China (September 2012). 
  48. 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). 
  49. Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China (September 2012). 
  50. 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). 
  51. Microscale Fluid Manipulation for Biomicrofluidic Applications Driven by High Frequency Acoustics. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China (September 2012). 
  52. Advanced Microfluidic Nebulization Platform for Pulmonary Drug and Gene Delivery. Department of Pharmacy. Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (March 2012).
  53. A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. 3M Drug Delivery Systems Division, 3M, St Paul, MN, USA (October 2011).
  54. Challenges and Opportunities in the Mathematical Modelling of Microfluidics Driven by Acoustics at High Frequencies. Seminars in Applied Mathematics, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia (September 2011).
  55. A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. 3M Drug Delivery Systems Division, 3M Innovation, Singapore (July 2011).
  56. Microfluidics as an Emerging Technology. Defence Science & Technology Organisation (DSTO), Department of Defence, Canberra, Australia (March 2011).
  57. A Microfluidic Platform for Aerosol and Nanoparticle Drug and Gene Delivery. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (January 2011).
  58. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Australia (May 2010).
  59. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (December 2009).
  60. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (December 2009).
  61. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, Tainan, Taiwan (December 2009).
  62. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia (October 2009).
  63. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College London, UK (October 2009).
  64. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK (September 2009).
  65. Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microcentrifugation. National Enterprise for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy (September 2009).
  66. A New Approach for Ultrafast Microfluidic Actuation and Manipulation. Center for Complex Fluids Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (November 2008).
  67. 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).
  68. 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).
  69. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows: Surface Acoustic Wave Driven Microfluidics. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, TX, USA (March 2008).
  70. Electrokinetically Manipulated Capillary Phenomena. Precision & Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (March 2008).
  71. Nanoearthquakes and Microflows. Biomedical Engineering Seminar. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia (February 2008).
  72. Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidics. Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (November 2007).
  73. 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).
  74. Free Surface Electrokinetics for Bio-Microfluidic Applications. Department of Precision Instruments & Mechanology and the Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (October 2005).
  75. 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).
  76. Plasma Driven Free Surface Electrokinetic Flows. School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia (June 2005).
  77. Free Surface Electrokinetics for Bio-Microfluidic Applications. Applied Mathematics Seminar, Center for Applied Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA (September 2004).
  78. Electrowetting on Parallel Line Electrodes. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, NY, USA (June 2004).

Teaching

RMIT University
OENG1161 Research Communications
PROC2126/PROC2127 Chemical Engineering Design Project (2020–Present) 
Monash University
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
  1. Dr Dian Arifin (Oct 2005 – Sept 2006) – Currently Research Faculty, Faculty of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
  2. Dr Christopher Ticknor (Jan 2006 – Jul 2006) – Currently Scientist, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
  3. Dr Haiyan Li (Apr 2006 – Oct 2008) – Currently Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  4. Dr Mar Alvarez (Jan 2007 – Jul 2008) – Currently Ramón y Cajal Researcher, Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona, Spain
  5. Dr Mohit Bajaj (Jul 2007 – Jan 2008) – Currently Staff Research Engineer, Synopsis Inc, Bangalore, India
  6. Dr Sasikaran Kandasamy (May 2008 – Dec 2008) – Currently Commercialisation and Manufacturing Manager, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victoria State Government, Melbourne, Australia
  7. Dr Yuejun Kang (Dec 2008 – Dec 2009) – Currently Professor, Faculty of Materials & Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, China 
  8. Dr Cheol-Ho Yun (Mar 2009 – Feb 2011) – Currently Research Fellow, Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia     
  9. Dr Pradipto Bhattacharjee (Oct 2009 – Mar 2010) - Currently Director of Research, Rheology Solutions Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
  10. Dr Jenny Ho (Mar 2009 – May 2010) – Currently Study Management Scientist, Philip Morris International, Singapore
  11. Dr Ming Kwang Tan (Oct 2009 – June 2010; Jan 2017 – Sept 2017) – Currently Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Malaysia
  12. Dr Aisha Qi (May 2010 – Feb 2013) – Currently Patent Examiner, IP Australia, Canberra, Australia
  13. Dr Ofer Manor (June 2010 – Feb 2013) – Currently Associate Professor, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
  14. Dr Christina Cortez-Jugo (Dec 2010 – Sept 2014) – Currently Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science & Technology, University of Melbourne, Australia
  15. Dr Sean Langelier (Jan 2011 – Jan 2012) – Currently General Manager, Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, Melbourne, Australia
  16. Dr Xinyi Zhang (Jan 2012 – May 2013) – Currently Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
  17. Dr Florian Lapierre (Apr 2014 – March 2015) – Currently General Manager, Trajan Scientific & Medical, Fribourg, Switzerland
  18. Dr Lei Bao (Apr 2014 – Apr 2015) – Currently Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  19. Dr Lillian Lee (Apr 2014 – Aug 2019) 
  20. Dr Amgad Rezk (July 2014 – Apr 2018) – Currently Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  21. Dr Ziyang Lu (Aug 2015 – Jul 2016) –  Currently Research Assistant, Research School of Chemistry, Australia National University, Canberra, Australia
  22. Dr Sandeep Vashist (Oct 2015 – Mar 2016) – Currently IVD Product Director (Europe), Fapon Biotech Inc, Guangdong, China
  23. Dr Emily Nguyen (Jan 2017 – Dec 2017) – Currently Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (ICN2), Barcelona, Spain
  24. Dr Shwathy Ramesan (Jul 2018 – May 2020) – Currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  25. Dr Heba Ahmed (Oct 2018 – May 2022) – Currently Separation Scientist, Trajan Scientific & Medical, Melbourne, Australia
  26. Dr Sampa Sarkar (Oct 2019 – Sept 2021) – Currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  27. Dr Lizebona August (Feb 2023 – Present) ​
        
Research Associates
  1. Devendra Maurya (Jan 2009 – July 2012) – Currently Team Leader, Sensors Group, National Centre for Flexible Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
  2. Sarah Teo (Feb 2013 – Feb 2014) – Currently Senior Grants Officer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
  3. Mourad Rezk (Jan 2015 – July 2015) – Currently PCB Design Engineer, Setec Pty Ltd​, Melbourne, Australia
  4. Amarin McDonnell (Mar 2016 – Apr 2021) – Currently Project Manager, Axxin, Melbourne Australia
  5. Mathew Lui (Oct 2016 – Sept 2018; May 2021 – Present)
  6. Callum Knight (Apr 2018 – May 2024) – Currently Chemical Engineer  - R&D Lead, Pinches Industries, Australia
  7. Jasmine Castro (Aug 2021 – Present)

Postgraduate Students
  1. Ming Kwang Tan (Jan 2006 – Sept 2009; PhD; Surface Acoustic Wave Microfluidic Actuation)
  2. Chintha Handapangoda (Mar 2006 – Jan 2010; PhD; Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Light Propagation Through Biological Tissue With Implanted Structures)
  3. Daniel Liu (Mar 2006 – Mar 2010; PhD; The Dynamics of Combined Axial-Torsional Standing-Wave Ultrasonic Motors)
  4. Aisha Qi (Aug 2006 – Apr 2010; PhD; Fundamentals and Biomicrofluidic Applications of Surface Acoustic Wave Atomization)
  5. Brett Watson (Feb 2007 – Aug 2010; PhD; A Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Micro-Motor for In Vivo Micro-Robots)
  6. Debadi Chakraborty (Aug 2007 – Oct 2011; PhD; Viscoelastic Flow in a Collapsible Channel)
  7. Rohan Raghavan (Oct 2007 – Nov 2009; MSc; Electrohydrodynamic & Surface Acoustic Wave-Driven Microfluidic Actuation)
  8. Richard Shilton (May 2008 – Feb 2012; PhD; Surface Acoustic Wave Actuated Rotations for Microfluidics)
  9. Ricky Tjeung (Jul 2008 – June 2012; PhD; Development of Surface Acoustic Wave Devices as Micro/Nano Actuators)
  10. Jeremy Blamey (Jan 2009 – July 2013; PhD; Atomisation and Capillary Wave Generation in Ultrasonically-Actuated Microfluidics) 
  11. ​Michael Dentry (Aug 2009 – Feb 2015; Microfluidic Actuation by High-Frequency Ultrasound: Acoustic Streaming, Pumps and Drops)
  12. Anushi Rajapaksa (Jan 2010 – July 2013; PhD; Advances in Pulmonary Drug Delivery via High Frequency Acoustic Nebulization) 
  13. Amgad Rezk (Apr 2011 – June 2014; PhD; Microfluidic Actuation on Lithium Niobate and Paper Substrates Using MHz Surface and Bulk Acoustic Waves)
  14. Layla Mehdi Alhasan (Aug 2011 – Apr 2016; PhD; Design and Development of miRNA and Stem Cell Based Micro/Nano Systems as Lung Disease Therapy) 
  15. Shwathy Ramesan (Feb 2014 – June 2018; PhD; Acoustic Manipulation of Fluids in Synthetic and Biological Porous Materials)
  16. Heba Ahmed (Aug 2014 – Oct 2018; PhD; High Frequency Acoustomicrouidic Platform for Controlling Morphogenisis, Orientation, and Dimensionality of Crystals)
  17. Chongling Cheng (Oct 2014 – Sept 2018; PhD; Graphene-Loaded Agarose Hydrogel for Removal and Release of Organic Compounds in Oil and Water) 
  18. Yasmine Abbas (Mar 2016 – Aug 2018; MEng; Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Mediated Crumpled Polyethyleneimine-Labelled Graphene Oxide (CGO-PEI) Synthesis as Nanotherapeutic Delivery Platform)
  19. Mustafa Ahmed (Aug 2016 – June 2019; MEng; Rapid Dry Exfoliation Method for Tuneable Production of Molybdenum Disulphide Quantum Dots or Large Micron-Dimension Sheets)
  20. Susan Marqus (Feb 2017 – Dec 2021; PhD; Surface Acoustic Wave Nebulisation for Materials Synthesis and Biological Applications)
  21. Jasmine Oliviera Castro (May 2017 – Aug 2021; PhD; Acoustojetting: Fundamentals, Nanolitre Droplet Dispensing and Fertility Diagnosis)
  22. Asma Akhter (Apr 2018 – Apr 2022; PhD; High Frequency (MHz) Acoustic Excitation for Microfluidic Actuation)
  23. Lizebona August (Mar 2019 – Jan 2023; PhD; High Frequency Surface Reflected Bulk Wave Induced Mechanotransduction)
  24. Hossein Alijani (June 2019 – Aug 2023; PhD; Acoustic Synthesis and Modulation of Two-Dimensional Materials)
  25. Emily Massahud Carvalho Ribeiro (July 2019 – May 2023; PhD; High Frequency (MHz) Acoustic Waves for Manipulation of Metal–Organic Frameworks)
  26. Vanessa Geh (Feb 2020 – May 2022; MEng; Synthesis and Modulation of Electrically Conductive-MOF Towards the Design of Electrochemical Sensors with High Stability and Efficiency) )
  27. Yemima Ehrnst (Mar 2021 – Present) 
  28. Mathew Lui (Sept 2021 – Present)
  29. Robert Komljenovic (Mar 2022 – Present)
  30. Zoya Rana (Mar 2023 – Present) 
  31. Tazim Morshed (Mar 2023 – Present)
  32. ​Mohammad Mehdi Khosravi Farsani (May 2023 – Present)
  33. Ebrahim Sharaf Aldein (Feb 2024 – Present)

​Research Interns
  1. Jan Behrens (Jan 2013 – Dec 2013) Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
  2. Manuel Oliva Ramirez (June 2014 – Sept 2014) University of Seville, Spain
  3. Patricia Simone-Blach (Oct 2015 – Jan 2016) University of Tübingen, Germany
  4. Jasmine Oliviera Castro (Feb 2015 – Feb 2016) Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
  5. Bruna Neves (Feb 2015 – Feb 2016) Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio grande do Sul, Brazil
  6. Rebecca Ong (June 2017 – Mar 2019) Monash University, Australia
  7. Ninweh Nina Jeorje (Sept 2017 – Apr 2018) University of Waterloo, Canada
  8. Xinci Yang (Jan 2019 – Aug 2019) University of Waterloo, Canada