Prof. Adrian Neild
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Adrian received his PhD from Warwick University, UK, and then spend three years as a postdoc at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Currently, He is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Deputy Dean (Strategic Initiatives) of the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University.

​​His research interests are:

• Non-linear ultrasound including acoustic radiation forces and acoustic streaming
• Viscosity, microfluidic systems, micron-scale particle and biological cell handling, air-coupled ultrasound, transducer design, non-destructive testing, and finite-element analysis.

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Dr. Tuncay Alan
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​Tuncay received his PhD in Theoretical and Appied Mechanics from Cornell University. Prior to joining Monash he has worked as a researcher at Delft Institute of Microsystems and Nanoelectronics (DIMES) in the Netherlands and London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) in UK. 

His research focusses on:

• Microfluidics and microsystems
• Nanomechanics and nanofabrication

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Dr. Citsabehsan (Saab) Devendran
​Microfluidic and Acoustofluidic Cell Handling

Dr. Jason Brenker
​Microfluidics for aerosol drug delivery and in-situ molecular analysis.​

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Sagar Agnihotri
Single-layer pneumatic microfluidic valves for droplet microfluidics

Dr. Mohammad-Reza (Mahraz) Raveshi
Advances in Droplet Microfluidics for On-chip Reactions and Study of Cell Biology

Dr. Yaqi Zhang
Microfluidic devices for bio-molecule separation  

Wai Hoe Chin
Evolutionary microbiology and organ-on-chip fabrication

Erick Vargas Ordaz
Investigation and analysis of a monolithic micro-optic system  

Gargi Mukhopadhyay
Biosensing platforms for diagnostic applications  

Junyang Gai
Acoustofluidic cell separation for assisted reproduction

Cynthia Richard
Acoustofluidic 3D bio-printing

Bryan Ang
Acoustofluidic capturing and optical detection of bacteria in drinking water, natural water environments and food streams

Davood Khoeini
Microfluidic-enhanced Supramolecular Chemistry​​

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Alumni

Dr. Dariush Ashtiani
SAW atomisation and Concentration Gradient Generation (CGG) via microchannels     

Dr. Hanbang Zou
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) on
​microfluidic device/ Miscibility
development   

An Le
​Rapid mixing systems

Dr. Rui Habibi
Acoustofluidic single cell analysis    
- Acoustic Radiation Force
- Numerical Modelling

 Dr. Armaghan Fakhfouri

•  Acoustic sorting for medical applications
• Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden 

Dr. Jia Wei Ng

• Surface Acoustic Wave microfluidics
• Current position: Graduate Engineer, Schott Minifab

Dr. Ninnuja Sivanantha

• Bio-microfluidics
• Current position: Biomedical Engineer, Cabrini Health, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Sam Martin

• The nanofluidics of graphene oxide
• Current position: Operations Manager at NematiQ

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Dr. Muhsincan Sesen

• Droplet manipulation using surface acoustic waves.
• Current Position: Research Associate, Imperial College London
• Personal Website / Linkedin / ORCID / Google Scholar / Research Gate

Emin Boynukisa

• Microstructure Mechanics
• Current Position: Rheinmetall Integration Lead and Program Manager, Supacat, Melbourne, Australia

Hoang Van Phan

• Acoustic Streaming
• Current Position: PhD Candidate, University of Chicago 

Dr. Ganaka Chandrakumara

• Experimental Nanomechanics
• Current Position: Engineer, Ericsson, Melbourne Australia

Dr. Bulut Coskun

• MEMS based sensors and actuators
• Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Dr. Prashant Agrawal

• Low Frequency Microfluidics
• Current Position: Lecturer, University of Northumbria

Robert Jensen

• Ultrasonic Manipulation of Particles in an Open Fluid Flow (2014)
• Current Position: ILS / Systems Engineer, Leidos, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Ian Gralinski

• A Numerical Study on Microparticle Manipulation (2014)
• Current Position: Senior Software Engineer, Invetech

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Dr. Jue Nee Tan

• Open Microfluidics
• Current Position: Managing Associate, Korn Ferry Futurestep

Dr. David Collins

• Microscale manipulation using surface acoustic waves
• Current position: Lecturer, Melbourne University

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Dr. Priscilla Rogers

• Ultrasonic manipulation of microparticles and cells using microfluidic devices (2012)
• Current Position: COO, Wintermute Biomedical

Dr. James Whitehill

• Nanoparticle manipulation and forced spreading within microscale acoustofluidic droplet systems (2013)
• Current Position: Director, JVAT

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