Sharath Sriram

Professor Sharath Sriram jointly leads a team in 'Functional Materials and Microsystems' that translates discoveries at extremely small size scales into technology for electronics, communication, and biomedicine. He was the Scientific Coordinator and Founding Deputy Director of RMIT University's Micro Nano Research Facility. He is the recipient of several awards for leadership and research excellence, and contributes extensively to science policy and advocacy.

Professional organisation roles

Australian Academy of Science

• EMCR Member, National Committee for Materials Science and Engineering (2017-)

Australian Academy of Science’s Australian Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Forum

•   Chair (2015)
•   Acting Chair (2014: Aug-Dec)
•   Deputy Chair (2014: Jan-Jul)
•   Forum Executive Member (2013-2017)

Australian Brain Alliance

• Executive (2017-)

Australian Materials Research Society

• EMCR Commission Chair (2017-)

Australian Research Council

• College of Experts (2019-)

Science & Technology Australia 

• Member, Policy Committee (2017-)
• Chair, Policy Committee (2018-)

Standards Australia

• Expert Member: Nanotechnology measurement and characterization (2014-2019)
• Expert Member: Nanotechnology material specifications (2014-2019)
   

Editorial roles

• Book Editor, CRC Press
• Guest Editor, Sensor Letters (Special Issue for IMCS-13)
   

Reviewer for competitive research funding

• Australian Research Council (ARC) – Discovery Projects, Linkage Projects, Future Fellowships, Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards, Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Grants
• Agency for Science, Research & Technology (A*STAR), Singapore
• Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research
   

Reviewer for international scientific journals

Reviewer for over 45 international journals. Examples include:

• Advanced Functional Materials
• Small
• Nanoscale
• Dalton Transactions
• The Journal of Physical Chemistry
   

Conference Organisation

• Co-chair, Thinking BIG with Nano 2018 
• Co-chair and Organising Committee, International Conference for Young Researchers in Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM) 2018 
• World Materials Summit Forum for Next Generation Researchers 2017 
• Technical Committee, Nanoelectronics, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) 2016
• International Organizing Committee, Second International Conference on Small Science 2012
• Co-Chair and Organiser, Australian Nanotechnology Network Early-Career Symposium 2012
• Session Chair, CMOS Emerging Technologies Conference 2012
• Session Chair, 13th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS-13) 2010
• Organising Committee, SPIE International Symposium 2008

Focused on translating technology for healthcare, to bring science fiction to reality. Led and coordinated a $60 million multi-user, inter-disciplinary research facility. Active contributor to science policy with a focus on innovation and long-term strategy, early- and mid-career researchers, and diversity and inclusion.

• Microfabrication
• Micro/nano-electronic devices
• Microsystems
• Thin films
• Flexible devices
• Memories: memristors
• Resistive memories
• Photonics: plasmonics
• Metamaterials
• Terahertz devices
• Optical resonators

• 12 PhD Current Supervisions and 2 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
• 19 PhD Completions