Irene Yarovsky

Irene Yarovsky is Distinguished Professor and Leader of the Materials Modelling and Simulation research group at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. She concurrently has a Visiting Professor position at the Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK. Prof. Yarovsky completed her PhD in 1995 at Monash University, Australia on the topic of theoretical modelling of protein interactions with functional surfaces. She then joined industry (BHP Billiton) where she developed and applied theoretical simulations to design advanced industrial coatings, minerals processing reagents and novel interfacial materials. Following her industry appointment Irene joined RMIT University where from 2000 she has been leading research in theory and simulation of materials with a strong application focus, ranging from industrial to bio-materials and novel nanomaterials. At present, she is particularly interested in studying the interface between biological systems and nanomaterials as they interact in the living organisms, the environment, and novel nano-bio devices for biomedical applications. 

Prof. Yarovsky published over 200 papers in leading journals and attracted over $40M of competitive research funding. Distinguished Professor Yarovsky is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Technology, a Fellow of the Royal Society UK (Chemistry) and a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.