STAFF PROFILE
Professor Madhu Bhaskaran
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399250441
Email:
madhu.bhaskaran@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision,
Media comments
Fellowships, scholarships and awards
A representative list of fellowships, scholarships, and awards from a total of 24 is shown below:
- 2018 - APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education ("ASPIRE")
- 2018 - Batterham Medal by Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
- 2018 - Johnson & Johnson Quickfire Challenge Winner
- 2017 – Australian Museum Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher
- 2017 – Australia's Most Innovative Engineers 2017 by Engineers Australia
- 2016 – RMIT Research Excellence – Team Award
- 2016-2018 – Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) from the Australian Research Council (ARC)
- 2016 – MIT Technology Review TR35 and EmTech Asia Innovators Under 35 – One of 10 Honourees
- 2015 – Victoria Fellowship
- 2014 – Phillip Law Post-Doctoral Award for Physical Sciences from the Royal Society of Victoria
- 2011 – RMIT Research Media Star Award
- 2010-2014 – Australian Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council (ARC)
Intellectual property
- T. Ahmed, S. Walia, S. Sriram, and M. Bhaskaran, "Sensor and method for discriminating between wavelength regions using the sensor" Australian Patent Application 2018902291 (Filed: June 26, 2018).
- M. Taha, S. Walia, S. Sriram, and M. Bhaskaran, "Vanadium oxide films and methods of fabricating the same," Australian Patent Application 2017210601; US Patent Application 15/668,823 (Filed: August 04, 2017).
- T. Ahmed, S. Walia, M. Bhaskaran, and S. Sriram, "Multifunctional and multi-bit resistive storage memories," Australian Provisional Patent 2016902654 (Filed: July 06, 2016).
- P. Gutruf, S. Sriram, and M. Bhaskaran, "A flexible or stretchable sensor for use in detecting a substance and/or electromagnetic radiation and a method for detection thereof," Australian Patent Application 2016203718 (Filed: June 03, 2016); US Patent Application 15/173,272 (Granted)
- H. Nili, S. Walia, M. Bhaskaran, and S. Sriram, "A memristor device and a method of fabrication thereof," Australian Provisional Patent 2015904857 (Filed: November 25, 2015; PCT Filed: November 25, 2016).
Professional involvement
Professional organisation roles
- Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Materials Science and Engineering (2019-current)
- Expert Working Group for Women in STEM Decadal Plan (2018-2019)
Editorial roles:
- Associate Editor for Sensors and Actuators: A Physical
- Editorial Advisory Board for Small
- International Advisory Board for Advanced Intelligent Systems
Reviewer for international scientific journals
Reviewer for over 40 international journals. Examples include:
- Nature Nanotechnology
- Advanced Functional Materials
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Crystal Growth and Design
- CrystEngComm
- Nanoscale Research Letters
Conference organisation
- Program Committee, 35th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors (ICPS) 2020
- Symposium Co-Chair, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) 2020
- Co-chair, Thinking BIG with Nano 2018
- Scientific Advisory Committee, Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices (COMMAD) 2018
- Scientific Committee, Emerging Sensing Technologies Summit (ESTS) 2018
- Scientific Committee, Emerging Polymer Technologies Summit (EPTS) 2017
- Co-Convenor, Women in STEMM National Symposium, 2016
- Local Committee, International Symposium on Graphene Devices 2016
- Technical Committee, The Seventh International Conference on Advances in Circuits, Electronics and Micro-electronics 2014
- Co-Chair and Organiser, Australian Nanotechnology Network Early-Career Symposium 2012
- Technical Committee, CMOS Emerging Technologies Conference 2012-2014
- Organising Committee, SPIE International Symposium 2008
- Co-Leader, Functional Materials and Microsystems
- Node Director and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS)
- Board of Directors, Women in STEMM Australia
- 2009 – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D., Electronic Materials Engineering), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2005 – Master of Engineering (M.Eng., Microelectronics Engineering), RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- 2004 – Bachelor of Engineering (B.E., Electronic and Communication Engineering), P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
- Kabir, S.,Nirantar, S.,Monshipouri, M.,Low, M.,Walia, S.,Sriram, S.,Bhaskaran, M. (2022). Device Geometry Insights for Efficient Electrically Driven Insulator-to-Metal Transition in Vanadium Dioxide Thin-Films In: Advanced Electronic Materials, 8, 1 - 9
- Ahmed, T.,Kuriakose, S.,Abbas, S.,Mayes, E.,Mazumder, A.,Balendhran, S.,Spencer, M.,Akinwande, D.,Bhaskaran, M.,Sriram, S.,Walia, S. (2022). Mixed Ionic-Electronic Charge Transport in Layered Black-Phosphorus for Low-Power Memory In: Advanced Functional Materials, 32, 1 - 11
- Rahman, M.,Cai, L.,Abbas, S.,Tucker, S.,Burton, A.,Perera, G.,Spencer, M.,Walia, S.,Sriram, S.,Gutruf, P.,Bhaskaran, M. (2022). Nicotine Sensors for Wearable Battery-Free Monitoring of Vaping In: ACS Sensors, 7, 82 - 88
- Lv, X.,Ako, R.,Bhaskaran, M.,Sriram, S.,Fumeaux, C.,Withayachumnankul, W. (2022). Frequency-Selective-Surface-Based Mechanically Reconfigurable Terahertz Bandpass Filter In: IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, 12, 257 - 266
- Kabir, S.,Yang, D.,Ahmad Kayani, A.,Zhang, H.,Nirantar, S.,Sriram, S.,Walia, S.,Bhaskaran, M. (2022). Solution-Processed VO2 Nanoparticle/Polymer Composite Films for Thermochromic Applications In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 10280 - 10291
- Nirantar, S.,Patil, B.,Tripathi, D.,Sethu, N.,Narayanan, R.,Tian, J.,Bhaskaran, M.,Walia, S.,Sriram, S. (2022). Metal-Air Field Emission Devices – Nano Electrode Geometries Comparison of Performance and Stability In: Small, 18, 1 - 9
- Low, M.,Abbas, S.,Russo, S.,Sriram, S.,Bhaskaran, M.,Walia, S. (2022). Strain Modulation of Optoelectronic Properties in Nanolayered Black Phosphorus: Implications for Strain-Engineered 2D Material Systems In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 12189 - 12195
- Kuriakose, S.,Ahmad Kayani, A.,Monshipouri, M.,Jain, S.,Mayes, E.,Ahmed, T.,Sriram, S.,Bhaskaran, M.,Walia, S. (2022). Customized Two-Dimensional Nanostructured MoO3Inks for Spectrally Selective UV Chromic Patches In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 18553 - 18560
- Dhanabalan, S.,Sriram, S.,Walia, S.,Avaninathan, S.,Carrasco, M.,Bhaskaran, M. (2021). Wearable Label-Free Optical Biodetectors: Progress and Perspectives In: Advanced Photonics Research, 2, 1 - 18
- Krishnamurthi, V.,Low, M.,Kuriakose, S.,Sriram, S.,Bhaskaran, M.,Walia, S. (2021). Black Phosphorus Nanoflakes Vertically Stacked on MoS2Nanoflakes as Heterostructures for Photodetection In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 4, 6928 - 6935
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
11 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions18 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
Thin films: synthesis and characterisation; Microfabrication: electronic devices, flexible devices, stretchable electronics; Two-dimensional materials: elemental semiconductors (excluding graphene), oxides
- Sensor and data innovation for smart triaging for at-risk Australians (administered by Vlepis Solutions). Funded by: Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) Grant from (2022 to 2024)
- ARC RESEARCH HUB FOR CONNECTED SENSORS FOR HEALTH - Vlepis Project (Administered by UNSW). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub 2018 onwards from (2022 to 2027)
- ARC RESEARCH HUB FOR CONNECTED SENSORS FOR HEALTH - Nthalmic Project (Administered by UNSW). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub 2018 onwards from (2022 to 2027)
- Miniaturised biosignals monitoring system for battery-free, wireless, and skin mountable operation. Funded by: Jack Brockhoff Foundation Medical Grant 2017 onwards from (2022 to 2024)
- Victorian Medical Device Prototyping and Scale Up Facility (VHESIF Pool 2). Funded by: Victorian Higher Education State Investment Fund (VHESIF) - Pool 2 from (2021 to 2025)