Professor Madhu Bhaskaran

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

Membership of professional societies:

• Membership of professional societies:
• Materials Research Society (MRS)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
• Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN, formerly ARCNN)
• Australian Ceramic Society

Editorial roles:

• Associate Editor for Sensors and Actuators: A Physical
• Book Editor, CRC Press
• Guest Editor, Sensor Letters (Special Issue for IMCS-13)

Reviewer for competitive research funding:

• Australian Research Council (ARC) – Discovery Projects , Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities Grants
• National Council for Scientific Research (Romania) – Exploratory Research Projects, Joint Applied Research Projects
• New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment – Investment rounds

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

• 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
• Session Chair (Nano), International Conference on Small Science 2012
• Co-Chair and Organiser, Australian Nanotechnology Network Early-Career Symposium 2012
• Session Chair, CMOS Emerging Technologies Conference 2012
• Technical Committee, CMOS Emerging Technologies Conference 2012-2014
• Session Chair, 13th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS-13) 2010
• Organising Committee, SPIE International Symposium 2008

• Co-Leader, Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group
• 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