Madhu Bhaskaran

Brief Biography:
Professor Madhu Bhaskaran is a multi-award winning electronics engineer and innovator. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
She co-leads the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University which she established in 2010. She is Deputy Director – Research for the ARC Research Hub for Connected Sensors for Health. She is also a Chief Investigator and Node Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence in Transformative Meta-Optical Systems.
Her work on electronic skin and wearable sensors has been patented and her group now works collaboratively with multiple industry and design partners to commercialise the technology for healthcare and aged care.
She is a passionate advocate for equity and diversity and she proudly co-leads Women in STEMM Australia.

Awards (Selected):
2022 Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2021 Knowledge Commercialisation Award for Best Industry Collaboration
2020 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australian Award
2020 Frederick White Medal awarded by Australian Academy of Science
2018 APEC Aspire Prize Winner
2018 Batterham Medal awarded by Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
2017 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher
2017 Most Innovative Engineers 2017 by Engineers Australia
2016 RMIT Research Excellence – Team Award
2016-2018 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council
2016 MIT Technology Review Top 10 Technology Innovators under 35 in Asia
2015 Victoria Fellowship
2014 Phillip Law Post-Doctoral Award for Physical Sciences, Royal Society of Victoria
2013–2014 Malcolm Moore Industry Research Award
2011 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Emerging Researcher
2011 RMIT Research Media Star Award
2010–2013 Australian Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council

Conferences (Selected):
Keynote/Invited Presentations: Fifty five plenary/keynote/invited presentations at national and international conferences
Co-Chair of 2024 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Technical program committee or symposium chair for multiple conferences:
2024 Materials Research Society Fall Conference
2022 Conference on Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices
2021 IEEE Sensors Conference
2020 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Professional Commitments
Editor for Sensors and Actuators: A Physical
Editorial Advisory Board for Small and Advanced Intelligent Systems
Committee Member, Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Materials Science and Engineering
Executive Committee, Australian Materials Research Society (A-MRS)
Advisory Board, STEM Sisters
Expert Working Group, Women in STEM Decadal Plan