Sharath Sriram

Science and research leader creating and delivering breakthrough technologies in nanoelectronics, sensors, and medical technologies. 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.

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.

Awards:

2021 Innovation Australia Awards for Excellence (Finalist in Medical Technologies and People’s Choice Categories)
2021 Knowledge Commercialisation Australia Awards for Best Industry Collaboration and People’s Choice Categories
2018-2019 Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) Technology Ambassador Fellowship
2018 Innovation Award, TechConnect World 2018
2017 Vice-Chancellor’s Leadership Excellence Award (Operating Leader)
2017 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE) Australian Finalist
2016 RMIT Research Excellence – Team Award
2016 Australian Museum 3M Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science
2016 Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers 2016 by Engineers Australia
2016 Netexplo (UNESCO) Top 100 Innovations of 2016 (for nano memory cell innovation)
2014 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Excellence - Early Career Researcher Award
2012 Victoria Fellowship and Australian French Association for Science and Technology Fellowship
2012 NMI Prize for Measurement Excellence from the National Measurement Institute
2011 Ian Permezel Memorial Award
2011-2014 Australian Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Australian Research Council (ARC)

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