Sally McArthur

Professor Sally McArthur is the Director of the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin Univeristy. During her tenure at Swinburne, she was the Director of the Manufacturing Futures Research Institute at Swinburne and CSIRO Research+ Science Leader in Biomedical Manufacturing. Sally led a number of initiatives at Swinburne including MedTechVic (VHESIF).

Professor McArthur’s personal research couples materials, surface engineering, physical science, analytical chemistry and biochemistry. Using these tools, she creates novel interfaces capable of eliciting specific physical and biological responses. Her CSIRO Research+ Science Leader role focused on the development of 3D tissue model systems as new in vitro test platforms for the biomaterials, pharmaceutical and medical/bio technologies sectors.

As an engineering researcher Sally has obtained approximately $22 million in funding from research councils, industry and government in the UK and Australia, including $1.9 million from Victoria's Start-up Agency, LaunchVic to support the development of the Medical Device Partnering Program in Victoria.