Simon Moulton

Prof Moulton obtained his PhD from the University of Wollongong (UoW) in 2002. His research lies at the intersection between chemical and materials engineering and medicine and is based on the principle of end-user driven design. He is a past recipient of the ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship in 2009. Since 2005, he has attracted (leading teams as well as a team member) approximately $30million in category 1, 2 and 3 research funding. These grants include ARC Centre of Excellence, ARC Discovery, ARC Linkage, MRFF Commercialisation and philanthropic funding from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. These and other grants have facilitated his outstanding research track record and realised the establishment of one spin out company. Much of his non-commercially sensitive research outcomes have been published in high impact journals such as Biomaterials, Journal of American Chemical Society, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Carbon and Journal of Controlled Release.

Over the last 20 years Prof Moulton has developed vibrant and productive research teams across 2 Institutions (University of Wollongong and Swinburne University of Technology) working in materials and devices for medical solutions. His current team consists of 6 PhD students, 2 post doctorial fellows and 1 research assistant working in the areas of electrochemistry, advanced fabrication (3D printing), polymers, graphene, hydrogels, cellular biology and liposomes. He has developed strong research collaborations with medical clinicians and surgeons within large hospitals (St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Alfred Hospital Melbourne) as well as medical research institutes (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Bionics Institute, Burnet Institute and Baker Institute). These collaborations involve developing solutions for drug delivery for epilepsy, cancer and tissue engineering as well as engineering metal and carbon-based electrode-cellular interface platforms for nerve, muscle, and cartilage regeneration.