Topic: functional materials

Research advanced functional materials and high-throughput fabrication for electronics, energy harvesting and catalysis. Characterize physical properties and develop materials through solid-state synthesis, vacuum deposition and printing. Design projects, contribute to funding applications, mentor research students and manage laboratory equipment, training and safety. The advertised salary band is AUD 133,000–156,000 plus 17% superannuation and annual leave loading.

Develop an uncertainty-aware digital twin and AI control architecture for protein-guided, droplet-based manufacturing of functional materials. The programme combines protein and formulation descriptors, physics-informed process models, inline measurements and process–structure–property learning. Applications include rare-earth-free magnets and nanoporous battery electrodes. Responsibilities include efficient experiment selection, drift diagnosis, parameter correction and collaboration across seven research groups. Funding is available until 31 December 2027 in the first instance, subject to th