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Sharath Sriram

Professor Sharath Sriram jointly leads the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University (fmm.rmit.edu.au). Sharath was Scientific Coordinator and Founding Deputy Director of RMIT University’s Micro Nano Research Facility, a $60 million multi-user, inter-disciplinary research facility. He is currently Chair of Policy for Science & Technology Australia, and an active contributor to science policy with a focus on innovation, long-term strategy, and diversity and inclusion.

Sharath transforms discoveries into technology, by harnessing functionality in materials at the nano- and micro-scales. His expertise spans brain-inspired electronics, precision biosensors, and optical sensing technologies. A former Australian Research Council Fellow, his research excellence recognition includes the 2012 NMI Prize for Measurement Excellence from the National Measurement Institute, Australia; a 2012 Victoria Fellowship; the 2016 Australian Museum 3M Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science; and being named among Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers 2016 by Engineers Australia.

Sharath’s passion is to create connections with end-users to deliver commercial technologies, in partnership with industry. He collaborates with several Australian healthcare and medical technology providers to develop sensors and electronics that support point-of-care and wireless healthcare monitoring.


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