Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering – Monash University
Dr Victor J. Cadarso is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Research Leader at the Centre to Impact Antimicrobial Resistance at Monash University. He completed his PhD in physics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) working at the Barcelona Institute for Microelectronics (IMB-CNM, CSIC) before joining the Microsystems Laboratory at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) to expand his expertise in sensor and polymer technologies. In 2013 he was awarded the prestigious Ambizione Fellowship by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to engineer biosensors by means of micro and nanotechnology approaches. In 2016 he joined the Faculty of Engineering at Monash to establish his own research group. His work is centered in the use of micro and nanotechnologies for the implementation of biosurfaces and microsystems, including electrochemical, optical and mechanical sensors, integration of microfluidic systems and the implementation of microoptical elements. He leads a multidisciplinary team that includes engineers and biologists for the use of these technologies into biomedical applications. Beyond his academic work, Victor has also co-founded two high tech start up companies and has extensive experience in academia – industry technology transfer collaborations.