Experience

Therapeutic Goods Administration

• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Assistant Director

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Canberra, Australia To safeguard and enhance the health of the Australian community through pre- and post-market regulation of medical devices used in or exported from Australia.

• Regulatory scientist/engineer

  • Oct 2016 - Feb 2019

  Canberra, Australia



ETH Zürich

• Switzerland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2016

  Zürich Area, Switzerland ✔ Designed, developed and investigated a number of metallic biomaterials, with emphasis on absorbable magnesium alloys for potential cardiovascular and orthopaedic implants ✔ Collaborated with 10+ leading research groups and medical device companies on a variety of projects, ranging from animal studies to materials characterisation ✔ Initiated and planned 5+ new projects on the development of new metallic biomaterials, in the process secured >600k CHF (US$660k) in research… Show more ✔ Designed, developed and investigated a number of metallic biomaterials, with emphasis on absorbable magnesium alloys for potential cardiovascular and orthopaedic implants ✔ Collaborated with 10+ leading research groups and medical device companies on a variety of projects, ranging from animal studies to materials characterisation ✔ Initiated and planned 5+ new projects on the development of new metallic biomaterials, in the process secured >600k CHF (US$660k) in research funding over 3 years ✔ Led multiple biomaterial R&D projects, managing the time, cost, quality and resources (technicians and students) to ensure agreed deliverables are met. At the completion of each milestone, the results were communicated to specific stakeholders, and often accompanied by a paper publication Show less



UNSW

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Research Scholar

  • Jul 2009 - Jan 2013

  Sydney, Australia ✔ Created a series of novel amorphous alloys, then investigated their viability as absorbable implant material in collaboration with 5+ medical device companies and research institutes ★ Successfully marketed scientific ideas to specific audiences, and was awarded 4 poster prizes, a best thesis award, and a best paper award, totalling over AUD$6,500 (US$5,300) ✔ Transformed a decommissioned vacuum chamber into a state-of-the-art sputtering machine, and with it produced… Show more ✔ Created a series of novel amorphous alloys, then investigated their viability as absorbable implant material in collaboration with 5+ medical device companies and research institutes ★ Successfully marketed scientific ideas to specific audiences, and was awarded 4 poster prizes, a best thesis award, and a best paper award, totalling over AUD$6,500 (US$5,300) ✔ Transformed a decommissioned vacuum chamber into a state-of-the-art sputtering machine, and with it produced antibiotic-eluting absorbable scaffolds for would healing applications ✔ Conducted cytotoxicity assessment of implant materials in accordance with ISO10993 and GLP. Results were subsequently published in scientific journals to further the development in absorbable metallic implants ✔ Carried out extensive literature research, critically assessed the information presented, then in consultation with multiple stakeholders defined project milestones, and subsequently planned the scientific experiments in detail Show less



Monash University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Fellow

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  Melbourne, Australia ✔ Performed corrosion investigations on newly developed amorphous alloys ✔ Collaborated and planned 5+ research projects ✔ Organized a faculty tour to the Australian Synchrotron



Arrium

• Australia
• Mining
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Physical Metallurgist

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

  Rooty Hill, Sydney ✔ Provided technical support to the rolling mill, which produces long steel products focused almost entirely on the domestic Australian market ✔ Adopted lean six sigma methodology striving to improve performance and reduce wastes in a manufacturing environment ✔ Trained shift crews in new techniques in quality control and educated them about the associated Australian Standards



ANSTO

• Australia
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Materials Scientist

  • Dec 2007 - Feb 2008

  Sydney, Australia ✔ Performed mechanical assessment of materials in accordance with ASTM and Australian standards ✔ Modelled the material deformation behaviour with finite element analysis ✔ Developed new surface contour technique to measure residual stress in structural materials



Sandvik

• Sweden
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Sales Intern

  • Dec 2006 - Feb 2007

  Smithfield, Sydney ✔ Identified customer needs, proposed product solutions and guided sales department to meet customer requirements ✔ Developed and managed relationships with key customers