> The Research Academy > Collaborating Faculty > Student profiles > Industry and government > Prospective research students > Researchers and research institutes > Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture > Infrastructure engineering > Clean energy > Water > Nanotechnology > Biotechnology and stem cell research			Research themes Research projects The IITB-Monash Research Academy has an extensive range of research projects and PhD opportunities available across the six research themes: > Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] > Infrastructure engineering [1] [2] > Clean energy > Water > Nanotechnology [1] [2] > Biotechnology and stem cell research Research Academy THEME/S REF No (Click for details) MU SUPERVISOR IITB SUPERVISOR PROJECT TITLE STATUS Nanotechnology IMURA0159 Dr Malin Premaratne, Dr Le Nguyen Binh Prof R Vijaya Photonic crystal antenna – design and fabrication PhD candidate currently on project: Sreenivas Reddy Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Clean energy Nanotechnology IMURA0160 Dr Dan Li Prof Dhirendra Bahadur Graphene-based ferromagnetic nanomaterials. PhD candidate currently on project: Swain Akshaya Kumar Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0162 Dr Malin Premaratne A/Prof Dipankar Saha Theory and numerical studies of SPASERs: A new class of nanoscale plasmonic lasers Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0163 Dr Malin Premaratne A/Prof Dipankar Saha Theory and numerical simulation of spin polarized single-photon light sources Candidate required Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0164 Dr Malin Premaratne A/Prof Dipankar Saha Fabrication and experimental characterization of spin polarized light sources PhD candidate currently on project: Debasree Banerjee Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture Nanotechnology IMURA0166 Dr David Nisbet, Dr John Forsythe Dr Samir Maji Electrospinning of amyloids and their in vivo implantation for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Candidate required Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0167 Dr David Nisbet, Dr John Forsythe Dr Samir Maji An in vitro investigation of electrospun amyloid scaffolds and their influence on neural stem cell fate. Candidate required Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0180 Dr Christopher Hutchinson Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Prof V S Raja Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO High performance light alloys through non-equilibrium processing PhD candidate currently on project: Rinkel Nanotechnology IMURA0181 Prof Colleen Bettles Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Prof Bhagwati P Kashyap Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Metallurgical bonding during consolidation of Ti particulate PhD candidate currently on project: R Thyagarajan Nanotechnology IMURA0190 Prof Qizhi Chen Prof Dhirendra Bahadur Dendrimer functionalized magnetic nano-particles as promising targeted delivery systems for gene and peptides PhD candidate currently on project: Saumya Nigam Biotechnology and stem cell research Nanotechnology IMURA0205 Dan Li Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Dhiren Bahadur Also includes external supervisor from CSIRO Design of carbon-metal nano-composites for electrical and magnetic application PhD candidate currently on project: Rajarathinam Senthilkumar Nanotechnology IMURA0207 Dr David Nisbet, Dr John Forsythe Dr Samir Maji Engineering amyloid fibrils for nanotechnology and neuronal cell regeneration PhD candidate currently on project: Jyotsana Nidhi Biotechnology and stem cell research