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University of Queensland

Chemistry Engineering Health Science Polymer Chemistry Nanotechnology Materials Chemistry Bioengineering Biomedical Engineering

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Professor Andrew Whittaker is a Senior Group Leader and founder member of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) at the University of Queensland, where he serves as Deputy Director International and Affiliated Professor in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences. He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland in 1987, with his PhD thesis on the radiation chemistry of polyolefins. Whittaker joined the University of Queensland around 1991, was promoted to full professor in 2004, and became an inaugural Group Leader at AIBN in 2005. He directs research funded through more than $62.5 million in competitive grants since 2000 from sources including the ARC, NHMRC, Intel, Sematech, Dow Chemical Company, and DuPont. He has held visiting professor positions at Hubei University, INSA Lyon, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and served as DICE Chair at the University of Nottingham.