Rate My Professor Matthew Linden

Matthew Linden is Associate Professor of Haematology and Transfusion Science in the School of Biomedical Sciences, Pathology and Laboratory Science, at the University of Western Australia, within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. He earned his PhD in haematology from the University of Western Australia. His career includes postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Department of Pediatrics from 2003 to 2007 and Department of Emergency Medicine from 2005 to 2007. At RMIT University, he served as Research Officer in the School of Medical Sciences from 2007 to 2008 and as Senior Lecturer and Director of Flow Cytometry from 2008 to 2012. Returning to the University of Western Australia in 2012, he held the position of Associate Professor and Head of Cytometry until 2015 and continues in his current role. Linden leads the development and delivery of the haematology and transfusion science curriculum in the Master of Clinical Pathology, coordinates units such as Advanced Laboratory Haematology and Transfusion Science, and supports undergraduate teaching in biomedical sciences. His research program investigates platelet biology and function in health and disease, focusing on molecular and functional abnormalities in platelets in haematological malignancies, thermal burn injury, and cardiovascular disease. He develops platelet-based biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis and advances flow cytometry technologies, including panel design, immunophenotyping, cell sorting, and functional assays for whole blood analysis.

Linden has produced 89 research outputs and delivers lectures and webinars internationally, including on platelet flow cytometry. Notable publications include 'Non-severe burn injury causes sustained platelet activation and dysfunction' (2024), 'Platelets after burn injury – hemostasis and beyond' (2022), 'Platelet Phenotype and Function in the Setting of Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation' (2019), 'Measurement of monocyte-platelet aggregates by imaging flow cytometry' (2015), 'Lectin staining and flow cytometry reveals female-induced male spermate competitiveness' (2015), and 'Megakaryocyte emperipolesis in myeloproliferative neoplasms: Are neutrophils friends or foes?' (2025). He has secured research grants such as from the Ian Potter Foundation in 2009. Linden holds leadership positions as Past President and Councillor of the Australasian Cytometry Society, Board of Trustees member of the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry, Deputy Chair of the WA Branch of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists, and editorial board member of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Reviews Editor for Frontiers in Cardiovascular Biology. He received the Teacher of the Year (Students' Choice) award at RMIT Science, Engineering & Health in 2011.