Rate My Professor Matthieu Gresil

Associate Professor Matthieu Gresil holds a BSc and MSc in Physics with a focus on Matter and Materials from the University of Nantes, France. He completed his PhD in 2009 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Cachan, in collaboration with the French Navy (DCNS), exploring the integration of structural health monitoring and electromagnetic shielding functions into composite materials. Following his doctorate, he undertook a four-year postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of South Carolina from 2010 to 2014, focusing on multi-physics finite element modelling of guided wave propagation for structural health monitoring in composite and metallic structures. In 2014, he joined the University of Manchester as Lecturer in multifunctional composites and was promoted to Senior Lecturer. There, he led a dynamic research group, built a state-of-the-art laboratory facility, and secured several million dollars in funding. In May 2020, he joined Monash University as Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Associate Professor Gresil’s interdisciplinary research explores the integration of multifunctionality in composite structures, including health monitoring, self-healing, reprocessability, recyclability, thermal-load dissipation, and electrical enhancement; the development of bio-based polymer materials such as vitrimers with healing and morphing capabilities activated by thermal stimuli; and the design of bio-inspired 2D/3D morphing materials using nanotechnology and advanced printing techniques. At Monash, he leads the Circular Plastic Research Node within the Faculty of Engineering, serves as Director of Research in his department overseeing research performance, laboratory infrastructure, and strategic initiatives, and is platform leader for circular materials at the BioPRIA Institute. He founded the i-Composites Lab, supporting PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and honours students. Since joining Monash, he has attracted over $4.5 million in competitive grants, including as lead Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Project DP240102221 and funding from industry partners such as Tirupati Graphite, RayGen, Sustainability Victoria, and Woodside Energy. Key publications include “Lamb waves-based technologies for structural health monitoring of composite structures for aircraft applications” (2022), “Epoxy homopolymerisation as a tool to tune thermo-mechanical properties and fracture toughness of vitrimer” (2021), “Direct-write piezoelectric coating transducers in combination with discrete ceramic transducer and laser pulse excitation for ultrasonic impact damage detection on composite plates” (2021), “Self-healing and graphene-reinforced epoxy vitrimer coatings with corrosion resistance recovery and glycolysis-enabled recyclability” (2026), and “A new criterion based on the distribution of cluster onsets for interpreting acoustic emission data signals” (2025).