ProfessorLingxue Kong

Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University

1. The Roger Pysden Memorial Fellowship, Australian Business Limited (2002)

2. ARC (Australian Research Council) early career researcher award, Australian Academy of Science and Australian Research Council (2003)

3. High Flyers Think Tanks, Australian Academy of Science (2006, Innovative technical solutions for water management in Australia)

4. Coconut Island Award, Hainan Province, PR China (2008)

5. PCRDisc: gold medal, 20th Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX2009) in Kuala Lumpur 15-17 May 2009.

6. PCRDisc: iENA (International Trade Fair Ideas Inventions-New Products Nuremberg), iENA Special Award for Best Invention

7. PCRDisc: JIPA (Japan Intellectual Property Association) Award for the Best Invention in Biotechnology, 2009

8. Gold medal: International Exposition of Research and Invention of Institutions of Higher Learning 2009, Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia

9. iENA 2009 International Trade Fair (Ideas Inventions-New Products Nuremberg), Gold Medal for Multiplex PCRDisc, 2009

10. Australia Awards: Endeavour Executive Award (2011, Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations)

11. 2011: Australia China Young Scientists Exchange program, Australian Technological Science and Engineering and Ministry of Science and Technology (PR China)

2011 - present: Professor, Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University

2007 - 2010: Associate Professor, Centre for Material and Fibre Innovation, Deakin University

2006 - 2007: Associate Professor (& adjunct associate professor, 2007-20011), School of Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering, University of South Australia, Australia

2002 - 2005: Senior lecturer, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Research, University of South Australia, Australia

1997 - 2001: Research Fellow, School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University, Australia