Associate ProfessorAlessandra Sutti

Director, Institute for Frontier Materials

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials

  • Director, Institute for Frontier Materials
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • +61 3 522 71156 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nanofibres, short polymer fibres, textile science.

Soft matter - multicomponent microstructured hydrogels for cell culture,
responsive hydrogels, suspensions of anisotropic particles.

Polymer science - coordination gels, polyelectrolyte nanomaterials

Biomaterials - nanostructured and hierarchical polymer scaffolds for cell
culture

Knowledge Areas
Soft matter sciences, nanomaterials synthesis and self-assembly, colloid
chemistry and physics, colloidal crystal assembly and characterisation,
hydrogel synthesis, hydrogel nanostructuring, nanofibres, polymer chemistry
and physical chemistry, responsive polymer systems, biomaterials.

Inorganic semiconducting nanomaterials for gas sensing and photonics.

Characterisation techniques: electron microscopy, optical microscopy, confocal
laser microscopy, thermal analysis techniques, x-ray diffraction, UV-VIS
spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy.

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Green approaches to extract polymers from seaweed biomass
    31 Jan 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - $279,690.75
  • GRANT
    Sub-Contract with University of Melbourne: Walnut processing & by-product utilisation
    18 Mar 2024 - 20 May 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Alessandra Sutti
    CSIRO - TP716477 - $25,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Xefco REACH project
    29 May 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Xefco Pty Ltd - $17,742,242.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Melt processing.
    6 Mar 2023 - 7 Apr 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Varden Process Pty Ltd - $28,100.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Extraction and Testing of marine fibres for textile applications
    17 Nov 2022 - 16 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - MBCRC203 - $400,000.00
  • GRANT
    Particles derived from textile wastes for sustainable coloration of products
    20 Oct 2022 - 30 Aug 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Sustainability Victoria - C-12728 - $263,715.97
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    1: Textile dyeing via atmospheric plasma coating 2: Atmospheric plasma coatings for textile treatments & material functionalisation.
    1 Oct 2022 - 31 Mar 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Alessandra Sutti
    Xefco Pty Ltd - $54,699.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    HeiQ Pty Ltd - $500,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Transport Accident Commission - $125,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Transport for NSW - $373,051.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Conveyor Products and Solutions - $325,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Simba Global Pty Ltd - $375,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Nanollose Limited - $375,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Xefco Pty Ltd - $500,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Carbon Revolution Operations Pty Ltd - $500,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    C Sea Solutions P/L (trading as ULUU) - $300,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Michell Wool - $300,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    30 Sep 2022 - 29 Sep 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Warner Research Institute - $300,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Sustainable Functional Metallised Textiles
    1 Dec 2021 - 31 Aug 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited - $198,896.00
  • GRANT
    PhD Xtra Career Placement - Huma Khan
    4 Oct 2021 - 4 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    HeiQ Pty Ltd - $20,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Bio-based materials for next generation textile treatments.
    1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited - $199,120.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Textile dyeing via Atmospheric plasma coating.
    1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited - $199,655.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Swimsuit 2024 - Phase 2
    16 Aug 2021 - 16 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    HeiQ Pty Ltd - $30,597.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
    21 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs - IH210100023 - $5,000,000.00