Suresh K Bhargava

Dr Bhargava is Professor and Chair of Industrial Chemistry at RMIT University. He is also Director of the Integrated Victorian XRD and Materials Characterisation Facility and the RMIT Vibrational Spectroscopy Facility, unique collaborative facilities established in alliance with other Victorian universities and major industry groups and with support from the Australian Research Council. He has worked on various projects with Alcoa, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto (Comalco). Among many distinguished awards and achievements throughout his career, Dr Bhargava has received the 2006 Vice-Chancellors highest Award for Research Excellence, "R K Murphy Award" - the most coveted industrial chemistry award in Australia presented by Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Recently he has been elected as a Fellow of one of most prestigious Academies of Australia, the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).