Professor Marcela Bilek

Professor Marcela Bilek, ARC Laureate Fellow and Professor of Applied Physics and Surface Engineering at the University of Sydney, is internationally recognized for her pioneering plasma-based processes. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, a BSc from the University of Sydney, and an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology. Prof. Bilek has held notable roles globally, including at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg. An inventor of the technology behind Culturon's products, she also contributes as an associate editor for the Journal of Applied Physics.

Dr. Shelley Wickham

Dr. Shelley Wickham is an ARC DECRA Fellow, Westpac Research Fellow, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, with roles in the Schools of Chemistry and Physics. She completed her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Physics at the University of Sydney, focusing on photonic structures in biology. Dr. Wickham earned her PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Oxford, where she developed synthetic molecular motors from DNA. Her postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School involved designing 3D DNA origami nanostructures for biological studies. Dr. Wickham is a key inventor behind the plasma-activated coatings used in Culturon’s transformative technology.

Associate Prof Lam

Yun-Wah

Yun is a molecular cell biologist with 20 years of experience in research, teaching, and scientific outreach. He has published over 100 scientific papers, book chapters and international patents and is an award-winning teacher with a distinguished track record of curriculum and pedagogic development. His research focuses on the studies of extracellular proteins, such as serum and extracellular matrix proteins, and the utilisation of some of these proteins in disease treatment, tissue engineering and biosensing. He is currently Reader in Cell Biology at the School of Applied Sciences,

University of Huddersfield, UK

Prof Shin-Ichi Nishkawa

Graduated from Kyoto University Medical School in 1973 and spent seven years as a chest physician. In 1980, shifted to basic science at Cologne University, Germany, as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He served as an associate professor at the Kyoto University Chest Disease Institute from 1983 to 1987, then as a professor at the Institute of Genetics and Embryology, Kumamoto University, from 1987 to 1993. From 1993 to 2003, he was a professor at Kyoto University School of Medicine and from 2000 to 2013, a Group Director at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology. Post-retirement, he founded the NPO All About Science Japan to support patient associations and educate young students on life sciences.