Michael obtained his PhD in Analytical Chemistry in 2001 from the University of Tasmania (UTAS), and was awarded his DSc in 2017. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed papers, supported over the past 18 years at UTAS with over $22M of research funding. He has held three Australian Research Council fellowships, and received numerous prizes and recognition, including the 2019 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science for Safeguarding Australia. Michael is a co-inventor on a number of patents, with four commercial products at market, and in 2022 was made a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).
Michael’s Fulbright research aims to develop a new dry, solid-state platform with which to measure important molecules for personalised medicine, environmental analysis, forensic science and industry process monitoring and control.