Nisa SalimNisa Salem received her PhD from Deakin University in 2013 in materials engineering. Nisa's research is mainly focused on advanced carbon materials and functional fibres. She has published over 40 high impact journal papers, 1 book (in preparation), nd 3 book chapters even with a career interruption of almost 3 years. Nisa has won many awards in her research career including AINSE Gold Medal for outstanding PhD and Smart Geelong Early Researcher award, Victoria Fellowship, Endeavour Fellowship, Alfred Deakin Fellowship and many more even with a career break of more than 2 years. Nisa's vision is to develop multifunctional materials that are enablers for digitalization and the internet of things - living materials that sense, actuate and harvest energy. Read More Read Less