Associate Professor Madhu Bhaskaran is the Co-Leader of the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University and an Australian Research Council Fellow. An expert in stretchable and wearable electronics, underpinned by the use of functional oxide thin films and micro-/nano-fabrication, Madhu has more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, including 85 journal articles. She has obtained around $4 million competitive research funding for projects and equipment, and has won several awards and fellowships for her research including a 2015 Victoria Fellowship and the 2014 Phillip Law Postdoctoral Award for Physical Sciences by the Royal Society of Victoria. She was named as one of the Top 10 Innovators under 35 for Asia in MIT Technology Review 2016.