Research Fellow - Organ-on-chip Technology
Job No.: 692000
Location: Parkville Campus and Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication in Clayton
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 2 year fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $83,280 - $113,025 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join our inclusive, collaborative community
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Join a world-class research environment at Monash University and contribute to cutting-edge innovation at the intersection of nanotechnology, bioengineering, and translational medicine.
We are seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow (Level A) to join the node of the ARC Training Centre for Microphysiological System Technology (MiPSET), based at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN). This role offers a unique opportunity to work on pioneering platforms that are transforming how we model human physiology and accelerate therapeutic discovery.
In this role, you will contribute to the development of a next-generation, high-throughput and highly predictive microphysiological system, centred on a sophisticated blood–brain barrier (BBB) on-a-chip and multi-organ-on-a-chip platform. Leveraging advanced microfluidics, live-cell imaging, and integrated biosensing technologies, you will help generate multi-parametric insights into barrier integrity, compound transport, and cellular interactions.
Working with leading researchers and industry partners, you will investigate how nanomaterials, small molecule drugs, and infectious agents interact with and cross the BBB and other tissue barriers. Your work will directly inform strategies to enhance therapeutic delivery to the brain and unlock new understanding of BBB function in health and disease.
This position is ideal for an early-career researcher looking to:
- Build expertise in microfluidics, organ-on-chip technologies, and biosensing systems
- Contribute to high-impact, interdisciplinary research with real-world applications
Collaborate within a dynamic, industry-connected research centre
As a Level A research-only academic, you will actively contribute to defined research projects, support publication outputs, and further develop your research profile in a globally recognised research environment.
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
- A cover letter not exceeding two pages, addressing your experience in the Key Selection Criteria listed in the position description
- A resume
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Enquiries: Professor Nicolas Voelcker, Director, Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, nicolas.voelcker@monash.edu
Position Description: Research Fellow
Applications Close: Sunday 19 April 2026, 11:55pm AEDT
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