Our Team
Meet the people behind Nanostratus and know about our interests and vision
David Nisbet, PhD, CEO and Founder
David while being the CEO and Founder of Nanostratus also holds the position of Director of Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering and full-time Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and IT and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. Dave is passionate about developing advanced biomaterials and functional nanomaterials, overseeing technology transfer into clinical and industrial applications. His research group, Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials (LAB), or popularly known as “The Nisbet Lab” consists of a team of engineers, chemists, and biologists, all working together to create novel materials to help combat disease and injury. Dave obtained his Ph.D. at Monash University and postdoctoral Fulbright scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. He then spent 10 years at the Australian National University (ANU), and more recently was appointed as a joint Professor within the John Curtin School of Medical Research and the Research School of Chemistry at ANU.
Antonio Tricoli, PhD, CTO and Founder
Antonio is the CTO and Founder of Nanostratus while also holding the position of full Professor of Materials Science at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Sydney, where he leads the Nanotechnology Research Laboratory (NRL). His research focuses on understanding light-matter interactions over multi-scale interfaces for the design of innovative materials and devices with application in Personalised Medicine and Renewable Energy. Antonio received his bachelor's and master’s degrees in Mechanical and Process Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Nanotechnology from ETH Zurich. He completed his tenure at the Australian National University in 2016 and was promoted to full Professor of Engineering in 2019. He is a founding member and co-chair of the inaugural 2017 ANU Grand Challenge strategic research program “Our Health in Our Hands”, which brings together a large multidisciplinary team of scientists from HASS and STEM disciplines aiming at developing transformative technologies to better manage our health. He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications, including book chapters and journal articles. He is the recipient of the 2010 HILTI Prize for the most innovative Ph.D. thesis of ETH Zurich, the 2012 Future Engineering Research Leadership Fellowship of the Australian National University, a 2015 Westpac Research Fellowships, a 2016 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Award, and a 2020 ARC Future Fellowship.
Puneet Garg, Polymer & Coating Specialist & Co-Founder
Puneet is the co-founder of Nanostratus with expertise in polymer synthesis, coating fabrication, and standardized testing. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies jointly at the Research School of Chemistry and Research School of Engineering at the Australian National University, where he is part of the Nanotechnology Research Lab, Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials, and Australian Research Council Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites. Puneet received his bachelor's and master’s engineering degrees in Biomedical and Nanotechnology respectively from India. His research focuses on the development and enhancement of novel polymer materials for the design of next-gen coatings with applications aiming towards super(de)wetting, easy-cleaning, anti-bacterial and anti-viral surfaces.
William Wong, PhD, Technological Consultant
William S. Y. Wong serves as a technological consultant for Nanostratus and currently holds a research fellow position at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. He received his Ph.D. degree (Materials Engineering) from the Australian National University in 2018. His current research interests are in: (i) surface-enhanced wetting properties, (ii) behaviour of dynamic wetting processes, (iii) nanoscale enhanced interfacial phenomena, and (iv) applied wettability: liquid manipulation, wetting-responsive, wetting adaptive, self-cleaning, anti-wetting, anti-foaming, and anti-icing surfaces.
David Nisbet, PhD, CEO and Founder
David while being the CEO and Founder of Nanostratus also holds the position of Director of Graeme Clark Institute for Biomedical Engineering and full-time Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and IT and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne. Dave is passionate about developing advanced biomaterials and functional nanomaterials, overseeing technology transfer into clinical and industrial applications. His research group, Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials (LAB), or popularly known as “The Nisbet Lab” consists of a team of engineers, chemists, and biologists, all working together to create novel materials to help combat disease and injury. Dave obtained his Ph.D. at Monash University and postdoctoral Fulbright scholarship at the University of California, Berkeley. He then spent 10 years at the Australian National University (ANU), and more recently was appointed as a joint Professor within the John Curtin School of Medical Research and the Research School of Chemistry at ANU.
Antonio Tricoli, PhD, CTO and Founder
Antonio is the CTO and Founder of Nanostratus while also holding the position of full Professor of Materials Science at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Sydney, where he leads the Nanotechnology Research Laboratory (NRL). His research focuses on understanding light-matter interactions over multi-scale interfaces for the design of innovative materials and devices with application in Personalised Medicine and Renewable Energy. Antonio received his bachelor's and master’s degrees in Mechanical and Process Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Nanotechnology from ETH Zurich. He completed his tenure at the Australian National University in 2016 and was promoted to full Professor of Engineering in 2019. He is a founding member and co-chair of the inaugural 2017 ANU Grand Challenge strategic research program “Our Health in Our Hands”, which brings together a large multidisciplinary team of scientists from HASS and STEM disciplines aiming at developing transformative technologies to better manage our health. He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications, including book chapters and journal articles. He is the recipient of the 2010 HILTI Prize for the most innovative Ph.D. thesis of ETH Zurich, the 2012 Future Engineering Research Leadership Fellowship of the Australian National University, a 2015 Westpac Research Fellowships, a 2016 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Award, and a 2020 ARC Future Fellowship.
Puneet Garg, Polymer & Coating Specialist & Co-Founder
Puneet is the co-founder of Nanostratus with expertise in polymer synthesis, coating fabrication, and standardized testing. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies jointly at the Research School of Chemistry and Research School of Engineering at the Australian National University, where he is part of the Nanotechnology Research Lab, Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials, and Australian Research Council Training Centre for Automated Manufacture of Advanced Composites. Puneet received his bachelor's and master’s engineering degrees in Biomedical and Nanotechnology respectively from India. His research focuses on the development and enhancement of novel polymer materials for the design of next-gen coatings with applications aiming towards super(de)wetting, easy-cleaning, anti-bacterial and anti-viral surfaces.
William Wong, PhD, Technological Consultant
William S. Y. Wong serves as a technological consultant for Nanostratus and currently holds a research fellow position at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. He received his Ph.D. degree (Materials Engineering) from the Australian National University in 2018. His current research interests are in: (i) surface-enhanced wetting properties, (ii) behaviour of dynamic wetting processes, (iii) nanoscale enhanced interfacial phenomena, and (iv) applied wettability: liquid manipulation, wetting-responsive, wetting adaptive, self-cleaning, anti-wetting, anti-foaming, and anti-icing surfaces.
