People

Erol Harvey, PhD, CEO. Erol successfully combined a distinguished academic career and entrepreneurial spirit. With a PhD in Plasma and Laser Physics from Monash University he spent time in Oxford, UK, before returning to Australia in 1999 to become Assosciate Professor of Microtechnology at Swinburne University. His team was the seed for the subsequently formed CRC for MicroTechnology, an AU$75M vehicle that brought together Australian academia and industry, attracting such names as Cochlear Ltd, Robert Bosch Australia, Cook Medical, Motorola, MasterFoods, Alcatel and the Australian Institute of Sports. In 2003 together with Michael Wilkinson, he founded MiniFAB. A founding Director of the Australian Nano Business Forum (ANBF), in 2006 Erol was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

Andrew Campitelli PhD, Manager: Diagnostics. Andrew completed his undergraduate and PhD studies in Electronic Engineering at RMIT in Melbourne specializing in biosensors and worked as a post-doctoral fellow at CNRS in Besançon, France later establishing and managing the biosensor group at IMEC, Belgium. He authored the NEXUS Association Technology Roadmap for Point-of-Care Diagnostics and in 2004 returned to Australia to join MiniFAB after a short time with the Victorian State Government. At MiniFAB Andrew uses his extensive expertise in biotechnology and microfluidic diagnostics to assist clients in creating structured product development plans and product roadmaps. A well-known expert in diagnostics, Andrew is a frequent invited speaker at international conferences and serves on a number of review boards in industry and academia as well as on the steering committee of the SmartHEALTH project within the European Research Framework VI.

Dusan Milojevic PhD, Manager: Devices. Since 1995, Dusan has been involved in senior technical and management roles in design, development and manufacture of medical devices and biosensors. He has worked on IP development and the application of innovation methodologies such as TRIZ. He is formally trained as a physical chemist, obtaining a Bachelor degree at the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and a PhD at Macquarie University, Sydney. Dusan has hadprevious career positions in the CRC for Molecular Engineering and Technology in Sydney, Polartechnics, Cochlear and Johnson&Johnson, which resulted in him moving to J&J MEMS facilities in Silicon Valley. In 2008 Dusan returned to Australia to join MiniFAB where he works with local and international companies developing product strategies for biomedical devices with an emphasis on miniaturization and innovative application of micro and nano manufacturing technologies

Matthias Schuenemann, PhD, Manager: Product Development. Originally educated and trained in Germany, Italy and Bulgaria, Matthias brings to MiniFAB more than two decades of microtechnology experience. He obtained a Dipl.Ing. in Engineering from the Technical University of Ilmenau and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Matthias joined the Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart where he worked as a Project Manager in Microfabrication with the automotive, medical device, aerospace and automation industries. At MiniFAB Matthias works with local and international companies developing product and manufacturing strategies for diagnostic devices with an emphasis on the integration of microfluidics and biological assays. He has developed the MiniFAB Toolbox design approach and has written several influential articles and book chapters on polymer microfluidic design and integration techniques.