Rate My Professor Cadarso Busto

Associate Professor Victor Cadarso Busto is a prominent researcher in applied micro and nanotechnologies within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Monash University, where he heads the Applied Micro and Nano Technology Lab. He earned a Degree in Physics and a PhD in Physics in December 2008 from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, conducting pre-doctoral research (2004-2008) at the Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC) on microsystems and biosensors. Subsequently, he held a Marie Curie Fellowship (2009-2010) and served as Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher (2011-2013) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), advancing polymer technologies for industry transfer. In 2013, he secured an Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation, joining the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) as Research Scientist until 2016 to pioneer 3D nanolithography, high-aspect-ratio replication techniques, and photonic sensing elements. Appointed Senior Lecturer at Monash University in November 2016, he progressed to Associate Professor, became a founding member of the Centre to Impact Antimicrobial Resistance in 2020, chairs the Engineering Early Career Researchers Committee, and contributes to its Community Engagement and Industry strategic groups.

His research focuses on photonics, micro-optics, microfluidics integration, lab-on-a-chip devices, biosensors, MEMS, MOEMS, and bioengineered surfaces for biomedical engineering, antimicrobial resistance mitigation, regenerative medicine, and environmental applications. Innovations include SU-8 based MOEMS devices, commercial polymers from micro resist technology GmbH, exploited patents, and co-founding startups Morphotonix Sàrl and Proton Intelligence Inc. Select publications feature 'Micropillar array-based microfluidic device for electrochemical monitoring of cell culture health' (Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2025), 'Rapid concentration and detection of bacteria in milk using a microfluidic surface acoustic wave activated nanosieve' (ACS Sensors, 2024), 'Compartmentalised enzyme-induced phase transformations in self-assembling lipid systems' (Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024), and 'Novel application of metabolic imaging of early embryos using a light-sheet on-a-chip device' (Human Reproduction, 2025). He leads ARC projects on dynamic microcages for cell mechanics and mesenchymal stromal cell priming, alongside NHMRC equipment grants.