Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform

DR ELENA TARAN
Platform Manager

Elena joined The University of Melbourne as MCFP Manager in 2019. Her previous appointments included positions with School of Chemical Engineering and Australian National Fabrication Facility at The University of Queensland. Elena completed her PhD in the Surface Control Engineering Laboratory of Kyoto University. She is an expert in surface characterisation by scanning probe microscopy, vibrational spectroscopy and microanalysis.

ORCID
elena.taran@unimelb.edu.au

DR ANDERS  BARLOW
Academic Specialist 

DAN SMITH
Platform Support Officer (Nanofabrication)

Dan previously worked at Hewlett Packard and he has over 25 years of experience in micro/nanofabrication, MEMS and semiconductor manufacturing, process development, integration and characterisation. Dan is based at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) where he assists University of Melbourne researchers in accessing and using the facilities at MCN. He provides project support including experimental design, equipment training, process development and characterisation.

e: dan.smith@nanomelbourne.com
t: 03 9902 4377

PAUL BRANNON
Platform Support Officer (Advanced Fluorescence Imaging)

Paul has previously worked at the University of Chicago and in the Biological Imaging Facility at Northwestern University. He has a background in molecular biology and optical microscopy, with a focus on confocal microscopy. Paul is responsible for the Advanced Fluorescence Imaging node of the MFCP. He has experience in imaging a wide range of samples, including live cells and nanoparticles.

e: paul.brannon@unimleb.edu.au
t: 03 903 57749 (x57749)

DR DARRYL JOHNSON
Platform Support Officer (Advanced Fluorescence Imaging)

Darryl has previously worked within the University of Melbourne and the ACR Centre of Excellence for Advanced Molecular Imaging. He has a background in molecular biology, biochemistry and immunology. He is an expert in cell cytometry, confocal microscopy, multiparameter imaging and image analysis.

e: darrylj@unimelb.edu.au
t: 03 903 57749 (x57749)

DR TIAN  ZHENG
Platform Support Officer (Nanomaterials Characterisation)

e: tian.zheng@unimelb.edu.au

Prof Ray Dagastine
Platform Academic Champion

e: rrd@unimelb.edu.au
t: 03 834 44704 (x44704)

Prof George Franks

e: gvfranks@unimelb.edu.au
t: 03 834 49020 (x49020)

New MCFP users

For University of Melbourne researchers:

Please view the video here for a walkthrough of the iLab registration process. You can also find more information, useful guides, and videos, on the Research Gateway (requires SSO).

If your supervisor cannot be found in the list, they may need to have a new lab group created. Please use the Support Request on the Research Gateway page to ask for help.

For External researchers including Industry:

Please register for an iLab account by clicking on the following link, hovering over the Register link in the top right-hand corner, then clicking Register for an iLab Account.

You can find support information including user guides at the Research page.

For All MCFP Users:

Please take a look at the MCFP Access and Usage Handbook for more information on the platform.

Remember that it is a requirement that all outputs arising from the use of MCFP facilities must acknowledge the platform. Please use the following in the acknowledgement section of any papers:

“This work was performed in part at the Materials Characterisation and Fabrication Platform (MCFP) at the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF)”

The MCFP logo should be included on the acknowledgement slide of all presentations that

have used MCFP equipment. You can download the MCFP logo for presentations here.