Dr Aditya Ardana completed his PhD in Polymer Chemistry and Bioengineering from the University of Queensland in 2016. After finishing his fellowship at CSIRO (2018-2022), he joined the group of Prof San Thang at Monash University. His research interests include reversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerization, protein chemistry, bioconjugation and applications of polymer conjugates in drug delivery and mineral beneficiation.