Career Profile

  • Associate Professor, AIBN/CAI (2010- )
  • Senior Research Fellow, AIBN/CMR (2005-2010)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CMR (2003)
  • Research Scientist, Polymerat Pty. Ltd. (2000-2003)
  • Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Physical Chemistry, QUT (1997-2000)
  • B.App.Sci.App.Chem.(Hons, Queensland University of Technology (1992-1996)
  • Research Interests

    Some of A/Professor Blakey’s major research themes include:

  • Polymers for semiconductor manufacture
  • Hybrid Inorganic-Polymer Materials and their Self Assembly
  • Generation of Biodegradable Polymers
  • Modification of Polymer Surfaces
  • Applications of 129Xe NMR for materials analysis
  • MRI contrast agents.

Researcher biography

​Associate Professor Blakey is a group leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and the Centre for Advanced Imaging. During his appointment at UQ he has been a recipient of a Vice Chancellor's Research and Teaching Fellowship, an ARC Future Fellowship, a Linkage Projects International Fellowship, and a Queensland Government Smart State Fellowship. Prior to joining UQ he worked at Polymerat, a materials biotechnology startup company now listed on the ASX as AnteoTech.