Biography
Dr Sutti graduated from the University of Parma in 2007, with a PhD thesis in materials science (nanostructured materials for sensing: inverse opals, gas and DNA sensors). Dr Sutti had previously been awarded a Laurea in Materials Science (MSc+BSc) from the University of Parma in 2003.
Since 2008, Dr Sutti has been working at Deakin, where she heads the Short Polymer Fibres team at the Institute for Frontier Materials. Dr Sutti's research interests include polymer chemistry, polymer physics, fluid-dynamics and biomaterials for stem cell and cancer immunotherapies.
Career highlights
Highlights
• 2021 Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research and Innovation, Industry Engagement in Research (related to 2021 and 2020)
• 2019 Vice-Chancellor Award for Engagement in Research, Deakin University
• 2019 Vice-Chancellor Award for Industry and Employer Partnerships, Deakin University
• 2018 Research Collegiality Award, Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) - Deakin University• 2018: Vice-Chancellor Award for Industry Engagement in Research
• 2018: Industrial partner HeiQ Australia establishes production site in ManuFutures, in Geelong, VIC
• 2017: Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Contribution through Innovation that spans the Value Promise, Deakin University
• 2017: Excellence in Research Award, Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) - Deakin University
• 2017: HeiQ NoFuzz product, developed in collaboration with the short polymer fibres team, launched by HeiQ Australia and HeiQ Materials AG
• 2016: Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Contribution to Partnerships, Deakin University
• 2016: HeiQ Australia and HeiQ Materials AG launch first short polymer fibre product Real Silk
• 2016-2019: Senior Research Fellow. Team Leader Short Polymer Fibres, IFM, Deakin University.
• 2015: Research, Entrepreneurship, and Cross University Collaboration Awards, IFM, Deakin University
• 2015 - 2021: CI ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for a World Class Future Fibre Industry (ARC - $4.7m, Industry contribution $3m)
• 2014: Vice-Chancellor Award for Excellence in Industry Engagement, Deakin University
• 2014: Winner, Victorian Engineering Excellence Award, Institute of Engineers Australia
• 2014: Finalist Australian Engineering Excellence Awards, Institute of Engineers Australia
• 2014: HeiQ Australia Founded
• 2014-2018: CI ARC Linkage Project “Short silk nanofibre based 3D scaffolds with enhanced biomimicry” (ARC - $470k, Industry: $210k)
• 2013-2015: CI, Skilling the Bay grant “Production of a pilot manufacturing plant for the manufacture of short nanofibres” (Industry: $244k)
• 2012-2015: Res. Fellow, biomaterials and short nanofibres, IFM, Deakin University
• 2008-2012: Assoc. Res. Fellow, IFM, Deakin University
Patents
• Sutti, Lin, Kirkland “Fibre-forming process and fibres produced by the process”, AU2012325679, US9920454, CN104024494B, EP2748359,
• Sutti et al. “An apparatus for producing nano-bodies”, AU2014225283, JP6238176
• Sutti et al., “Process for providing water repellency”, Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln. No. 2015904197
• Sutti et al. “Process for Treatment of Fabrics”, Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln. No. 2015904197
• Sutti et al. "Systems and methods for making a product", International Patent Application No. PCT/AU2017/050291
• Sutti et al. “Coating composition and method”, Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln. No. 2018900730
• Sutti et al. "Composition and Method for Providing Water-Repellency", Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln. No. 2020903096
• Sutti, et al. "A composition for the delivery of biologically active agents and uses" thereof, Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln. No. 2020251710
• Sutti, et al. "Vapor Deposition Product and Method Therefor", Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln. No. 2021901649
• Sutti, et al. "Vapor Deposition Product and Method Therefor", Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln. No. 2021901312
• Sutti, et al. "Healable and Reprocessable Compositions", Aus.Prov.Pat.Appln.2021901834
Research interests
Nanofibres, short polymer fibres, textile science.
Soft matter - multicomponent microstructured hydrogels for cell culture, responsive hydrogels, suspensions of anisotropic particles.
Polymer science - coordination gels, polyelectrolyte nanomaterials
Biomaterials - nanostructured and hierarchical polymer scaffolds for cell culture
Affiliations
Materials Research Society (MRS)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
The GLOBE Program GISN Member
Knowledge areas
Soft matter sciences, nanomaterials synthesis and self-assembly, colloid chemistry and physics, colloidal crystal assembly and characterisation, hydrogel synthesis, hydrogel nanostructuring, nanofibres, polymer chemistry and physical chemistry, responsive polymer systems, biomaterials.
Inorganic semiconducting nanomaterials for gas sensing and photonics.
Characterisation techniques: electron microscopy, optical microscopy, confocal laser microscopy, thermal analysis techniques, x-ray diffraction, UV-VIS spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy.
Professional activities
Member of the Geelong Manufacturing Network - Women in Manufacturing Steering Committee
Media appearances
ABC Radio - Industry-Academia partnerships delivering non-pilling fabrics
ABC News June 4th 2016 - Federal Election Special on Jobs of the Future
Research groups
Fibres and Textiles Research Team
Short Polymer Fibres Team
Awards
• 2021 Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research and Innovation, Industry Engagement in Research (related to 2021 and 2020)
• 2019 Vice-Chancellor Award for Engagement in Research, Deakin University
• 2019 Vice-Chancellor Award for Industry and Employer Partnerships, Deakin University
• 2018 Research Collegiality Award, Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) - Deakin University
• 2018: Vice-Chancellor Award for Industry Engagement in Research, Deakin University
• 2018: Collegiality Award, Insitute for Frontier Materials (IFM) - Deakin University
• 2017: Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Contribution through Innovation that spans the Value Promise, Deakin University (Team award - Adaptive Experimental Optimisation)
• 2017: Excellence in Research Award, Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) - Deakin University
• 2016: Vice-Chancellor Award for Outstanding Contribution to Partnerships, Deakin University (Team award - Short Polymer Fibres)
• 2015: Research, Entrepreneurship, and Cross University Collaboration Awards, IFM, Deakin University
• 2014: Vice-Chancellor Award for Excellence in Industry Engagement, Deakin University
• 2014: Winner, Victorian Engineering Excellence Award, Institute of Engineers Australia (Deakin University, Cytomatrix, Austeng)
• 2014: Finalist Australian Engineering Excellence Awards, Institute of Engineers Australia (Deakin University, Cytomatrix, Austeng)
Publications
No publications found
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Short silk nanofibre based 3D scaffolds with enhanced biomimicry
Prof Xungai Wang, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Dr Andrew Parratt
ARC Linkage - Projects
- 2017: $84,708
- 2016: $166,908
- 2015: $164,634
- 2014: $81,124
A World Class Future Fibre Industry Transformation Research Hub
Prof Xungai Wang, Prof Bronwyn Fox, Prof Tong Lin, Prof Joselito Razal, A/Prof Jingliang Li, Prof Luke Henderson, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Dr Murray Height, Dr Ashley Denmead, Dr Rodney Dilley, Prof Marcus Atlas, Prof Gregory Rutledge, A/Prof Friedrich Vollrath, Prof David Kaplan, Prof Uwe Pieles, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Jeffrey Wiggins, Dr Ian Blanchonette, Prof Russell Varley, Dr Tony Pierlot, Dr Mandy De Souza, Dr Linda Hillbrick, Dr Salwan Al-Assafi, Dr Andrew Parratt, Mr Thomas Hussey
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2019: $500,069
- 2018: $982,400
- 2017: $986,915
- 2016: $990,154
- 2015: $1,434,570
Green Chemistry ITTC
Dr Tanja Junkers, Prof Colin Raston, Prof Colin Barrow, Prof Karen Hapgood, A/Prof Will Gates, Dr Jacqui Adcock, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Dr Rico Tabor, EM/Prof Milton Hearn, A/Prof Akshat Tanksale, Prof Gil Garnier, Prof Christopher Franco, Dr Youhong Tang, Prof Wei Zhang, A/Prof Kirsten Heimann, Prof Edward Buckingham, Prof Philip Chan, Prof Andrea Robinson, Dr Simone Ciampi, Dr Shona Crawford, Dr Murray Height, Mr Brian Cock, Dr John Warner, Mr Brett King, Dr Vidura Jayaratne, Prof Janet Scott, Mr Peter Bury, Dr Semple Jen, Dr Richard Smullen, Dr Laura-lee Innes, Dr Guanchen Sun, Mr Joel Chong, Mr Jordan Miltenoff, Mr Carlos Moreno, Mr Craig Lovelady, Prof Chris Aldrich
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
- 2024: $145,793
- 2023: $247,832
- 2022: $214,665
- 2021: $215,511
ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
Prof Joselito Razal, Prof Russell Varley, Prof Luke Henderson, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Maryam Naebe, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Mr Warren Sexton, Wayne Best, Mr David Tester, Mr Joshua Handcock, Dr Murray Height, Mr Thomas Hussey, Dr Ashley Denmead, Mr Blake Harris, Dr Stuart Gordon, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Michael Hummel, Dr Julia Reisser, Dr Tom Whyte, Phil Warner, Mark Dunstan
ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
- 2024: $395,890
- 2023: $1,063,113
- 2022: $1,027,162
- 2021: $1,018,000
Other Public Sector Funding
Green Chemistry ITTC
Dr Tanja Junkers, Prof Colin Raston, Prof Colin Barrow, Prof Karen Hapgood, A/Prof Will Gates, Dr Jacqui Adcock, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Dr Rico Tabor, EM/Prof Milton Hearn, A/Prof Akshat Tanksale, Prof Gil Garnier, Prof Christopher Franco, Dr Youhong Tang, Prof Wei Zhang, A/Prof Kirsten Heimann, Prof Edward Buckingham, Prof Philip Chan, Prof Andrea Robinson, Dr Simone Ciampi, Dr Shona Crawford, Dr Murray Height, Mr Brian Cock, Dr John Warner, Mr Brett King, Dr Vidura Jayaratne, Prof Janet Scott, Mr Peter Bury, Dr Semple Jen, Dr Richard Smullen, Dr Laura-lee Innes, Dr Guanchen Sun, Mr Joel Chong, Mr Jordan Miltenoff, Mr Carlos Moreno, Mr Craig Lovelady, Prof Chris Aldrich
Sydney Opera House Trust
- 2023: $15,625
- 2022: $15,625
- 2021: $15,625
ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
Prof Joselito Razal, Prof Russell Varley, Prof Luke Henderson, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Maryam Naebe, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Mr Warren Sexton, Wayne Best, Mr David Tester, Mr Joshua Handcock, Dr Murray Height, Mr Thomas Hussey, Dr Ashley Denmead, Mr Blake Harris, Dr Stuart Gordon, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Michael Hummel, Dr Julia Reisser, Dr Tom Whyte, Phil Warner, Mark Dunstan
Transport Accident Commission, Transport for NSW
- 2023: $50,000
- 2022: $25,000
AREA (Applied Research in Engineered Apparel) by Australian Institute of Sport).
A/Prof Paul Collins, Dr Samantha Hoffmann, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti
AIS Grant - Research - Australian Institute Sport
- 2020: $51,120
Particles derived from textile wastes for sustainable coloration of products
A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Dr Dylan Hegh, Dr Surya Subianto, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Emma Prime, Dr Russell Kennedy, Dr Tonya Meyrick
Sustainability Victoria
- 2024: $110,000
- 2023: $103,050
Industry and Other Funding
Short silk nanofibre based 3D scaffolds with enhanced biomimicry
Prof Xungai Wang, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Dr Andrew Parratt
Cytomatrix Grant - Research
- 2017: $70,000
- 2016: $70,000
- 2015: $70,000
Production of a pilot manufacturing plant for the manufacture of short nanofibres
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Marzieh Parhizkar, A/Prof Paul Collins
Cytomatrix Grant - Research
- 2014: $210,906
- 2013: $33,182
A World Class Future Fibre Industry Transformation Research Hub
Prof Xungai Wang, Prof Bronwyn Fox, Prof Tong Lin, Prof Joselito Razal, A/Prof Jingliang Li, Prof Luke Henderson, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Dr Murray Height, Dr Ashley Denmead, Dr Rodney Dilley, Prof Marcus Atlas, Prof Gregory Rutledge, A/Prof Friedrich Vollrath, Prof David Kaplan, Prof Uwe Pieles, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Jeffrey Wiggins, Dr Ian Blanchonette, Prof Russell Varley, Dr Tony Pierlot, Dr Mandy De Souza, Dr Linda Hillbrick, Dr Salwan Al-Assafi, Dr Andrew Parratt, Mr Thomas Hussey
Ear Science Institute Australia Incorporated, Draggin Jeans, HeiQ Pty Ltd, Xefco Pty Ltd, Cytomatrix Grant - Research, Carbon Revolution Pty Ltd, Quickstep Automotive Pty Limited
- 2021: $122,916
- 2019: $600,000
- 2018: $600,000
- 2017: $600,000
- 2016: $450,000
HeiQ Australia Research Program 2014/15
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Paul Collins
HeiQ Australia Pty Ltd
- 2018: $55,601
- 2017: $135,408
- 2016: $259,898
- 2015: $400,000
Production of short fibres from melt and process modelling - Martina Di Venere
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti
HeiQ Australia Pty Ltd
- 2018: $3,000
- 2017: $3,000
- 2016: $3,000
Green Chemistry ITTC
Dr Tanja Junkers, Prof Colin Raston, Prof Colin Barrow, Prof Karen Hapgood, A/Prof Will Gates, Dr Jacqui Adcock, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Dr Rico Tabor, EM/Prof Milton Hearn, A/Prof Akshat Tanksale, Prof Gil Garnier, Prof Christopher Franco, Dr Youhong Tang, Prof Wei Zhang, A/Prof Kirsten Heimann, Prof Edward Buckingham, Prof Philip Chan, Prof Andrea Robinson, Dr Simone Ciampi, Dr Shona Crawford, Dr Murray Height, Mr Brian Cock, Dr John Warner, Mr Brett King, Dr Vidura Jayaratne, Prof Janet Scott, Mr Peter Bury, Dr Semple Jen, Dr Richard Smullen, Dr Laura-lee Innes, Dr Guanchen Sun, Mr Joel Chong, Mr Jordan Miltenoff, Mr Carlos Moreno, Mr Craig Lovelady, Prof Chris Aldrich
HeiQ Pty Ltd, Ridley Corporation, Mantzaris Fisheries, Kemin Australian PTY Limited, Green Eco Technologies
- 2023: $75,000
- 2021: $12,500
APRI internship Martina di Venere
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Ms Martina Di Venere
Haemograph Pty Ltd
- 2019: $23,500
Advanced fibre for targeted delivery of bio-active molecules to treat chronic wounds.
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Julie Sharp, Dr Surya Subianto
Cytomatrix Grant - Research
- 2019: $103,668
Swimsuit 2024 - Phase 1
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti
HeiQ Pty Ltd
- 2020: $53,888
Durable antiviral textile surface treatment & characterisation
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti
HeiQ Pty Ltd
- 2020: $50,000
ARC Research Hub for Functional and Sustainable Fibres
Prof Joselito Razal, Prof Russell Varley, Prof Luke Henderson, Prof Minoo Naebe, A/Prof Nolene Byrne, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Maryam Naebe, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Mr Warren Sexton, Wayne Best, Mr David Tester, Mr Joshua Handcock, Dr Murray Height, Mr Thomas Hussey, Dr Ashley Denmead, Mr Blake Harris, Dr Stuart Gordon, Prof Seeram Ramakrishna, Dr Rudolf Hufenus, A/Prof Michael Hummel, Dr Julia Reisser, Dr Tom Whyte, Phil Warner, Mark Dunstan
C Sea Solutions P/L (trading as ULUU), Nanollose Limited, Simba Global Pty Ltd, ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd, HeiQ Pty Ltd, Xefco Pty Ltd, Carbon Revolution Operations Pty Ltd, Conveyor Products and Solutions
- 2024: $75,000
- 2023: $587,500
- 2022: $337,500
Innovation Project
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Abhijeet Bapat
Minor Figures Pty Ltd
- 2021: $7,618
- 2020: $9,180
Non-woven- Ph1
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Amol Patil
Varden Process Pty Ltd
- 2020: $13,114
APRI internship Dominic Renggli
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Surya Subianto, Mr Dominic Andreas Renggli
HeiQ Pty Ltd
- 2021: $20,500
APRI internship Salumeh Issazadeh
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Dr Frank Chen, Ms Salumeh Issazadeh
Xefco Pty Ltd
- 2021: $20,500
Innovation Project 2
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Nathan Thompson, Dr Amol Patil
Minor Figures Pty Ltd
- 2021: $26,230
Non-wovens
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Amol Patil
Varden Process Pty Ltd
- 2022: $14,856
- 2021: $14,856
Swimsuit 2024 - Phase 2
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Amol Patil
HeiQ Pty Ltd
- 2022: $5,597
- 2021: $25,000
PhD Xtra Career Placement - Huma Khan
Dr Surya Subianto, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Nathan Thompson, Dr Amol Patil, Ms Huma Khan
HeiQ Pty Ltd
- 2021: $20,500
1: Textile dyeing via atmospheric plasma coating 2: Atmospheric plasma coatings for textile treatments & material functionalisation.
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti
Xefco Pty Ltd
- 2023: $22,377
- 2022: $32,322
Melt processing.
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Christopher Hurren, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Dylan Hegh, Dr Amol Patil
Varden Process Pty Ltd
- 2023: $28,100
Xefco REACH project
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Frank Chen
Xefco Pty Ltd
- 2024: $1,590,794
- 2023: $3,619,110
Other Funding Sources
Novel self-healing fibre-reinforced composites
Dr Kevin Magniez, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti
CRC_AdManuf Grant - Cooperative Research Centre
- 2014: $19,874
- 2013: $55,143
- 2012: $1,002
- 2011: $37,872
Green Chemistry ITTC
Dr Tanja Junkers, Prof Colin Raston, Prof Colin Barrow, Prof Karen Hapgood, A/Prof Will Gates, Dr Jacqui Adcock, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Rangam Rajkhowa, Dr Rico Tabor, EM/Prof Milton Hearn, A/Prof Akshat Tanksale, Prof Gil Garnier, Prof Christopher Franco, Dr Youhong Tang, Prof Wei Zhang, A/Prof Kirsten Heimann, Prof Edward Buckingham, Prof Philip Chan, Prof Andrea Robinson, Dr Simone Ciampi, Dr Shona Crawford, Dr Murray Height, Mr Brian Cock, Dr John Warner, Mr Brett King, Dr Vidura Jayaratne, Prof Janet Scott, Mr Peter Bury, Dr Semple Jen, Dr Richard Smullen, Dr Laura-lee Innes, Dr Guanchen Sun, Mr Joel Chong, Mr Jordan Miltenoff, Mr Carlos Moreno, Mr Craig Lovelady, Prof Chris Aldrich
Monash University
- 2024: $12,500
- 2023: $12,500
- 2022: $12,500
- 2021: $45,000
Bio-based materials for next generation textile treatments.
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Amol Patil, Dr Nathan Thompson, Dr Marzieh Parhizkar
Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited
- 2022: $183,989
- 2021: $15,130
Textile dyeing via Atmospheric plasma coating.
Dr Frank Chen, A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, A/Prof Weiwei Lei, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Amol Patil, Dr Marzieh Parhizkar
Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited
- 2022: $190,906
- 2021: $8,749
Sustainable Functional Metallised Textiles
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Dr Santiago Corujeira Gallo, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Amol Patil, Dr Marzieh Parhizkar, Dr Nathan Thompson
Innovative Manfacturing CRC Limited
- 2022: $198,896
Extraction and Testing of marine fibres for textile applications
A/Prof Alessandra Sutti, Prof Colin Barrow, Dr Amol Patil, Dr Surya Subianto, Dr Nathan Thompson
Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC
- 2023: $200,000
Supervisions
Martina Di Venere
Thesis entitled: Production of short fibres from polymer melts
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Keiran Pringle
Thesis entitled: An Investigation into Short Polymer Fibre Production in Fluid Systems
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Dominic Andreas Renggli
Thesis entitled: Production and Characterisation of Alginate-Hydrogel-Based Short Fibres
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Divya Koshy
Thesis entitled: Sericin and Laccase Hybrid Nanoflowers for the Biocatalytic Degradation of Ciprofloxacin in Water
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials
Nishat Sharma
Thesis entitled: Short-nanofibre-based hierarchical structures for enzyme immobilisation
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), Institute for Frontier Materials
Jing Wang
Thesis entitled: Electrospinning of Thermo-responsive PNIPAM based Hydrogel Nanofibres
Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering), Institute for Frontier Materials