IFM researchers Prof. Peter Hodgson and A/Prof. Matthew Barnett are chief investigators in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals. Their teams are designing new magnesium and titanium alloys while optimizing the thermomechanical processing of existing grades. This work is embedded in the ITRI metals research program.
| Researcher | Position in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals |
| Professor Peter Hodgson | Deputy Director (Research Management) & Chief Investigator |
| Professor Matthew Barnett | Chief Investigator |
| Dr Pavel Cizek | Research staff |
| Dr Daniel Fabijanic | Research staff |
| Katrina Morgans | Research staff |
| Dr Mark Nave | Research staff |
| Dr Ananthi Sankaran | Research staff |
| Mohan Setty | Research staff |
| Dr Filip Siska | Research staff |
| Dr Nicole Stanford | Research staff |
| Dr Adam Taylor | Research staff |
| Alireza Ghaderi | Research staff |
| Shokoufeh Malekjani | Research staff |
| Dengke Yang | Research staff |
| Arwa Tawfeeq | Postgraduate researcher |