Professor Craig Priest

Professor Future Industries Institute

Mawson Lakes Campus (MM2-01C)
tel +61 8 830 25146

email Craig.Priest@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Professor Craig Priest is SA Node Director of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF-SA) and a Professorial Lead at the Future Industries Institute. His research teams tackle challenges in interfacial, physical, and analytical science in micro/nanofluidic devices and other small-scale environments. He works closely with industry partners in resources, water, health, space, defence, and manufacturing. ANFF-SA is an NCRIS facility with > $25M infrastructure, 5 flagship laboratories, and 15 technical experts dedicated to micro/nanofabrication of emerging technologies. Prof. Priest’s research has been funded through various ARC schemes (Discovery, Linkage, and Industrial Transformation Research Hub), other... Read more

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Research

Research focus

Chemical Sciences
Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Physical Sciences
Nanotechnology

Highlights

Microfluidics, nanofluidics, and fluids in miniaturized devices, coatings, spreading, and contact angle hysteresis for fluids on complex surfaces, material and interface science, fabrication of functionalised and structured interfaces, mineral extraction/separation; solvent extraction, fluids in agriculture

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

Defining the casual relationships between the tumour ECM and cancer outcomes, NHMRC - Ideas Grants, 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2028
Optimisation of HPG coating process for the inside of tubing #ICG002429, TekCyte Pty Ltd, 13/05/2023 - 12/01/2024
Optimisation of HPG coating process for the inside of tubing #ICG002429, DISER-Innovation Connections Grant, 13/05/2023 - 12/01/2024
ARC Research Hub for integrated device for end-user analysis at low-levels (IDEAL), ARC - Industrial Transformation Research Hubs, 24/03/2017 - 31/12/2023
To develop processes for manufacturing next generation three mirror astigmatic telescope, CSIRO Australia, 01/06/2023 - 30/12/2023
Process intensification of microparticle synthesis for catalyst manufacturing, Johnson Matthey Technology Centre, 01/07/2021 - 30/06/2023
AAS - Portable Healthcare: High-Value Micro/Nano-Scale Structures and Coating for Mass Production of Biomedical Devices, Australian Academy of Science, 01/11/2017 - 28/02/2022
Improved Process Control for Mineral Leaching, Magotteaux Australia Pty Ltd, 01/01/2020 - 31/03/2021
Mircofluidic Evaporative Wicking for Sensing Devices, Tekelek Australia Pty Ltd, 01/01/2020 - 31/03/2021
Joint Research Centre for in-line chemical and mineral sensing for sustainable mineral processing, Australia-China Science & Research Fund, 14/07/2016 - 30/06/2020
IRGP38 - A platform manufacturing technology for refining platinum group metals, International Research Grants Program (DSD), 01/06/2015 - 30/06/2019
Closing the data gap: High throughput screening of nanoparticle toxicity, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2015 - 01/10/2018
FIA003 - Intelligent Microfluidic Sensor for monitoring pH, chlorine and salinity in swimming pools (Industry Partner), Tekelek Australia Pty Ltd, 01/02/2017 - 28/02/2018
Assessment of Chloramination Control Strategy Based on Free Ammonia Concentration - Ammonia Analyser Development, SA Water, 01/04/2016 - 30/09/2017
Microfluidic Chip for Pool Water Sensing, Tekelek Australia Pty Ltd, 01/06/2016 - 30/04/2017
IVP 129 Microfluidic chip for pool water sensing, Innovation Voucher Program (DSD), 07/04/2016 - 30/04/2017

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2015	Priest, C & Sedev, R 2015, 'Interfacial control of multiphase fluids in miniaturized devices', in Š Selimovic & K Iniewski (eds), Nanopatterning and nanoscale devices for biological applications, Taylor and Francis, US, ch. 1, pp. 3-39. 1
2014	Priest, C 2014, 'Tailoring wettability for passive fluid control in microfluidics', in K Yallup & K Iniewski (eds), Technologies for smart sensors and sensor fusion, CRC Press, US, ch. 2, pp. 19-46. 1
2013	Sedev, R, Priest, C & Ralston, J 2013, 'Electrowetting of ionic liquids in solid-liquid-liquid systems', in R Miller (ed.), Drops and bubbles in contact with solid surfaces, CRC Press, Australia, vol. 3, ch. 10, pp. 241 - 266.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2025	Orlowska, MK, Lor, M, Fitzsimmons, RL, Robinson, H, Delcheva, I, Williams, D, Priest, C & Hudson, JE 2025, 'Robust and consistent bonding of polydimethylsiloxane to polystyrene cell culture plates', APL Materials, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-11. Open access
2024	Guan, B, Kok, T-W, Riesen, N, Lancaster, D, Suu, K & Priest, C 2024, 'Microsphere-enabled micropillar array for whispering gallery mode virus detection', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 12042-12051. Open access 3 2
2024	Ilbeygi, H, Priest, C, Arrua, D, Alvarez de Eulate, E, Riesen, N & Hilder, E 2024, 'Eco-friendly synthesis of porous molybdenum carbide nanomaterials for advanced electrochemical sensing applications', Chemical Engineering and Technology, vol. 47, no. 10, article no. e202400139, pp. 1-7. Open access 1
2024	Yang, D & Priest, C 2024, 'Industry relevant microfluidic platforms for mineral leaching experiments', FRONTIERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 6, pp. 1-12. Open access 1
2023	Gheorghiu, A, Yang, D, Delcheva, I, Priest, C & MacGregor, M 2023, 'Electrochemical behavior of oxazoline-based plasma polymers for biosensing applications', Plasma Processes and Polymers, vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 1-14. Open access 3 3
2023	Gheorghiu, A, Yang, D, Li, T, Dief, EM, Darwish, N, Priest, C & MacGregor, M 2023, 'Enhancing the conductivity of plasma polymer functionalized electrodes using gold nanoparticles', Materials Advances, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 209-219. Open access 5 5
2023	Riesen, N, Priest, C, Lancaster, DG, Badek, K & Riesen, H 2023, 'Ultra-high-resolution greyscale fluorescence images via UV-exposure of thin flexible phosphor films', Nanoscale, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 4863-4869. 6 6
2022	Elnathan, R, Dzurak, A, Cooper-White, J, Priest, C, Tan, HH, Withford, M, Wallace, G, Faraone, L, Eddershaw, T, Griffiths, I, Fitzpatrick, J & Voelcker, NH 2022, 'The Australian National Fabrication Facility: micro/nanotechnologies from concept to translation to end users', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 32, no. 3, article no. 2101995, pp. 1-3. Open access 5
2022	Guan, B, Pai, JH, Cherrill, M, Michalatos, B & Priest, C 2022, 'Injection moulding of micropillar arrays: a comparison of poly(methyl methacrylate) and cyclic olefin copolymer', Microsystem Technologies: Micro and Nanosystems Information Storage and Processing Systems, vol. 28, no. 9, pp. 2083-2091. Open access 7 7 2
2022	Huang, W, Wu, T, Xie, C, Rayner, CK, Priest, C, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H & Zhao, J 2022, 'Sensing intra- and extra-cellular Ca²⁺ in the islet of Langerhans', Advanced Functional Materials, 32, no. 3, article no. 2106020, pp. 1-24. Open access 3 1
2022	Le, TNQ, Tran, QD, Tran, NN, Priest, C, Skinner, W, Goodsite, M, Spandler, C, Cook, NJ & Hessel, V 2022, 'Critical elements: opportunities for microfluidic processing and potential for ESG-powered mining investments', Green Chemistry, no. 24, pp. 8879-8898. Open access 12 9 1
2022	Palinski, TJ, Guan, B, Bradshaw-Hajek, BH, Lienhard, MA, Priest, C & Miranda, FA 2022, 'Reversible colorimetric sensing of volatile analytes by wicking in close proximity to a photonic film', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 12, no. 55, pp. 36150-36157. Open access
2022	Riesen, N, Peterkovic, ZQ, Guan, B, François, A, Lancaster, DG & Priest, C 2022, 'Caged-sphere optofluidic sensors: whispering gallery resonators in wicking microfluidics', Sensors, vol. 22, no. 11, article no. 4135. Open access 5 4 1
2022	Yang, D, Navvab Kashani, M & Priest, C 2022, 'Pilot-scale microfluidic solvent extraction of high-value metals', Minerals Engineering, vol. 182, article no, 107536, pp. 1-7. Open access 6 6
2022	Yang, D, Shallan, A I, Breadmore, MC, Greet, C & Priest, C 2022, 'Continuous monitoring of EDTA extractable iron from mineral slurries using a microfluidic chip', Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, pp. 1-9. Open access 3 3 2
2022	Yoh, HZ, Chen, Y, Aslanoglou, S, Wong, S, Trifunovic, Z, Crawford, S, Lestrell, E, Priest, C, Alba, M, Thissen, H, Voelcker, NH & Elnathan, R 2022, 'Polymeric nanoneedle arrays mediate stiffness-independent intracellular delivery', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 32, no. 3, article no. 2104828, pp. 1-16. 24 24 6
2021	Alvarez de Eulate, E, Gheorghiu, A, Amoura, C, Whiteley, A, Priest, C & MacGregor, MN 2021, 'Plasma deposited polyoxazoline thin films for the biofunctionalization of electrochemical sensors', Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 6, no. 8, article no. 2001292, pp. 1-13. Open access 8 6 5
2021	Gheorghiu, AA, Muguet, I, Chakiris, J, Chan, KM, Priest, C & Macgregor, M 2021, 'Plasma deposited polyoxazoline films integration into spiral microfluidics for the targeted capture of size selected cells', Frontiers in Chemistry, vol. 9, article no. 690781, pp. 1-11. Open access 2 1 2
2021	Gill, KK, Riesen, N, Priest, C, Phillips, N, Guan, B & Lancaster, DG 2021, 'On-chip absorption spectroscopy enabled by graded index fiber tips', Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 181-190. Open access 5 5 1
2021	Raj, W, Yang, D & Priest, C 2021, 'Rapid fabrication of superhydrophobic virtual walls for microfluidic gas extraction and sensing', Micromachines, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 1-12. Open access 5 5
2021	Riesen, N, Phillips, N, Nguyen, L V, Warren-Smith, SC, Priest, C & Lancaster, DG 2021, 'Design considerations for graded index fiber tip Fabry-Perot interferometers', Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 1-6. 5 4 3
2021	Shallan, A I, Tavares, Y, Kashani, MN, Breadmore, MC & Priest, C 2021, 'An open microfluidic chip for continuous sampling of solute from a turbulent particle suspension', Angewandte Chemie, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 2654-2657. Open access 9 9 3
2021	Solis-Marcano, NE, Morales-Cruz, M, Vega-Hernandez, G, Gomez-Moreno, R, Binder, C, Baerga-Ortiz, A, Priest, C & Cabrera, CR 2021, 'PCR-assisted impedimetric biosensor for colibactin-encoding pks genomic island detection in E. coli samples', Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol. 413, no. 18, pp. 4673-4680. Open access 4 4 2
2020	Arora, D, Sedev, R, Beh, CC, Priest, C & Foster, NR 2020, 'Precipitation of drug particles using a gas antisolvent process on a high-pressure microfluidic platform', Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 59, no. 25, pp. 11905-11913. Open access 10 7 1
2020	Binder, C, Lageder, B, Bradshaw-Hajek, BH, Fischmann, AJ & Priest, C 2020, 'Microvolume screening of extraction and phase behavior in a liquid-liquid microsystem', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 92, no. 11, pp. 7831-7835. Open access
2020	Elmas, S, Pospisilova, A, Sekulska, AA, Vasilev, V, Nann, T, Thornton, S & Priest, C 2020, 'Photometric sensing of active chlorine, total chlorine, and pH on a microfluidic chip for online swimming pool monitoring', Sensors, vol. 20, no. 11, article no. 3099, pp. 1-13. Open access 21 18 116
2020	Harikrishnan, S, Sedev, R, Beh, CC, Priest, C & Foster, NR 2020, 'Loading of 5-fluorouracil onto halloysite nanotubes for targeted drug delivery using a subcritical gas antisolvent process (GAS)', Journal of Supercritical Fluids, vol. 159, pp. 1-9. Open access 32 28
2020	Huang, W, Wu, T, Shallan, A, Kostecki, R, Rayner, CK, Priest, C, Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H & Zhao, J 2020, 'A multiplexed microfluidic platform toward interrogating endocrine function: simultaneous sensing of extracellular Ca²⁺ and hormone', ACS Sensors, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 490-499. Open access 7 6 2
2020	Navvab Kashani, M, Kriel, FH, Binder, C & Priest, C 2020, 'Analysis of co-flowing immiscible liquid streams and their interfaces in a high-throughput solvent extraction chip', Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 1-10. Open access 5 4
2020	Orlowska, MK, Guan, B, Sedev, R, Morikawa, Y, Suu, K & Priest, C 2020, 'Evaporation-driven flow in micropillar arrays: transport dynamics and chemical analysis under varied sample and ambient conditions', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 92, no. 24, pp. 16043-16050. 7 7 1
2020	Yang, D, Fan, R, Greet, C & Priest, C 2020, 'Microfluidic screening to study acid mine drainage', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 54, no. 21, pp. 14000-14006. Open access 10 7
2019	Guan, B, Cherrill, M, Pai, JH & Priest, C 2019, 'Effect of mould roughness on injection moulded poly (methyl methacrylate) surfaces: Roughness and wettability', Journal of Manufacturing Processes, vol. 48, pp. 313-319. 20 13
2019	Jarrell, JA, Twite, AA, Lau, KH, Kashani, MN, Lievano, AA, Acevedo, J, Priest, C, Nieva, J, Gottlieb, D & Pawell, RS 2019, 'Intracellular delivery of mRNA to human primary T cells with microfluidic vortex shedding', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, article no. 3214, pp. 1-11. Open access 44 48 63
2019	McCormick, S, Smith, LE, Holmes, AM, Tong, Z, Lombi, E, Voelcker, NH & Priest, C 2019, 'Multiparameter toxicity screening on a chip: effects of UV radiation and titanium dioxide nanoparticles on HaCaT cells', Biomicrofluidics, vol. 13, no. 4, article no. 044112, pp. 044112-1-044112-8. Open access 4 3 35
2019	Morales-Cruz, M, Solis-Marcano, NE, Binder, C, Priest, C & Cabrera, CR 2019, 'Electrochemical Proteus vulgaris whole cell urea sensor in synthetic urine', Current Research in Biotechnology, vol. 1, pp. 22-27. Open access 9 25
2019	Peirce, CA, McBeath, TM, Priest, C & McLaughlin, MJ 2019, 'The timing of application and inclusion of a surfactant are important for absorption and translocation of foliar phosphoric acid by wheat leaves', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 10, article no. 1532, pp. 1-11. Open access 31 28 2
2019	Shallan, A & Priest, C 2019, 'Microfluidic process intensification for synthesis and formulation in the pharmaceutical industry', Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, vol. 142, article no. 107559, pp. 1-15. 33 30
2019	Yang, D, Kirke, M, Fan, R & Priest, C 2019, 'Investigation of chalcopyrite leaching using an ore-on-a-chip', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 1557-1562. 8 5 1
2018	Delalat, B, Cozzi, C, Rasi Ghaemi, S, Polito, G, Kriel, FH, Michl, TD, Harding, FJ, Priest, C, Barillaro, G & Voelcker, NH 2018, 'Microengineered bioartificial liver chip for drug toxicity screening', Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 28, no. 28, article no. 1801825, pp. 1-10. 56 46 2
2018	McCormick, S, Tong, Z, Ivask, A, Morozesk, M, Voelcker, NH, Lombi, E & Priest, C 2018, 'Optimization of binding B-lymphocytes in a microfluidic channel: surface modification, stasis time and shear response', Biofabrication, vol. 10, no. 1, article no. 014101, pp. 1-9. 13 13 1
2018	Tong, Z, Rajeev, G, Guo, K, Ivask, A, McCormick, S, Lombi, E, Priest, C & Voelcker, NH 2018, 'Microfluidic cell microarray platform for high throughput analysis of particle-cell interactions', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 90, no. 7, pp. 4338-4347. 23 20 2
2018	Yang, D & Priest, C 2018, 'Microfluidic platform for high-throughput screening of leach chemistry', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 90, no. 14, pp. 8517-8522. 7 6 1
2017	Holzner, G, Binder, C, Kriel, FH & Priest, C 2017, 'Directed growth of orthorhombic crystals in a micropillar array', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 1547-1551. 4 4
2017	Kotova, S, Follink, B, Del, CL & Priest, C 2017, 'Leaching gold by reactive flow of ammonium thiosulfate solution in high aspect ratio channels: rate, passivation, and profile', Hydrometallurgy, vol 169, pp.207-212. 8 6
2017	Kriel, FH, Binder, C & Priest, C 2017, 'A Multi-Stream Microchip for Process Intensification of Liquid-Liquid Extraction', Chemical Engineering and Technology, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 1184-1189. 14 13 1
2017	McCormick, SC, Kriel, FH, Ivask, A, Tong, Z, Lombi, E, Voelcker, N & Priest, C 2017, 'The use of microfluidics in cytotoxicity and nanotoxicity experiments', Micromachines, vol. 8, no. 4, article no. 124, pp 1-18. Open access 23 22 1
2017	Pocock, K, Delon, L, Bala, V, Rao, S, Priest, C, Prestidge, C & Thierry, B 2017, 'Intestine-on-a-chip microfluidic model for efficient in vitro screening of oral chemotherapeutic uptake', ACS Biomaterial Science and Engineering, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 951-959. 89 81
2017	Tong, Z, Ivask, A, Guo, K, McCormick, S, Lombi, E, Priest, C & Voelcker, NH 2017, 'Crossed flow microfluidics for high throughput screening of bioactive chemical-cell interactions', Lab on A Chip: Miniaturisation for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Materials Science and Bioengineering, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 501-510. 23 20
2016	Hibara, A, Fukuyama, M, Chung, M, Priest, C & Proskurnin, MA 2016, 'Interfacial phenomena and fluid control in micro/nanofluidics', Analytical Sciences, vol. 32, pp. 11-21. Open access 29 27
2016	Kolar, E, Catthoor, RP, Kriel, FH, Sedev, R, Middlemas, S, Klier, E, Hatch, G & Priest, C 2016, 'Microfluidic solvent extraction of rare earth elements from a mixed oxide concentrate leach solution using Cyanex® 572', Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 148, pp. 212-218. Open access 89 80
2016	Kriel, FH & Priest, CI 2016, 'Influence of sample volume and solvent evaporation on absorbance spectroscopy in a microfluidic "Pillar-Cuvette"', Analytical Sciences, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 103-108. Open access 7 7
2016	Kriel, FH, Woollam, S, Gordon, RJ, Grant, RA & Priest, C 2016, 'Numbering-up Y-Y microfluidic chips for higher-throughput solvent extraction of platinum(IV) chloride', Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, vol. 20, article no. 138, pp. 1-7. 29 27
2016	Peirce, CAE, Priest, C, McBeath, TM & McLaughlin, MJ 2016, 'Uptake of phosphorus from surfactant solutions by wheat leaves: spreading kinetics, wetted area, and drying time', Soft Matter, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 209-218. Open access 26 24 3
2016	Pocock, KJ, Gao, X, Wang, C, Priest, C, Prestidge, CA, Mawatari, K, Kitamori, T & Thierry, B 2016, 'Low-temperature bonding process for the fabrication of hybrid glass-membrane organ-on-a-chip devices', Journal of Micro/ Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1-9. 11 8
2016	Wang, Z, Li, H, Atkin, R & Priest, C 2016, 'Influence of water on the interfacial nanostructure and wetting of [Rmim][NTf2] ionic liquids at mica surfaces', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 32, pp. 8818-8825. 40 38
2015	Holzner, G, Kriel, FH & Priest, C 2015, 'Pillar cuvettes: capillary-filled, microliter quartz cuvettes with microscale path lengths for optical spectroscopy', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 87, no. 9, pp. 4757-4764. 20 16 6
2015	Kant, K, Yoo, J, Amos, S, Erkelens, M, Priest, C, Shapter, JG & Losic, D 2015, 'Microbial cell lysis and nucleic acid extraction via nanofluidic channel', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 5, no. 38, pp. 23886-23891. Open access 4 3
2015	Kriel, FH, Holzner, G, Grant, RA, Woollam, S, Ralston, J & Priest, C 2015, 'Microfluidic solvent extraction, stripping, and phase disengagement for high-value platinum chloride solutions', Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 138, pp. 827-833. 27 24 4
2015	Wettstein, P, Priest, C, Al-Bataineh, SA, Short, RD, Bryant, PM, Bradley, JW, Low, SP, Parkinson, L & Szili, EJ 2015, 'Surface protein gradients generated in sealed microchannels using spatially varying helium microplasma', Biomicrofluidics, vol. 9, no. 1, article no. 014124, pp. 1-10. Open access 9 8
2014	Kant, K, Kurkuri, M, Yu, J, Shapter, J, Priest, CI & Losic, D 2014, 'Impedance spectroscopy study of nanopore arrays for biosensing applications', Science of Advanced Materials, vol. 6, no. 7, pp. 1375-1381. 8 7
2014	Kant, K, Priest, C, Shapter, JG & Losic, D 2014, 'The influence of nanopore dimensions on the electrochemical properties of nanopore arrays studied by impedance spectroscopy', Sensors, vol. 14, pp. 21316-21328. Open access 15 22
2014	Kant, K, Priest, CI, Shapter, J & Losic, D 2014, 'Characterization of impedance biosensing performance of single and nanopore arrays of anodic porous alumina fabricated by focused ion beam (FIB) milling', Electrochimica Acta, vol. 139, pp. 225-231. 16 14
2014	Kant, K, Priest, CI, Shapter, J & Losic, D 2014, 'Impedance nanopore biosensor: influence of pore dimensions on biosensing performance', The Analyst, vol. 139, no. 5, pp. 1134-1140. 46 44
2014	Kriel, FH, Sedev, R & Priest, C 2014, 'Capillary filling of nanoscale channels and surface structure', Israel Journal of Chemistry, vol. 54, no. 11-12, pp1519-1532. 1 19
2014	Nguyen, A, Zou, L & Priest, C 2014, 'Evaluating the antifouling effects of silver nanoparticles regenerated by TiO2 on forward osmosis membrane', Journal of Membrane Science, vol. 454, pp. 264-271. 81 69
2014	Semprebon, C, Forsberg, P, Priest, C & Brinkmann, M 2014, 'Pinning and wicking in regular pillar arrays', Soft Matter, vol. 10, no. 31, pp. 5739-5748. 54 51
2014	Yang, D, Krasowska, M, Priest, C & Ralston, J 2014, 'Dynamics of capillary-driven liquid-liquid displacement in open microchannels', Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 16, no. 44, pp. 24473-24478. 14 26
2013	O'Loughlin, M, Priest, C, Popescu, MN & Ralston, J 2013, 'Patterning of wettability for controlling capillary-driven flow in closed channels', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 402, pp. 259-266. 13 9
2013	O'Loughlin, M, Wilk, K, Priest, C, Ralston, J & Popescu, M 2013, 'Capillary rise dynamics of aqueous glycerol solutions in glass capillaries: a critical examination of the Washburn equation', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 411, pp. 257-264. 43 38
2013	Priest, C, Hashmi, SF, Zhou, J, Sedev, R & Ralston, J 2013, 'Microfluidic solvent extraction of metal ions from industrial grade leach solutions: extraction performance and channel aging', Journal of Flow Chemistry, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 76-80. Open access 18 17
2013	Priest, C, Sedev, R & Ralston, J 2013, 'A quantitative experimental study of wetting hysteresis on discrete and continuous chemical heterogeneities', Colloid and Polymer Science: Kolloid-Zeitschrift und Zeitschrift fuer Polymere, vol. 291, no. 2, pp. 271-277. 16 14
2013	Wang, Z & Priest, CI 2013, 'Impact of nanoscale surface heterogeneity on precursor film growth and macroscopic spreading of [Rmim][NTf2] ionic liquids on mica', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 29, no. 36, pp. 11344-11353. Open access 32 32
2012	Al-Bataineh, S, Szili, EJ, Gruner, JP, Priest, C, Griesser, HJ, Voelcker, NH, Short, RD & Steele, DA 2012, 'Fabrication and operation of a microcavity plasma array device for microscale surface modification', Plasma Processes and Polymers, vol. 9, no. 7, pp. 638-646. Open access 23 21
2012	Mawatari, K, Kubota, S, Xu, Y, Priest, CI, Sedev, RV, Ralston, J & Kitamori, T 2012, 'Femtoliter droplet handling in nanofluidic channels: a Laplace nanovalve', Analytical Chemistry, vol. 84, no. 24, pp. 10812-10816. 48 43
2012	Paneru, M, Priest, C, Ralston, J & Sedev, R 2012, 'Electrowetting of ionic liquids on teflon AF1600 in ambient hexadecane', Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 12-17, pp. 2047-2067. 10 11
2012	Priest, C, Forsberg, PS, Sedev, R & Ralston, J 2012, 'Structure induced spreading of liquid in micropillar arrays', Microsystem Technologies: Micro and Nanosystems Information Storage and Processing Systems, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 167-173. Open access 11 8
2012	Priest, C, Zhou, J, Klink, S, Sedev, R & Ralston, J 2012, 'Microfluidic solvent extraction of metal ions and complexes from leach solutions containing nanoparticles', Chemical Engineering and Technology, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1312-1319. 56 50
2012	Szili, EJ, Al-Bataineh, SA, Ruschitzka, P, Desmet, G, Priest, C, Griesser, HJ, Voelcker, NH, Harding, FJ, Steele, DA & Short, RD 2012, 'Microplasma arrays : a new approach for maskless and localized patterning of materials surfaces', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 2, no. 31, pp. 12007-12010. 20 20
2011	Priest, C, Gruner, PJ, Szili, EJ, Al-Bataineh, SA, Bradley, JW, Ralston, J, Steele, DA & Short, RD 2011, 'Microplasma patterning of bonded microchannels using high-precision "injected" electrodes', Lab on A Chip: Miniaturisation for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Materials Science and Bioengineering, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 541-544. 52 45
2011	Priest, C, Reid, MD & Whitby, CP 2011, 'Formation and stability of nanoparticle-stabilised oil-in-water emulsions in a microfluidic chip', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 363, no. 1, pp. 301-306. 55 46
2011	Priest, C, Zhou, J, Sedev, R, Ralston, J, Aota, A, Mawatari, K & Kitamori, T 2011, 'Microfluidic extraction of copper from particle-laden solutions', International Journal of Mineral Processing, vol. 98, no. 3 to 4, pp. 168-173. 63 53
2011	Yang, D, Krasowska, M, Priest, C, Popescu, MN & Ralston, J 2011, 'Dynamics of capillary-driven flow in open microchannels', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter, vol. 115, no. 38, pp. 18761-18769. 138 124
2010	Brinkmann, M, Sedev, RV, Forsberg, PSH, Ralston, J & Priest, CI 2010, 'Contact Line Pinning on Microstructured Surfaces for Liquids in the Wenzel State', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 860-865. 138 130
2010	Paneru, MN, Priest, CI, Sedev, RV & Ralston, J 2010, 'Electrowetting of Aqueous Solutions of Ionic Liquid in Solid- Liquid -Liquid Systems', The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter, vol. 114, no. 18, pp. 8383-8388. 51 50
2010	Priest, CI 2010, 'Surface patterning of bonded microfluidic channels', Biomicrofluidics, vol. 4, article no. 032206, pp.1-13. Open access 42 36
2010	Sedev, RV, Ralston, J, Paneru, MN & Priest, CI 2010, 'Static and Dynamic Electrowetting of an Ionic Liquid in a Solid/Liquid/Liquid System', Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 132, no. 4, pp. 8301-8308. 92 87
2009	Evans, HM, Surenjav, E, Priest, C, Herminghaus, S, Seemann, R & Pfohl, T 2009, 'In situ formation, manipulation, and imaging of droplet-encapsulated fibrin networks', Lab on A Chip: Miniaturisation for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Materials Science and Bioengineering, vol. 9, pp. 1933-1941. 31 26
2009	Herminghaus, S, Priest, CI, Seemann, R & Surenjav, E 2009, 'Discrete microfluidics: Reorganizing droplet arrays at a bend', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, pp. 1541041-1541043. Open access 15 15
2009	Priest, C, Albrecht, TW, Sedev, R & Ralston, J 2009, 'Asymmetric wetting hysteresis on hydrophobic microstructured surfaces', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 5655-5660. 75 69
2008	Ralston, J, Priest, CI, Sedev, RV & Ray, S 2008, 'Influence of the work of adhesion on the dynamic wetting of chemically heterogeneous surfaces', Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, vol. 24, no. 22, pp. 13007-13012. 41 38
2008	Ralston, J, Priest, CI, Sedev, RV, Stevens, NI & Skinner, WM 2008, 'Inferring wettability of heterogeneous surfaces by ToF-SIMS', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 320, no. 2, pp. 563-568. 35 33
2008	Ralston, J, Quinn, A, Zelikin, A, Caruso, F, Postma, A & Priest, CI 2008, 'Microfluidic polymer multilayer adsorption on liquid crystal droplets for microcapsule synthesis', Lab on A Chip: Miniaturisation for Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Materials Science and Bioengineering, vol. 8, pp. 2182-2187. 116 96

Conferences

Year	Output
2023	Guan, B, Kok, T-W, Riesen, N, Lancaster, DG, Suu, K & Priest, C 2023, 'A pump-free optofluidic biosensing platform based on whispering gallery mode microspheres', 2023 IEEE SENSORS, IEEE, pp. 1-4. Open access
2022	Palinski, TJ, Guan, B, Bradshaw Hajek, BH, Lienhard, MA, Priest, C & Miranda, FA 2022, 'Fast vapor detection by a micropillar array-integrated colorimetric sensor', IEEE SENSORS 2022, IEEE, pp. 1-4. Open access
2021	Riesen, N, Gill, K, Priest, C, Phillips, N, Guan, B & Lancaster, DG 2021, 'Graded-index fiber on-chip absorption spectroscopy', in J Kang et al. (eds), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2021, IEEE, paper AW3T.7. Open access 3
2019	Ralston, J, Skinner, W, Addai-Mensah, J, Priest, C & McQuie, J 2019, 'Interfacial science: a critical enabler in hydrometallurgy and mineral processing', AusIMM: Metallurgical Plant Design and Operation (METPLANT), AusIMM, pp. 96-116.
2017	Saga, K, Kriel, FH, Priest, C & Tsukahara, T 2017, 'Inorganic anion sensing using photonic crystal enclosing thermoresponsive core-shell nanoparticles in a microchannel', International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2017, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, pp. 567-568. Open access
2016	Priest, C, Elmas, S, Vasilev, V & Nann, T 2016, 'A microfluidic chip for sensing active chlorine and chloramines in swimming pools', 20th International conference on miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences, MicroTas, pp. 1338-1339. Open access
2016	Sedev, R & Priest, C 2016, 'A microfluidic approach to solvent extraction in mineral processing', 2nd Asia-Pacific Symposium on Process Intensification & Sustainability, University of New South Wales, pp. 1-6.
2015	Pocock, KJ, Gao, X, Wang, C, Priest, C, Prestidge, C, Mawatari, K, Kitamori, T & Thierry, B 2015, 'Low-temperature bonded glass-membrane microfluidic device for in vitro organ-on-a-chip cell culture models', SPIE Micro+nano materials, devices, and applications symposium, SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9668, article no. 96690W, pp. 1-8. 1
2014	Peirce, C, Priest, C, Facelli, E, McBeath, T & Mclaughlin, MJ 2014, 'The effect of adjuvant on leaf wetting and uptake of fluid foliar P fertilizers for wheat', Fluid Fertilizer 2014 Forum, Fluid Fertilizer Foundation, pp. 1-6. Open access
2014	Priest, C, Kriel, F, Hashmi, S, Parkinson, L, Ralston, J, Woollam, S, Plint, N, Grant, RA & Ash, P 2014, 'Extraction and throughput for micro-solvent extraction of platinum using a single chip and a multi-chip module', The 20th International Solvent Extraction Conference, International Solvent Extraction Community.
2014	Wohlgenannt, US, Chugh, D, Kriel, FE, Nicolau, E, Cabrera, C, Semprebon, C, Brinkmann, M & Priest, CI 2014, 'Minimizing gas phase fouling of electrodes using capillarity in surface microstructures', International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, pp. 1-3.
2012	Priest, C, Zhou, J, Sedev, R & Ralston, J 2012, 'Liquid-liquid microfluidic extraction of metal ions from industrial grade leach solutions', 3rd European Conference on Microfluidics (μFlu'12), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, paper no. 149, pp. 1-8.
2011	Al-Bataineh, S, Szili, EJ, Desmet, G, Ruschitzka, P, Gruner, JP, Priest, CI, Voelcker, N, Steele, DA, Short, RD & Griesser, HJ 2011, 'Chemical and biomolecule patterning on 2D surfaces using atmospheric pressure microcavity plasma array devices', SPIE 2011: Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices, SPIE, vol. 8204, article no. 82043H, pp. 1-11. Open access 1 1
2011	Ralston, J, Priest, C, Sedev, R, Zhou, J, Parkinson, L, Kitamori, T & Mawatari, K 2011, 'Process intensification of solvent extraction using microfluidics', ISEC 2011 - 19th international solvent extraction conference, GECAMIN, pp. 1-8.
2011	Szili, EJ, Al-Bataineh, SA, Priest, C, Gruner, PJ, Ruschitzka, P, Bradley, JW, Ralston, J, Steele, DA & Short, RD 2011, 'Integration of microplasma and microfluidic technologies for localised microchannel surface modification', SPIE 2011: Smart Nano-Micro Materials and Devices, SPIE, vol. 8204, article no. 82042J, pp. 1-7. Open access 5 3
2010	Zhou, J, Priest, CI, Sedev, RV, Ralston, J, Aota, A, Mawatari, K & Kitamori, T 2010, 'Microfluidic solvent extraction for mineral processing of copper leach solutions', Smarter Processing for the Future, AUSIMM, vol. 3, pp. 1661-1666. 1
2009	Kitamori, T, Priest, CI, Mawatari, K, Sedev, RV, Zhou, J, Ralston, J & Aota, A 2009, 'Microfluidic Solvent Extraction of Copper for Mineral Processing', in ASME, ASME, pp. 185-188.
2009	Priest, C, Quinn, A, Postma, A, Zelikin, A, Ralston, J & Caruso, F 2009, 'Microcapsule synthesis: Multilayer formation on droplet templates in a microchannel network', 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, MicroTAS 2009, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, pp. 1943-1945.
2009	Zhou, J, Priest, CI, Sedev, RV, Ralston, J, Aota, A, Mawatari, K & Kitamori, T 2009, 'Microfluidic solvent extraction of copper for mineral processing of complex fluids', 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, µTAS, pp. 1865-1867. Open access 1
2008	Klink, S, Priest, CI, Sedev, RV, Kitamori, T, Ralston, J & Mawatari, K 2008, 'Selective Two-Phase Mineral Separation on a Microfluidic Chip', in Laurie E Locascio, Michael Gaitan, Brian M Paegel, David J Ross, Wyatt N Vreeland, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, pp. 1796-1798. 3

Research

Patents

Details	Registry	Status
Extraction of gold Ralston, John; Zhou, Jingfang; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	AU	Filed
Extraction of gold Ralston, John; Zhou, Jingfang; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	CN	Filed
Extraction of gold Ralston, John; Zhou, Jingfang; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Veilzarov	GB	Filed
Extraction of gold Ralston, John; Zhou, Jingfang; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	US	Filed
Extraction of gold Ralston, John; Zhou, Jingfang; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	WO	Filed
Extraction of metals Zhou, Jingfang; Ralston, John; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	AU	Filed
Extraction of metals Zhou, Jingfang; Ralston, John; Priest, Craig; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	GB	Filed
Extraction of metals Zhou, Jingfang; Ralston, John; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	US	Filed
Extraction of metals Zhou, Jingfang; Ralston, John; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov	WO	Filed
Extraction processes Ralston, John; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov; Mawatari, Kazuma; Kitamori, Takehiko	WO	Filed
Extraction processes Ralston, John; Priest, Craig Ian; Sedev, Rossen Velizarov; Mawatari, Kazuma; Kitamori, Takehiko	ZA	Filed
Oxidant sensor Nann, Thomas; Parkinson, Luke Andrew; Elmas, Sait; Priest, Craig Ian; Vasilev, Vasil Rosenov	WO	Filed

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Anglo American	AUSTRALIA
Anglo Research	SOUTH AFRICA
Australian National Fabrication Facility	AUSTRALIA
Australian National University	AUSTRALIA
BHP Billiton	AUSTRALIA
Central South University	CHINA
Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHINA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Curtin University	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Glenn Research Center	UNITED STATES
Harbin Institute of Technology	CHINA
Indee Labs Australia	AUSTRALIA
Indian Institute of Science	INDIA
Indian Institute of Technology	INDIA
Johnson Matthey PLC	UNITED KINGDOM
Johnson Matthey Technology Centre	UNITED KINGDOM
Kanagawa Institute of Technology	JAPAN
Macquarie University	AUSTRALIA
Magotteaux Australia Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Max Planck Institut fur Dynamik und Selbstorganisation	GERMANY
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation	GERMANY
Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication	AUSTRALIA
Minomic Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Namibia University of Science and Technology	NAMIBIA
Perkin Elmer Pty Ltd	UNITED STATES
Preg Tech Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute	AUSTRALIA
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Saarland University	GERMANY
Technology Metals Research	UNITED STATES
Tekelek Australia Pty Ltd	AUSTRALIA
The Graduate School of Chemistry, Biology and Physics of Bordeaux (AKA Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique)	FRANCE
Tokyo Institute of Technology	JAPAN
Ulvac (Japan)	JAPAN
ULVAC Technologies, Inc	UNITED STATES
United States Army Research Laboratory	UNITED STATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Basel	SWITZERLAND
University of Hull	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Liverpool	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Nantes	FRANCE
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Pisa	ITALY
University of Puerto Rico	PUERTO RICO
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Tokyo	JAPAN
University of Ulm	GERMANY
University of Vigo	SPAIN
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Wollongong	AUSTRALIA
US Army	UNITED STATES
Victoria University of Wellington	NEW ZEALAND
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
SA Node Director Australian National Fabrication Facility	2018
Member American Chemical Society (ACS)	2017
Member Royal Australian Chemical Institute	2017
Member Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network	2017
Member Australasian Colloid and Interface Society	2017
Member International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry	2017
SA Node Director Australian National Fabrication Facility	2017
SA Node Director Australian National Fabrication Facility	2016
Deputy Director, South Australian Node Australian National Fabrication Facility	2015
Invited Speaker CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Conference, Canada	2015
Invited Speaker Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Conference, New Zealand	2015
SA Node Director Australian National Fabrication Facility	2015
Treasurer, Division of Interfaces, Colloids, and Nanomaterials Royal Australian Chemical Institute	2015
Deputy Director, South Australian Node Australian National Fabrication Facility	2014
Invited Speaker 6th Australasian Symposium on Ionic Liquids, Sydney, Australia	2014
Invited Speaker Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress, Australia	2014
Invited Speaker 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Ionic Liquids and Green Processes, Sydney	2014
Member Premier Science and Industry Council	2014
Treasurer, Division of Interfaces, Colloids, and Nanomaterials Royal Australian Chemical Institute	2014
Chair 4th Australian and New Zealand Micro and Nanofluidics Symposium, University of South Australia and Flinders University, Adelaide	2013
Deputy Director, South Australian Node Australian National Fabrication Facility	2013
Invited Speaker Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan	2013
Invited Speaker SPIE Micro+Nano Materials, Devices, and Systems Conference, Australia	2013
Invited Speaker Center for Advanced Nanoscale Materials, University of Puerto Rico	2013
Invited Speaker School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide	2013
Invited Speaker Flow Chemistry Asia, Singapore	2013
Member Premier Science and Industry Council	2013
Deputy Director, South Australian Node Australian National Fabrication Facility	2012
Member Premier Science and Industry Council	2012
Invited Speaker Joint Chemical Engineering Committee Annual Dinner	2011
Invited Speaker School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University	2011
SA Tall Poppy of the Year Award Australian Institute of Policy and Science	2011
South Australia Science Excellence Award Department of State Development, Government of South Australia	2011
Fresh Science Award Fresh Science	2009

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Course Coordinator of Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering final year projects, including industry-based internship projects. Founder of the ANFF-SA Microengineering Winter School. Micro/nanofluidics, microfabrication/microengineering, wettability and interfacial chemistry.

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Addressing technological barriers in solid-state biosensing towards enabling next-generation point-of-care biomarker testing	Current
Designing a biosensor for electrochemical detection of airborne viruses	Completed
Dynamic wetting of chemically heterogeneous surfaces	Completed
Electrowetting of ionic liquids in solid/liquid/liquid systems	Completed
High throughput screening of nanotoxicity using microfluidics	Completed
High-performance heterojunction FETs for bioelectrical signals monitoring	Completed
Interfacial interactions and wetting of mica by imidazolium ionic liquids	Completed
Liquid flow in chemically patterned channels	Completed
Liquid flow in open metal oxide channels of controlled surface chemistry	Completed
Microfluidic intestine-on-a-chip in vitro models for improved mechanistic understanding of intestinal drug and particulate carrier uptake	Completed
Microfluidic-assisted viral transduction for CAR T-cell manufacture	Completed
Micro-pillared interfaces for enhanced electrochemical biosensing	Completed
Pickering emulsion formation with hydrophilic silica nanoparticles	Completed
Plasma surface modification for the integrated isolation and electrochemical detection of nano-biomarkers in microchannels	Completed
Probing the diffusional mass transfer across the liquid-liquid interface in microfluidic devices: insights into solvent extraction and third phase	Completed
Static and dynamic behaviour of ionic liquid films studied with the surface force apparatus	Completed

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