Peter is Professor in The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. He is also Deputy Director of the ARC Industrial Training Centre in Surface Engineering for Advanced Materials (SEAM). He completed his PhD at the University of New South Wales and the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation (CSIRO) in 1999. He completed several postdocs at CSIRO; NESAC/BIO, University of Washington; and RWTH Aachen before becoming a Senior Scientist at the Danish Polymer Centre at Riso National Laboratory in Roskilde Denmark. He became an Associated Professor at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre at Aarhus University, Denmark (2006-2010) before joining Swinburne as Professor of Surface Engineering in late 2010. His research has a strong emphasis on controlling the interfacial interactions of biological materials with advanced material surfaces. The focus is on the development of new 1, 2 and 3D surface micro- and nanopatterning approaches aimed at improving our understanding of how biology and man-made materials interact with each other. Application areas include: medical implants, infection control, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and industrial biofouling. He has published over 200 papers and has a H-Index of 55 and ~11,000 citations. He research has also included focus on developing surfaces for industrial applications where he has 10 patents. He has also been awarded over $30M in research income over his career.