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Key facts
Counted staff
93
self-reported band not used
Founded
2011
15 years
Legal entities
None matched
Office countries
1
2 addresses
Funding rounds
None on record
Company type
Educational
self-reported
Description
Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials is Australia’s largest materials research institute – linking world-class materials science research with industry to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing business and society.
The Institute has more than 300 researchers who work with 130 industry partners on developing materials solutions across recycling and circular economy, energy, manufacturing, mining, defence and health.
The Institute manages a diverse suite of world-class research facilities across Deakin’s Waurn Ponds and Burwood campuses. This includes the Institute's expansive collection of analysis and characterisation technology and equipment, and its pilot-scale facilities; the Battery Research and Innovation Hub – Australia’s largest dedicated battery research facility for battery design, fabrication and testing, Carbon Nexus – the world’s first open-access carbon fibre research and manufacturing centre, and the Future Fibres Facility – home to the Southern Hemisphere’s largest and most advanced fibre research group.
Specialties
- textiles
- energy storage
- sustainable fashion
- research and development
- composites
- metallurgy
- nanotechnology
- chemistry
- engineering
All 20 specialties
- Engineering
- materials engineering
- chemistry
- metallurgy
- sustainable fashion
- applied science
- research and development
- carbon fibre
- composites
- materials science
- nanotechnology
- fibres
- textiles
- advanced alloys
- electromaterials
- energy storage
- material design
- circular materials
- biomolecular modelling
- corrosion research
Locations
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Show as table · Offices in 1 country
| Countries | 1 |
|---|---|
| Primary country | AU |
All codes: AU
Addresses
- AU75 Pigdons Road, WAURN PONDS VIC 3216; WAURN PONDS, VIC 3216Primary
- AUMelbourne, Victoria 3125
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People & contacts
4 employee profiles on record · names withheld.
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FAQ
How many people work at Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials?
93 counted staff profiles at January 2026. The brand's self-reported band sits above that count and is not published as a headcount.
Where does Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials have offices?
Two addresses on record, Australia only. Primary: 75 Pigdons Road, WAURN PONDS VIC 3216, WAURN PONDS, VIC 3216.
Has Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials raised funding?
None linked to this brand.
What does Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials list as its specialties?
20 tags on the brand's own list, among them textiles, energy storage and sustainable fashion.
Which companies are listed alongside Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials?
24 profiles list Deakin Institute for Frontier Materials as a peer — 98th percentile in Research Services. It lists ten peers of its own. Solving Plastic Waste CRC and Carbon Nexus list it back.