Ilias (Louis) is a Chief Research Consultant at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in Australia. He has held appointments at various institutions including Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Pharmacy College Victoria and Swinburne University before joining CSIRO. His research interests include nanofibre and nano-architectures in materials especially in their application to environmental remediation, energy, filtration and biomaterials and disease control, as well as flexible electronic textiles, high performance, high strength materials for protective equipment. He has published widely across different scientific disciplines.