Associate ProfessorAgisilaos Kourmatzis

Agisilaos Kourmatzis BEng (Hons), MSc, DIC, PhD, GCertEd, CPEng, MIEAust, NER

Dr. Kourmatzis graduated with a PhD in Fluid Dynamics from the University of Southampton, UK (2011) after completing Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham and Imperial College London respectively. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sydney from 2011-2015 and was elected a Chartered Professional Engineer (CEng) with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2014. He held an academic position at Macquarie University from 2015-2017, helping to pioneer the new mechanical engineering program there, prior to re-joining USyd as a Lecturer in 2017. He was a SOAR Fellow at USYD from 2018-2019, appointed to Senior Lecturer in 2021 and to Associate Professor in 2023. In 2024 he spun out ASK Scientia Pty Ltd, a university spin out commercializing optical diagnostic technology for the aerosol and pharmaceutical sector. His research is in two-phase flows (aerosols/sprays/powders), turbulence, and laser diagnostics, and is supported by both industry and government. Industry/organizations he has partnered with and/or consulted for include public organizations such as the US-FDA and Great Barrier Reef Foundation and private industry such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Proveris Scientific.