Dr. Baji obtained his master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering and PhD in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Akron. His PhD research focused on the development of high toughness and high strength bioactive composites using electrospinning techniques. Following the completion of his PhD, he joined the research group at Centre for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT), University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Fellow. As an Assistant Professor (2013-2018) at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), he worked extensively on bio-inspired materials research including fabrication of electrospun fibers for bio-duplication and mimicking of dry-adhesion mechanism of fibrillar structures present on the feet of geckos. He is currently working as a Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University and is working on establishing the bio-inspired materials research at La Trobe University. He has authored and co-authored over 70 journal articles, with additional papers in conference
proceedings and refereed abstracts.