• Professor of Structural Materials, Monash University
• Professor of Metallurgy, University of Manchester

Professor Michael Preuss joined Monash University in August 2020 coming from
the University of Manchester, UK, where he continues to hold a 20% position.
Michael was educated in Germany and joined the University of Manchester in 1999 where he started to collaborate with Rolls-Royce to develop friction welding technique for their new aeroengines. In 2003, he joined a newly established nuclear materials centre at Manchester and was tasked to redevelop UK's core materials expertise for light water reactors to support the UK nuclear renaissance and the nuclear submarine program. In 2010, he was appointed deputy director of the University of Manchester Rolls-Royce Nuclear University Technology Centre and was awarded a highly prestigious EPSRC Leadership Fellowship the following year as well as becoming co- director of the nuclear materials centre. In 2016, Michael was appointed Champion of the Material Systems for Demanding Environment theme within the Sir Henry Royce Institute, supporting the establishment of this new UK national institute for materials research and innovation. Michael led two Centres of Excellence in the UK, one focusing on nuclear manufacturing and more recently MIDAS, a Centre of Excellence focusing on nuclear fuel cladding research bringing together several leading UK universities, international partners and industry. Since joining Monash University, Michael has become Director of Research Infrastructure within the Faculty of Engineering and is leading the AUKUS Pillar 1 activity.

Michael has been highly active in utilising large-scale research facilities for
materials engineering applications and has served on access panels and
scientific advisory committees of various neutron scattering facilities such as the
Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL, France) and the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source (UK) and chaired the scientific advisory committee (SAC) of the European Spallation Source, currently under construction in Lund, Sweden. Since 2024, he is chair of the Australian Neutron Beam Users Group (ANBUG) and is a SAC member of the of the Australian Synchrotron.

Michael is a Fellow of the Materials, Minerals and Mining Institute and was awarded the ASTM Kroll medal for his lifetime achievement in zirconium-based nuclear fuel cladding research.

• 2020–2025 Professor for Structural Materials, Monash University
• 2021–2025 Director for Research Infrastructure - Engineering, Monash University
• 2010–2025 Professor of Metallurgy, The University of Manchester

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