Professor Arnan Mitchell is Director of RMIT's Micro Nano Research Facility (MNRF) and the Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre (InPAC). Prof Mitchell has built RMIT's capability in photonics (the science of using and manipulating light) over his 20-year career through national and international collaboration.

He is Director of the $60M Micro Nano Research Facility (MNRF) including comprehensive infrastructure for photonic chip research and development and has spent much of his career building this capability. He founded and leads the Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre (InPAC) - a team of more than 40 researchers exploring how breakthrough innovations can be translated to real world impact through engagement with industry in Australia and around the world. InPAC includes integrated photonic design, photonic chip fabrication, packaging and interfacing and applications in high-speed internet, photonic sensing systems for defence and photonic biosensors for more rapid disease diagnosis.