Dr. Anna Maria Paradowska is a Conjoint Professor in Advanced Structural Materials and Industrial Engagement Manager at the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS) at ANSTO. Anna leads USyd Node and is a Program Leader of the AUD 250 million Sovereign Manufacturing Automation for Composites Cooperative Research Centre (SoMAC). She has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Monash University (2008) and an M.Sc. degree in Materials Science Engineering from Wroclaw University of Technology (2001), Poland. Before her current appointment, she worked as an Instrument Scientist on the neutron strain scanner Engin-X at ISIS, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, UK (2007–2011) and KOWARI at ANSTO (2011–2014). She has a great track record of securing funding to access large-scale facilities in Australia and around the world. She focuses not only on delivering solutions to industry via neutron scattering but also on providing training and mentoring to the next generation of scientists and engineers in the use of large-scale scientific infrastructure. She has an exceptional publication record, a book, 2 book chapters, and over 150 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings. She has won several grants and publication awards both in Australia and overseas. She actively serves on several national and international advisory and review committees.