Alex Harris received his PhD from Monash University in Electrochemistry under the supervision of Prof. Alan Bond. Subsequently, he was a team leader at Oxford Biosensors developing point-of-care blood sensors. He was then awarded an Office of the Chief Executive postdoctoral position at CSIRO, followed by postdoctoral positions at La Trobe University and the University of Wollongong. He is currently a project leader in the HEARing CRC at the University of Melbourne. His research interest is in understanding and controlling electrode–tissue interfaces for bionics and creating engineered tissue models for understanding neural function and its disorders.