Dr. Maksym Rybachuk is a Chartered Engineer with over 20 years of professional experience in the Advanced Manufacturing Technology sector, specialising in three key areas of professional practice: mechanical, chemical, and biomedical engineering, within industrial manufacturing and applied sciences. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, a Chartered Engineer in Mechanical, Chemical, and Biomedical Engineering, and a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Queensland (RPEQ). He also serves as a Council Member of the International Council on Materials Education, is a Member of the Australian Institute of Physics, and holds current registrations with the Australian National Professional Engineering Register (NER), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and the International Register of Professional Engineers (IntPE (Aus)). Dr. Rybachuk is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Built Environment and a researcher at the Australian Attosecond Science Facility within the Centre for Quantum Dynamics. He teaches the fundamentals of materials science, as well as advanced topics in materials engineering and manufacturing technology, in the BEng (Hons) and MEng programs. His research group focuses on plasma and ultra-short (femtosecond) laser technology for the synthesis and processing of materials, including diamonds, to meet industry needs in key areas such as Space and Defence.