Milan Brandt is a professor in Advanced Manufacturing in the School of Engineering, Technical Director Advanced Manufacturing Precinct and Director RMIT Centre for Additive Manufacturing, RMIT University, Melbourne Australia. Professor Brandt has been involved with lasers and manufacturing technologies professionally for some 36 years and is recognised nationally and internationally as the leading Australian researcher in the field.  He is the recipient of a number of awards and is the author of over 200 publications, 5 book chapters and a book on laser additive manufacturing.  He has also commercialised the results of his research through the companies he has helped establish.  

Professor Brandt is a Fellow and currently an executive member of LIA.  In 2018 he was the president of LIA.  He has had a 33 year association with LIA being involved on the organizing committees for ICALEO and LAM for many years, as well as serving on the LIA Board of Directors. He is also the Senior Editor of JLA in additive manufacture.  Milan Brandt was the 2020 Arthur L. Schawlow Award winner.