Dr. Adhiakri has over 30 years of R&D experience at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) with over 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and owns 28 patents (H index 40, citation > 9900). He is one of the co-inventors of Elast-Eon TM and NovoSorb and Synthetic Heart Valve biomedical platform technologies and an inventor of sprayable biodegradable polymer technology (TranspiratiOnal). He is an Adjunct Associate Professor, STEM Hub, RMIT University, and is a Global Research director of the Emotional Well-being Institute, Geneva.

He serves on the Board of the Eastern Volunteer (ev), Victoria Multicultural Commission (VMC), and Ethnic Community Council of Victoria Emerging Community (EECV), Victoria.