NanoTRIZ
Innovation Institute
Brisbane, Australia
OUR MISSION:
To advance scientific discovery and responsible innovation by turning important questions into testable ideas, rigorous evidence and useful applications.
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Pursue important scientific challenges across disciplinary boundaries, guided by curiosity, inventive thinking and critical evaluation.
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Develop a transparent path from problem framing to research contribution, combining methods informed by TRIZ, reproducible work and responsible use of AI.
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Build a distributed institute where independent researchers and partners can contribute to knowledge and technologies with lasting scientific and societal value.
The NanoTRIZ Research Scholar Program is a non-accredited research-enrichment programme. NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute is not a university, registered training organisation (RTO), CRICOS provider or accredited education provider, and does not confer degrees, academic credit or government-recognised qualifications.
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About NanoTRIZ
NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute is an independent research and innovation initiative based in Brisbane. Our work spans microfluidics and biomedicine, advanced materials and nanotechnology, clean energy and catalysis, and AI-assisted research.
A message from the founder
I founded NanoTRIZ with a conviction: important scientific progress begins with the courage to ask better questions and the discipline to test them carefully.
My vision is for an independent, distributed institute that helps turn difficult problems into research directions, credible evidence and ideas with practical value. Based in Brisbane, NanoTRIZ brings methods informed by TRIZ into dialogue with subject expertise, transparent research and responsible use of AI. Human judgment and accountability must remain central throughout.
I welcome researchers, external principal investigators, students, technical developers and industry partners who want to contribute to this vision. Collaboration should begin with a meaningful question, a clear role for each contributor and a shared commitment to research integrity. It should create space for original thinking while making assumptions, methods and limitations open to scrutiny.
Together, we can work toward a research culture in which ambitious ideas are examined rigorously, individual contributions are recognised fairly, and knowledge can move responsibly toward useful applications.
Professor Alexander A. Solovev
Founding Director, NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute
Brisbane, Australia
Professor of Materials Science, Fudan University (2015–2024). Earlier research positions at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the University of Toronto and the Technical University of Munich; doctoral research at IFW Dresden and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research; Visiting Scholar, Harvard SEAS (2017).
TRIZ + AI + Research Meta-Skills
Applications Open:
NanoTRIZ Research Scholar Program (Online)
A selective, non-accredited research-enrichment program for motivated students and emerging researchers.
Research Project (Online)
A non-accredited research-enrichment program providing guided support in research planning, literature analysis, responsible AI use, academic writing, and scientific communication. Participants work toward a portfolio output — a research proposal, review, report, or presentation — depending on project scope and progress. Delivered online over an initial three-month term. Participation requires a monthly program access fee, covering digital research tools, AI-assisted research workflows, program materials, administration, and scheduled mentoring and review sessions.
NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute is an independent private Australian initiative. It is not a university, registered higher-education provider, registered training organisation (RTO), or CRICOS provider. Participation does not confer an AQF qualification, university credit, academic appointment, institutional affiliation, or professional licence, and does not guarantee publication, admission, scholarship, employment, or visa outcomes. Program titles and certificates record participation only. "Research Scholar" is an internal program designation and does not constitute an academic appointment or accredited award.
Meet Our Administration & Affiliate Principal Investigators
Dr. Ilya Vinnikov
Dr. Brij Briz Mohan
Mrs. Inessa Gor
Dr. Alessandro Bernardi
Dr. Alexander Solovev
Collaboration with Industry
NanoTRIZ works with companies and institutions through defined research and innovation projects. Engagements may include a focused Innovation Sprint for early-stage technical assessment or an Extended R&D Project for problem framing, evidence review, solution mapping, and prototype-oriented planning.
Our approach combines TRIZ-informed problem solving, responsible AI-assisted analysis, scientific review, and translational planning. It is designed to clarify technical challenges, compare possible solution pathways, and support evidence-based R&D decisions.
Project scope, confidentiality, intellectual property, deliverables, timelines, and fees are agreed in writing before work begins. NanoTRIZ does not provide legal, tax, regulatory, investment, or R&D Tax Incentive eligibility advice.
