CSIRO’s site at Clayton, Victoria is part of a growing research hub.

Melbourne: Clayton, Vic (Clayton laboratories)

Clayton is CSIRO’s largest site in Victoria and is home to a variety of research areas and our National Enquiries Centre.

• 1 December 2005

• Location summary
• Location activities

Location summary

Located adjacent to Monash University and the Australian Synchrotron, CSIRO’s Clayton site is part of a growing research hub. Clayton is a suburb of Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria, and is about 25 km south-east of centre of the city of Melbourne.

More than 800 staff members work at Clayton on projects designed to benefit the community and industries, including:

• energy
• mineral resources
• manufacturing
• chemical
• health
• information
• agribusiness.

The CSIRO National Enquiries Centre at Clayton connects Australian and international enquirers to CSIRO research and activities. 

Several CSIRO corporate groups are also located at Clayton, including:

• Business Development & Commercialisation
• CSIRO Global
• Information, Manufacturing & Minerals Group Executive.

Location activities

Our research at Clayton includes:

• improving industrial processes, through research into:
  • computational fluid dynamics
  • automotive and manufacturing innovations
  • decision making in supply chains
  • quantitative risk management
  • waste treatment and management.
• energy, mining and minerals research, including:
  • improving mineral processing and metal production
  • increasing recovery of oil and gas
  • reducing costs of gas production, transportation and processing
  • the origination and formation of gold orebodies.
• improving energy technology, such as:
  • energy storage and conversion
  • better fuel cells.
• advanced materials and nanotechnology, including:
  • chemical synthesis and scale-up
  • tissue engineering
  • nanobiotechnology
  • bioprocessing
  • conductive polymers
  • carbon nanotube yarns
  • smart textiles
  • medical textiles
  • advanced fibres.

We also supply services, such as:

• research services based on mathematics, statistics and operations research
• materials characterisation and microscopy.

Clayton is the site of many Flagship research projects, including:

• low-emission energy technologies
• reducing greenhouse gas emissions through carbon dioxide sequestration
• breakthrough technologies for aluminium, magnesium and titanium production and manufacture
• light metals sheet and alloy technology.

We are engaged in emerging science initiatives, such as:

• nanotechnology
• security and counter-terrorism
• sustainable cities
• synchrotron research.

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Find out more about our research in:

• Energy
• Farming & Food
• Manufacturing
• Mining & Minerals
• Materials.