About
Muhammad Saleem Malik
I am an information technology researcher and educator, and the founder and CEO of Lucivant Technologies Pty Ltd.
Biography
I am Muhammad Saleem Malik. I completed a PhD in Information Technology at Federation University Australia in 2022. My doctoral research focused on blockchain adoption, extending the Technology–Organisation–Environment framework through a study of how organisations in Australia decide whether to adopt blockchain.
I am a Principal Supervisor at Melbourne Institute of Technology. I have also lectured at Federation University Australia, including teaching delivered at Hebei University of Science and Technology in China, FedUni’s offshore partner. My teaching received commendations for excellence in 2024 and 2025.
In 2021 I was a key contributor to a RegTech working group set up by the then Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources to explore blockchain for monitoring regulatory compliance, and helped prepare its discovery report. I serve on the editorial review board of Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies.
I am the founder and CEO of Lucivant Technologies Pty Ltd, an Australian quantum technology company. My research interests span blockchain, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cybersecurity and digital forensics.
Company
Lucivant Technologies Pty Ltd is an Australian quantum technology company, based in Melbourne, working in three areas: quantum development, quantum infrastructure and hardware optimisation. I am its founder and CEO.
Education
- 2022
PhD in Information Technology
Federation University Australia
Research focus: blockchain adoption
- 2014
Master of Science (Computer Science)
Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
- 2002
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)
Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Academic roles
- Current
Principal Supervisor
Melbourne Institute of Technology
Lecturer; Scholarly Teaching Fellow (Transnational Education)
Federation University Australia
Professional service
- From 2022
Editorial review board member
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
Peer reviewer
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences and international journals
- 2021
RegTech working group contributor
Working group set up by the then Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources to explore blockchain for monitoring regulatory compliance; helped prepare its discovery report
Awards
- 2025
Commendation for Excellence in Teaching (SELT)
Federation University Australia
- 2024
Commendation of Excellence in Teaching
FedUni Information Engineering Institute, Hebei University of Science and Technology, China