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Dr John Michael Power

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cellular nervous system, Neurosciences, Central nervous system, Learning, motivation and emotion, Cellular Nervous System, Nervous system and disorders
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Nervous System and Disorders

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My research focuses on understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie the brain’s ability to remodel neural circuits thus enabling learning and memory formation.

Professor Russell Bonduriansky

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Zoology
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I am an evolutionary ecologist. I was born in Ukraine, and completed my PhD at the University of Toronto in 2004.

Professor Belinda Carlene Ferrari

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Microbial Ecology, Soil Biology, Microbial Genetics, Climate Change Processes, Microbiology
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Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences

Biography

Professor Adam Micolich

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Nanoelectronics, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Condensed Matter; Superconductivity, Condensed Matter Physics, Molecular and Organic Electronics, Biological Physics
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nanophysics

biophysics

condensed matter physics

Adam works on the development of nanoscale electronic devices for applications in bioelectronics.

Professor Till Boecking

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biological Physics, Enzymes, Colloid and Surface Chemistry
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Till Böcking leads the Molecular Machines Group in the EMBL Australia Node for Single Molecule Science.

Professor Adelle Coster

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Applied mathematics, Biological mathematics, Dynamical systems in applications
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I am an applied mathematician. I use dynamical systems analyses, stochastic modelling and queueing theory, amongst other techniques to answer questions arising from fields other than mathemat

Professor Jayashree Arcot

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Dietetics, Other Biological Sciences
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Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

Nutrition

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vitamin bioavailability

fortification of foods

absorption of vitamins in humans

bioavailability using ex-vivo cell culture

Associate Professor Matthew Baker

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biophysics, Bacteriology, Biological Physics, Synthetic Biology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Statistical Mechanics, Physical Combinatorics and Mathematical Aspects of Condensed Matter, Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Evolutionary Biology
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Biological sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Physical sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences

Dr Matt Baker is a Scientia Associate Professor in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales.

Associate Professor Alice Lee

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Food Chemistry and Molecular Gastronomy (excl. Wine), Allergy, Agricultural Biotechnology Diagnostics (incl. Biosensors), Analytical Biochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Food Chemistry and Molecular Gastronomy (excl. Wine)
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Nutraceuticals and Functional foods

Food safety

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Associate Professor & Postgraduate by Coursework Coordinator (Food

Dr Daniel Fernandez Ruiz

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Immunology, Cellular immunology, Infectious diseases
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Infectious Diseases

Prevention - biologicals (e.g. vaccines)

Immune System and Allergy

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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cell biology and immunology

t-cell

cytotoxic t lymphocytes

immunology and infectious disease

infectious diseases

malaria

COVID-19

Dr Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biophysics, Cell Physiology, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cel, Cell Development, Proliferation and Death
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Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

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cytoskeleton

molecular motor proteins

cell biology

cellular biophysics

fluorescence microscopy

keywords: quantitative methods

Dr. Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan is an EMBL Australia Group Leader at Single Molecule Science, School of Medical Sciences.

Professor William Alexander Donald

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Biochemistry, Analytical Spectrometry, Proteomics and Intermolecular Interactions (excl. Medical Proteomics), Environmental Technologies, Physical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
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Chemical sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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mass spectrometry

tandem mass spectrometry

carbonic anhydrase inhibitors

Dr Michael Watson

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Applied mathematics, Biological mathematics, Modelling and simulation
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I am a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. My research is in mathematical and computational modelling of biological and physical systems.

Emeritus Professor Bruce Ian Henry

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Dynamical Systems in Applications, Stochastic Analysis and Modelling, Complex Physical Systems, Statistical Mechanics, Physical Combinatorics and Mathematical Aspects of Condensed Matter, Applied Mathematics not elsewhere classified
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ABOUT ME Biography

Mr Szymon Drobniak

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Behavioural Ecology, Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, Evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change, Zoology, Biostatistics
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Visual Communication

Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change

Social Impacts of Climate Change and Variability

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

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climate change adaptation

quantitative genetics

phenotypic plasticity

mathematical modelling

zoology

birds

art & design

2003-2008 - MSc. in natural and mathematical sciences, Jagiellonian University (Poland) 2008-2012 - PhD. in biology, Jagiellonian University (Poland)

Associate Professor Mark Raftery

Faculty: Research & Enterprise
Fields of Research (FoR): Medical Biochemistry: Proteins and Peptides (incl. Medical Proteomics), Proteomics and Intermolecular Interactions (excl. Medical Proteomics), Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Medical Biochemistry: Lipids, Analytical Chemistry
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Mark is currently the Director of the Bioanalytical mass spectrometry facility (BMSF) at The University of New South Wales. His research has focused on all aspects of biological mass spectrom

Dr Zhihong Xu

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer therapy (excl. chemotherapy and radiation therapy), Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy)
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pancreatic stellate cells

I obtained my PhD degree at UNSW Sydney. My research interests focus on pancreatic cancer, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic stellate cells.

Professor Gerry Cassis

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Animal Systematics, Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Host-Parasite Interactions, Biogeography, Conservation and Biodiversity
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Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales

Documentation of Undescribed Flora and Fauna

Living resources (flora and fauna)

Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

I am a systematic entomologist with 30+ years of continuous post-PhD research experience. I undertook my PhD at Oregon State University with the world authority on jewel bugs.

Professor Paul Marie Gerard Curmi

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Proteins and Peptides, Biological Physics
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Paul Curmi is a structural biologist and molecular biophysicist. His laboratory focuses on the structure and function of proteins: macromolecules that are