
Associate Professor Christopher P Marquis
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Proteins and Peptides, Fermentation, Nanobiotechnology, Bioprocessing, Bioproduction and Bioproducts
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Proteins and Peptides, Fermentation, Nanobiotechnology, Bioprocessing, Bioproduction and Bioproducts
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Dr Michael Janitz
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Genomics, Neurogenetics, Cancer Genetics, Gene Expression, Molecular Targets
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Genomics, Neurogenetics, Cancer Genetics, Gene Expression, Molecular Targets
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SCIENTIFIC INTEREST
Dr Abu Sina
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer diagnosis, Liquid biopsies, Medical biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Agricultural biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors), Environmental biotechnology
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer diagnosis, Liquid biopsies, Medical biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Agricultural biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors), Environmental biotechnology
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Dr. Abu Sina is a Senior Lecturer and Group Leader of Sina Lab at the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney.

Dr Muhammad Yasir
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Medical microbiology, Medical bacteriology, Clinical microbiology, Bacteriology, Biologically active molecules, Biomaterials
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Medical microbiology, Medical bacteriology, Clinical microbiology, Bacteriology, Biologically active molecules, Biomaterials
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My research focuses on investigating the mechanisms of action of newly designed antimicrobial p

Ms Gesa Gruning
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological physics, Molecular imaging (incl. electron microscopy and neutron diffraction), Quantum physics not elsewhere classified
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological physics, Molecular imaging (incl. electron microscopy and neutron diffraction), Quantum physics not elsewhere classified
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2024 – 2027 Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Postdoc Fellowship at UNSW, Australia

Adjunct Professor Peter Karuso
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics), Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry, Organic chemistry, Molecular targets
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Proteomics and intermolecular interactions (excl. medical proteomics), Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry, Organic chemistry, Molecular targets
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Peter Karuso completed a PhD in 1985 from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the University of Sydney and postdoced at the University of Auckland (Dame Patricia Bergquist) and the University of

Dr Prudence Ann Gibson
Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting), Visual cultures, Creative and professional writing, Art criticism, Art theory
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Faculty: Arts, Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting), Visual cultures, Creative and professional writing, Art criticism, Art theory
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Dr Prudence Gibson is author of monographs The Plant Thieves (NewSouth Publishing 2023), The Plant Contract (Brill 2018) and The Pharmacy of Plants: Janet Laure

Dr Natasha Kumar
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Animal Neurobiology, Cell Neurochemistry, Autonomic Nervous System, Sensory Systems, Systems Physiology, Animal Physiology - Systems
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Animal Neurobiology, Cell Neurochemistry, Autonomic Nervous System, Sensory Systems, Systems Physiology, Animal Physiology - Systems
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Professor Suhelen Egan
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Aquaculture, Biological Sciences, Environmental Marine Biotechnology, Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Aquaculture, Biological Sciences, Environmental Marine Biotechnology, Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
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Professor Ingvars Birznieks
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurobiology, Sensory Systems, Neurosciences, Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance, Peripheral Nervous System, Biomedical Engineering
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurobiology, Sensory Systems, Neurosciences, Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance, Peripheral Nervous System, Biomedical Engineering
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Dr Ingvars Birznieks is a sensory neurophysiologist interested in sensory information encoding mechanisms.

Dr Felix Aplin
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Biomedical engineering, Neural engineering, Sensory systems
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Biomedical engineering, Neural engineering, Sensory systems
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Felix Aplin is a postdoctoral fellow at the Translational Neuroscience Facility, Faculty of Medicine & Health at UNSW Sydney.
Professor Kyle Lee Hoehn
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Animal Physiology - Systems
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Animal Physiology - Systems
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My lab develops novel mitochondrial uncoupler drugs for the treatment of metabolic disorders including obesity, ageing, and diabetes.

Dr Kate Michie
Faculty: Research & Enterprise
Fields of Research (FoR): Artificial intelligence, Deep learning, Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified, Biophysics, Microbiology not elsewhere classified
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Faculty: Research & Enterprise
Fields of Research (FoR): Artificial intelligence, Deep learning, Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classified, Biophysics, Microbiology not elsewhere classified
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Biography

Scott Berry
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Gene expression (incl. microarray and other genome-wide approaches), Systems biology, Biochemistry and cell biology, Image processing, Modelling and simulation, Epigenetics (incl. genome methylation and epigenomics)
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Gene expression (incl. microarray and other genome-wide approaches), Systems biology, Biochemistry and cell biology, Image processing, Modelling and simulation, Epigenetics (incl. genome methylation and epigenomics)
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I lead a research group investigating quantitative control of gene expression at the single-cell level – ranging from epigenetic memory and cellular decision-making to global RNA metabolism in the

Dr Lisa Nivison-Smith
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Vision science, Ophthalmology and optometry, Sensory systems
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Vision science, Ophthalmology and optometry, Sensory systems
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PHD PROJECTS ON OFFER (Project 1,

Dr Megan Denise Lenardon
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Medical mycology, Mycology, Microbial genetics, Cellular interactions (incl. adhesion, matrix, cell wall)
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Medical mycology, Mycology, Microbial genetics, Cellular interactions (incl. adhesion, matrix, cell wall)
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I obtained a BSc (Hons) in Microbiology from UNSW in 2000, before going on to complete a PhD in Molecular Genetics in 2005 under the supervision of Prof. Ian Dawes.

Dr Gregory Redpath
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and cell biology, Receptors and membrane biology, Protein trafficking
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biochemistry and cell biology, Receptors and membrane biology, Protein trafficking
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Professor Thomas Robert Cox
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer and related disorders, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Animal Cell and Molecular Biology, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cel, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall), Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy), Chemotherapy
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer and related disorders, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Animal Cell and Molecular Biology, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cel, Cellular Interactions (incl. Adhesion, Matrix, Cell Wall), Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy), Chemotherapy
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The Matrix and Metastasis Lab is based at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research Kinghorn Cancer Centre in Sydney, Australia.

Associate Professor David Anthony Jacques
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Virology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling), Virology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology
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David leads the Structural Virology Group at the EMBL Australia Node for Single Molecule Science.

Associate Professor Richard Morris
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological physics, Soft condensed matter, Thermodynamics and statistical physics
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological physics, Soft condensed matter, Thermodynamics and statistical physics
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After completing a masters degree in mathematical physics from the University of Edinburgh, and following a short spell working in investment banking, Richard completed a PhD in theoretical physics

Professor Alexander Swarbrick
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy), Tumour Immunology, Genomics, Pathology, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Bioinformatics
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy), Tumour Immunology, Genomics, Pathology, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Bioinformatics
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Associate Professor Michael Matthew Kasumovic
Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Evolutionary Biology, Behavioural Ecology, Genomics, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
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Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Evolutionary Biology, Behavioural Ecology, Genomics, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology)
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My research explores how the social environment shapes the evolution of individual traits and behaviours.

Associate Professor Kate Poole
Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Mechanobiology, Cellular interactions (incl. adhesion, matrix, cell wall), Cancer cell biology, Cancer Cell Biology
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Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Mechanobiology, Cellular interactions (incl. adhesion, matrix, cell wall), Cancer cell biology, Cancer Cell Biology
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Dr Kate Poole is interested in how cells can "feel" their surroundings.

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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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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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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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.