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Research Groups

Kathy Andrews

Andrews Group

Sally-Ann Poulsen

Poulsen Group

  • Professor Sally-Ann Poulsen - Deputy Director; Principal Research Leader
  • Dr David Hilko - Research Fellow
  • Dr Louise Sternicki - Research Fellow
  • Mr Jack Klose - Research Fellow
  • Mr Yezhou (Frank) Yu - PhD candidate
  • Ms Shilpa Thomas – PhD candidate
  • Mr Isaac Gargett – PhD candidate
  • Ms Anne-Sophie Braun – PhD candidate
Bernd Rehm

Rehm Group

  • Professor Bernd Rehm - Principal Research Leader, Head of the Centre for Cell Factories and Biopolymers
  • Dr Stefanie Buchholz - PhD candidate
  • Dr Shuxiong Chen - Research Fellow
  • Ms Katharina Spaniol - PhD candidate
  • Ms Deeptee Pande - PhD candidate
  • Ms Saranya Pounraj - PhD candidate
  • Dr Gayathri Sam - PhD candidate
  • Mr Tanvir Kabir – PhD candidate
  • Ms Anjali Kakkanat – PhD candidate
  • Ms Nivethika Sivakumaran – PhD candidate
  • Dr Yaoying Lu – Research Assistant
  • Ms Sam Frawley – Research Assistant
  • Mr Laurin Walther – MSc candidate
Ron Quinn

Quinn Group

  • Emeritus Professor Ronald Quinn, AM - Principal Research Leader
  • Dr Miaomiao Liu - GRIDD ECR Leader and NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow
  • Ms Yushu Gu - PhD candidate
  • Mr Tin Mak - Research Assistant
  • Ms Tabbassum Jannat – PhD candidate
  • Ms Matilda Houston – Research Assistant
Vicky Avery

Avery Group

  • Distinguished Professor Vicky Avery
  • Dr Bilal Zulfiqar - Research Fellow
  • Dr Melissa Sykes - Research Fellow
  • Dr Tayner Rodriguez - Research Fellow
  • Dr Sandra Duffy - Research Fellow
  • Mr Aaron Lock - Senior Research Assistant
  • Mr Nicholas Dootson - Research Assistant
  • Ms Dora Ling - Research Assistant
  • Mr Tom Nguyen - Research Assistant
James St John

St John Group

  • Professor James St John - Head of the Clem Jones Centre for Neurobiology and Stem Cell Research
  • Dr Megha Mohan - Research Assistant
  • Dr Mariyam Murtaza - Research Fellow
  • Dr Andrew Rayfield - Research Fellow, Research Manager
  • Dr Mo Chen - Research Fellow
  • Ms Lipsa Mohanty - Research Assistant
  • Ms Chenying Yang - Research Assistant
  • Mr Md. Mahbubur Rahman - PhD candidate
  • Ms Yan Han - PhD candidate
  • Dr Ziwei Zhou - Research Fellow
  • Ms Lara Spehar - Research Assistant

Punyadeera Group

  • Professor Chamindie Punyadeera - Principal Research Leader
  • Dr Xi Zhang - Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Nuwan Tharanga Karunathilaka Wicramasingha Arachchilage - Clinical Nurse
  • Ms Juliana Muller Bark - PhD candidate
  • Mr Mohammad Rasheduzzaman - PhD candidate
  • Mr Sasee Chameera Ekanayake Weeramange - PhD candidate
  • Mr Lucas Trevisan França de Lima - PhD candidate
  • Ms Thilini Jananika Basnayake - PhD candidate
  • Ms Xiaomin Huang - PhD candidate
  • Mr Balakittnen Jaikrishna - PhD candidate
  • Mr Abolfazl Jangholi - PhD candidate
  • Ms Roxane Mutschler - PhD candidate
  • Dr Zhen Liu – PhD candidate
  • Mr Daniel Decsi – MSc candidate
  • Ms Samandra Hernandez Picos – MSc candidate
  • Dr Michael Wong – MPhil candidate
  • Dr Akila Wijesekera – MPhil candidate
George Mellick

Mellick Group

  • Professor George Mellick- Senior Research Leader
  • Ms Melissa Hill - Honours candidate
  • Ms Jessica Smith - PhD candidate
  • Ms Iqira Saed – PhD candidate
  • Dr Alex Sykes – Research Fellow
  • Ms Roktima Tamuli - PhD candidate
  • Mr Emmanuel Makinde – PhD candidate
  • Mr Xiaoyi Chen – PhD candidate
  • Mr Zhiqiang Shen – PhD candidate
  • Ms Katrina Scahill – Masters of Medical Science candidate
Tina Skinner-Adams

Skinner-Adams Group

Rohan Davis

Davis Group

  • Associate Professor Rohan Davis - Research Leader; Manager NatureBank
  • Ms Sasha Hayes - PhD candidate
  • Ms Chen Zhang - PhD candidate
  • Ms Kelsey Ramage - PhD candidate
  • Ms Kanchana Wijesekera - PhD candidate
  • Mr Henry Smith – PhD candidate
Alex Cristino

Cristino Group

  • Dr Alex Cristino - Research Leader
  • Dr Jamila Iqbal – Research Fellow
  • Dr Alex Sykes – Research Fellow
  • Daniel Russell - PhD candidate
  • Oak Hatzimanolis – PhD candidate
  • Caio Damski - PhD candidate
  • Basle Mohamed - Honours student
Frank Sainsbury

Sainsbury Group

  • Dr Frank Sainsbury- Research Leader
  • Ms Micol Venturi - PhD candidate
  • Ms Gabriela Spaniol – PhD candidate (co-principal)
  • Ms Shai Strampel – PhD candidate
  • Mr Steve Hughes – PhD candidate
  • Ms Ayla Herron  – MBiotech candidate
Yun Feng

Feng Group

  • Associate Professor Yun Jiang Feng - Research Leader
  • Mr Thanh Nguyen – PhD candidate
  • Ms Tina Liu - PhD candidate
  • Ms Roktima Tamuli - PhD candidate
  • Mr Charlie Tran – PhD candidate
  • Mr Maxxie Shi – PhD candidate
  • Mr Emmanuel Makinde – PhD candidate
  • Douyang Zhao – PhD candidate
  • Ms Tash Bambridge – Honours candidate

Schirra Group

  • Associate Professor Horst Schirra - Research Leader; Director GRIDD/ESC NMR Facility
  • Dr Yady Garcia Castillo - Research Fellow
  • Dr Selina Fyfe - Research Fellow/Visiting Scholar
  • Ms Alexandra Gloria - PhD candidate
  • Mr Jake Hattwell - PhD candidate
  • Mr Luke Husdell - PhD candidate
  • Ms Sarah Walsh – PhD candidate
  • Mr Kern Webster – Visiting student/Honours candidate
Dr Jean Giacomotto

Giacomotto Group

  • Dr Jean Giacomotto - Research leader
  • Dr Brett Stringer - Senior Research Fellow
  • Miss Joyosmita Das - Research Assistant
  • Miss Fangfei Goris Guo - PhD candidate
  • Afsaneh Taghipour - PhD candidate
  • Như Quỳn Nguyễn - PhD candidate
  • Yougang Wang - PhD candidate
Danielle Kamato

Kamato Group

  • Dr Danielle Kamato - Research Leader
  • Ms Hirushi Kumarapperuma – PhD Candidate
  • Mr Zheng Chia – PhD Candidate
  • Ruizhi Zhang – M.Phil Student

Executive team

  • Professor Kathy Andrews - Director
  • Professor Sally-Ann Poulsen - Deputy Director
  • Dr Pauline Kelly - Institute Manager
  • Dr Nagaraj Gopisetty Venkata - Strategy and Business Development Manager
  • Dr Frank Sainsbury -
  • Ha Nguyen - Administrative Support Officer

Professional officers

  • Dr Russell Addison - ADME/PK and NatureBank
  • Dr Wendy Loa - NMR/Mass Spec Supervisor/Manager
  • Miss Maria Nguyen - Senior Research Assistant

Research affiliates

Adjunct Members

  • Emeritus Professor Roger Holmes, Adjunct Professor
  • Emeritus Professor Ian Jenkins, Adjunct Professor
  • Associate Professor Stephen Wood, Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Professor Haiyan Zhang, Adjunct Professor

Community Adjunct Members

  • Mr Peter Johnstone, Chair, GRIDD Development Board
  • Mr Gary Toomey, GRIDD Development Board member
  • Ms Rhonda White, GRIDD Development Board member

Clinical Adjunct Members

  • Professor Maher Gandhi, Adjunct Professor
  • Dr Sarju Vasani, Adjunct Associate Professor
  • Dr Andrew Redmond, Adjunct Associate Professor

Industry Adjunct Members

  • Dr Dominique Gorse, Adjunct Research Fellow
  • Professor Claudia Vickers, Adjunct Professor
  • Professor John Hooper, Adjunct Professor
  • Associate Professor Rakesh Veedu, Adjunct Associate Professor

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