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Bioactive compounds at Swinburne

Staff in bioactive compounds

Person Position Research interests
Professor Mrinal Bhave Professor
(Available to supervise to Doctoral level)
  • Genetic factors controlling grain quality and response to environmental stress factors in cereals.
  • Bacterial genetic systems encoding heavy metal resistance and their applications
Professor Russell Crawford Dean
(Available to supervise to Doctoral level)
  • Colloid and Surface Science
  • Interaction of Microorganisms with Solid Substrate Surfaces
  • Extraction and Identification of Biologically Active Compounds from Natural Products
  • Mineral Flotation
  • Adsorption of Aqueous Heavy Metals by Adsorption and Coprecipitation
Dr Lara Grollo Lecturer
(Available to supervise to Doctoral level)
  • Enterovirus Vaccine Design and Antiviral Discovery
  • Dengue Fever Virus Vaccine Design and Antiviral Discovery
  • Influenza Virus Antiviral Discovery
Dr Peter Mahon Associate Professor
(Available to supervise to Doctoral level)
  • he application of microelectrodes in electrochemistry and the development of new electrodes and electrochemical instrumentation for analytical purposes.
  • The use of computers and statistical methods for more complete analysis of electrochemical data. Applications of the Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance to study interfacial adsorption processes.
  • The development of modelling methods for the study of both heterogeneous and homogeneous kinetic processes associated with electron transfer reactions.
  • The development and theory of combined electrochemical and spectroscopic methods.
Associate Professor Enzo Palombo Associate Professor
(Available to supervise to Doctoral level)
  • Molecular biology of human enteric viruses
  • Expression of viral proteins
  • Identification of bio-active compounds from medicinal plants and endophytes
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Bio-polymers
  • Food safety
Dr Jillian Marianne Shaw Lecturer
(Available to supervise to Doctoral level)
Professor Feng Wang Professor
(Available to supervise to Doctoral level)
  • 030402 Biomolecular modeling and design; High Performance Computing
  • 030401 Biologically active molecules;
  • 030606 Structural chemistry and spectroscopy; Synchrotron Sourced Spectroscopy
  • 030799 Theoretical and computational chemistry not elsewhere classified
  • 020201 Atomic and molecular physics