Professor Melissa Brown
Melissa is a molecular microbiologist with a research focus on the determination of the complex mechanisms used by bacteria to evade strategies employed by the host for their elimination.
Professor Howard Fallowfield
Howard is an aquatic microbial ecologist. His research focus is health aspects of water quality, including:
- Drinking water
- Wastewater
- Recreational waters
- Ground water contamination
- High rate algal ponds
Professor Sarah Harmer
Sarah is an applied physicist with a focus on the spectroscopic analysis of surfaces. Her research interest is on:
- Spectroscopic techniques for minerals processing
- The interface between bacteria and mineral surfaces
Associate Professor Ingo Koeper
Ingo is a physical chemist with a focus on the biological aspects of nanotechnology. His research interests include:
- Solid supported membrane architectures
- Membrane-protein interactions
- Structure-function relationship in bilayer membranes
- Biomimetic surface architectures
Professor David Lewis
David is polymer scientist as well as the Director of the Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology.
- polymer electronics
- functional particles
- fundamental aspects and applications of polymers including
- polymerisation mechanisms,
- morphology
- grafting from surfaces
Professor Karl Sammut
Karl is engineering researcher as well as the Director of the Centre for Maritime Engineering. His research activities include
- Autonomous Marine (Surface/Underwater) Vehicles
- Robotics
- Embedded systems
- Active control of vibration
- Computer vision
- Smart structures and materials
Professor Youhong Tang
Youhong is a material science and engineering researcher with research interests focused on the structure-process-property relations of:
- Polymeric materials and nanocomposites
- Fibre reinforced composites and structures
- Bioresources, biomaterials and biosensors
Dr. Lauren Thurgood
Lauren is a Beat Cancer Early Career Research Fellow. With the focus of her research on:
- Cancer cell metabolism
- Proteomics and blood cancer