STAFF PROFILE
Dr Andrew Christofferson
Position:
Lecturer - School of Science, Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Science
Campus:
City Campus
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Research supervision
Research interests
- Structure determination of novel materials
- Protein-protein and protein-nanoparticle interactions
- Application of quantum mechanics calculations, classical molecular dynamics simulations, and advanced sampling techniques to biological systems
- Force field parameterisation and comparison
Awards and grants
- Materials Research Society Fall Meeting travel award, 2015
- Ian Potter Foundation travel grant, 2015
- Australian Nanotechnology Network Early Career Researcher travel bursary, 2014
- National Natural Science Foundation of China research grant (approx. $30,000 USD), 2010
- Biochemical Society (UK) travel grant, 2008
- PhD scholarship, University of Birmingham Department of Chemistry, 2005-2008
- Peace Corps Small Project Assistance grant, 2004
- Peace Corps Partnership Program grant, 2003
- Fry Scholarship, Montana State University, 2002
- Undergraduate Scholars Program grant, Montana State University, 2001
- Department of Chemistry scholarship, Montana State University, 1998
- Max Worthington scholarship, Montana State University, 1998
- PhD (Chemistry), University of Birmingham, UK, 2010
- Title of Project: A Computational Investigation of the Mechanism of CB1954 Reduction by E.coli Nitroreductase
- Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) Montana State University, USA, 2002
Membership of professional societies
- American Chemical Society
- Australasian Colloids and Interface Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Association of Molecular Modellers of Australasia
- Australian Nanotechnology Network
Positions
- Research Fellow, School of Engineering/School of Science, RMIT University, Australia, 2012-present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Biological Sciences, P. R. China, 2010-2011
- Process Engineer, Semitool, Inc., USA, 2005
- Pervin, R.,Manian, A.,Chen, Z.,Christofferson, A.,Owyong, T.,Bradley, S.,White, J.,Ghiggino, K.,Russo, S.,Wong, W. (2023). Medium effects on the fluorescence of Imide-substituted naphthalene diimides In: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 436, 1 - 12
- Ye, S.,Meftahi, N.,Lyskov, I.,Tian, T.,Whitfield, R.,Kumar, S.,Christofferson, A.,Winkler, D.,Shih, C.,Russo, S.,Leroux, J.,Bao, Y. (2023). Machine learning-assisted exploration of a versatile polymer platform with charge transfer-dependent full-color emission In: Chem, 9, 924 - 947
- Day, M.,Christofferson, A.,Anderson, J.,Vass, S.,Evans, A.,Searle, P.,White, S.,Hyde, E. (2023). Structure and Dynamics of Three Escherichia coli NfsB Nitro-Reductase Mutants Selected for Enhanced Activity with the Cancer Prodrug CB1954 In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, 1 - 21
- Elbourne, A.,Dupont, M.,Kariuki, R.,Meftahi, N.,Daeneke, T.,Greaves, T.,McConville, C.,Bryant, G.,Bryant, S.,Besford, Q.,Christofferson, A. (2023). Mapping the Three-Dimensional Nanostructure of the Ionic Liquid–Solid Interface Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations In: Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10, 1 - 14
- Lin, G.,Nash, G.,Luo, T.,Ghosh, I.,Sohoni, S.,Christofferson, A.,Liu, G.,Engel, G.,Lin, W. (2023). 2D Nano-Sonosensitizers Facilitate Energy Transfer to Enhance Sonodynamic Therapy In: Advanced Materials, 35, 1 - 9
- Singh, M.,Ingle, A.,Gonzalez, A.,Mariathomas, P.,Ramanathan, R.,Taylor, P.,Christofferson, A.,Spencer, M.,Low, M.,Ahmed, T.,Walia, S.,Bansal, V., et al, . (2023). Repairing and Preventing Photooxidation of Few-Layer Black Phosphorus with ß-Carotene In: ACS Nano, 17, 8083 - 8097
- Bryant, S.,Awad, M.,Elbourne, A.,Christofferson, A.,Martin, A.,Meftahi, N.,Drummond, C.,Greaves, T.,Bryant, G. (2022). Deep eutectic solvents as cryoprotective agents for mammalian cells In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 10, 4546 - 4560
- Besford, Q.,Van den Heuvel, W.,Christofferson, A. (2022). Dipolar Dispersion Forces in Water-Methanol Mixtures: Enhancement of Water Interactions upon Dilution Drives Self-Association In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126, 6231 - 6239
- Kariuki, R.,Penman, R.,Bryant, S.,Orrell-Trigg, R.,Meftahi, N.,Crawford, R.,McConville, C.,Bryant, G.,Voitchovsky, K.,Conn, C.,Christofferson, A.,Elbourne, A. (2022). Behavior of Citrate-Capped Ultrasmall Gold Nanoparticles on a Supported Lipid Bilayer Interface at Atomic Resolution In: ACS Nano, 16, 17179 - 17196
- White, S.,Christofferson, A.,Grainger, A.,Day, M.,Jarrom, D.,Graziano, A.,Searle, P.,Hyde, E. (2022). The 3D-structure, kinetics and dynamics of the E. coli nitroreductase NfsA with NADP+ provide glimpses of its catalytic mechanism In: FEBS Letters, 596, 2425 - 2440
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Completions7 PhD Current Supervisions
Computational modelling of organic monolayers on water, Polymer stereocomplexes, Protein-protein and protein-nanoparticle interactions, Environmentally responsive surfaces, Force field comparison and parameterisation
- Improving the stability of biomolecules using ionic liquids. Funded by: ARC-Discovery Projects from (2023 to 2026)
- Probing the Interactions of Metal Nanomaterials with Synthetic Cell Membranes. AINSE Postgraduate Research Award ( Student: Rowan Penman). Funded by: AINSE Post Graduate Research Award - Contract from (2023 to 2023)
- Liquid metal solvents and colloids – a new frontier. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects commencing in 2022 from (2022 to 2025)
- Ian Potter Travel Grant to attend 'The 2015 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, USA, 29 November - 4 December 2015'.. Funded by: Ian Potter Foundation Travel Grant 2015 Round 2 from (2015 to 2016)