STAFF PROFILE
Dr Andrew Christofferson
Position:
Research Fellow
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics
Phone:
+61 3 9925 2216
Campus:
Melbourne City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research interests
- Structure determination of novel supramolecular 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
Current and recent research projects
- Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project)
- Theoretical modelling study of thin film permeability (ARC Discovery project)
- Modelling novel self-assembling materials
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
- Member of Materials Modelling and Simulation
- Member of Biophysics and Bioengineering program at the Health Innovations Research Institute
- Specialised lectures at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Postgraduate consultation and supervision
- 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 Association for the Advancement of Science
- Association of Molecular Modellers of Australasia
- Australian Nanotechnology Network
- Materials Research Society
Positions
- Research Fellow, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Australia, 2012-present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Biological Sciences, P. R. China, 2010-2011
- Process Engineer, Semitool, Inc., USA, 2005
- Charchar, P.,Christofferson, A.,Todorova, N.,Yarovsky, I. (2016). Understanding and designing the gold-bio interface: insights from simulations In: Small, 12, 2395 - 2418
- Guo, J.,Tardy, B.,Christofferson, A.,Dai, Y.,Richardson, J.,Zhu, W.,Hu, M.,Ju, Y.,Cui, J.,Dagastine, R.,Yarovsky, I.,Caruso, F. (2016). Modular assembly of superstructures from polyphenol-functionalized building blocks In: Nature Nanotechnology, 11, 1105 - 1111
- Christofferson, A.,Yiapanis, G.,Ren, J.,Qiao, G.,Satoh, K.,Kamigaito, M.,Yarovsky, I. (2015). Molecular mapping of poly(methyl methacrylate) super-helix stereocomplexes In: Chemical Science, 6, 1370 - 1378
- Gormley, A.,Chandrawati, R.,Christofferson, A.,Loynachan, C.,Jumeaux, C.,Artzy-Schnirman, A.,Aili, D.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2015). Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Polymer Films and Capsules through Coiled-Coil Peptides In: Chemistry of Materials, 27, 5820 - 5824
- Herpoldt, K.,Artzy-Schnirman, A.,Christofferson, A.,Makarucha, A.,de la Rica, R.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2015). Designing fluorescent peptide sensors with dual specificity for the detection of hiv-1 protease In: Chemistry of Materials, 27, 7187 - 7195
- Ren, J.,Satoh, K.,Goh, T.,Blencowe, A.,Nagai, K.,Ishitake, K.,Christofferson, A.,Yiapanis, G.,Yarovsky, I.,Kamigaito, M.,Qiao, G. (2014). Stereo specific cyclic poly(methyl methacrylate) and its topology-guided hierarchically controlled supramolecular assemblies In: Angewandte Chemie, 126, 469 - 474
- Christofferson, A.,Yiapanis, G.,Leung, A.,Prime, E.,Tran, D.,Qiao, G.,Solomon, D.,Yarovsky, I. (2014). Dynamic performance of duolayers at the air/water interface. 2. Mechanistic insights from all-atom simulations In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 118, 10927 - 10933
- Leung, A.,Prime, E.,Tran, D.,Fu, Q.,Christofferson, A.,Yiapanis, G.,Yarovsky, I.,Qiao, G.,Solomon, D. (2014). Dynamic performance of duolayers at the air/water interface. 1. Experimental analysis In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B, 118, 10919 - 10926
- Christofferson, A.,Yiapanis, G.,Yarovsky, I.,Ren, J.,Qiao, G. (2014). Molecular rationale for the structure of cyclic poly (methyl methacrylate) stereocomplexes In: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN) 2014, Adelaide, Australia, 2-6 February 2014
- Yiapanis, G.,Christofferson, A.,Plazzer, M.,Weir, M.,Prime, E.,Qiao, G.,Solomon, D.,Yarovsky, I. (2013). Molecular mechanism of stabilization of thin films for improved water evaporation protection In: Langmuir: the A C S Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, 29, 14451 - 14459
- 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)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 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