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
- Shaw, Z.,Cheeseman, S.,Christofferson, A.,Huang, L.,Penman, R.,Ahmed, T.,Bryant, S.,Bryant, G.,Christofferson, A.,Orrell-Trigg, R.,Dekiwadia, C.,Truong, V.,Vongsvivut, J.,Walia, S.,Elbourne, A. (2022). Illuminating the biochemical interaction of antimicrobial few-layer black phosphorus with microbial cells using synchrotron macro-ATR-FTIR In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B, , 1 - 13
- Shaw, Z.,Cheeseman, S.,Christofferson, A.,Huang, L.,Penman, R.,Ahmed, T.,Bryant, S.,Bryant, G.,Christofferson, A.,Orrell-Trigg, R.,Dekiwadia, C.,Truong, V.,Vongsvivut, J.,Walia, S.,Elbourne, A. (2022). Illuminating the biochemical interaction of antimicrobial few-layer black phosphorus with microbial cells using synchrotron macro-ATR-FTIR In: Journal of Materials Chemistry B, , 1 - 13
- Tang, J.,Lambie, S.,Meftahi, N.,Christofferson, A.,Daeneke, T.,McConville, C.,Russo, S. P., et al, . (2022). Oscillatory bifurcation patterns initiated by seeded surface solidification of liquid metals In: Nature Synthesis, 1, 158 - 169
- Zuraqi, K.,Parker, C.,Zavabeti, A.,Christofferson, A.,Maniam, S.,McConville, C.,Chiang, K.,Daeneke, T. (2022). Field's Metal Nanodroplets for Creating Phase-Change Materials In: ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 5952 - 5958
- Cheeseman, S.,Elbourne, A.,Gangadoo, S.,Shaw, Z.,Bryant, S.,Syed, N.,Christofferson, A.,Crawford, R.,Daeneke, T.,Chapman, J.,Truong, V. K., et al, . (2022). Interactions between Liquid Metal Droplets and Bacterial, Fungal, and Mammalian Cells In: Advanced Materials Interfaces, 9, 1 - 14
- Alivand, M.,Mazaheri, O.,Wu, Y.,Zavabeti, A.,Christofferson, A.,Meftahi, N.,Russo, S.,Stevens, G.,Scholes, C.,Mumford, K. (2022). Engineered assembly of water-dispersible nanocatalysts enables low-cost and green CO2 capture In: Nature Communications, 13, 1 - 11
- Duong, D.,Tran, H.,Kadaoluwa Pathirannahalage, S.,Brown, S.,Hassett, M.,Yalcin, D.,Meftahi, N.,Christofferson, A.,Greaves, T.,Le, T. (2022). Machine Learning Investigation of Viscosity and Ionic Conductivity of Protic Ionic Liquids in Water Mixtures In: The Journal of Chemical Physics, 156, 1 - 17
- Greaves, T.,Dharmadana, D.,Yalcin, D.,Clarke-Hannaford, J.,Christofferson, A.,Murdoch, B.,Han, H.,Brown, S.,Weber, C.,Spencer, M.,McConville, C.,Drummond, C.,Jones, L. (2022). Electrochemical Stability of Zinc and Copper Surfaces in Protic Ionic Liquids In: Langmuir, 38, 4633 - 4644
- Rahim, M.,Tang, J.,Christofferson, A.,Kumar, P.,Meftahi, N.,Daeneke, T.,McConville, C.,Russo, S. P., et al, . (2022). Low-temperature liquid platinum catalyst In: Nature Chemistry, 14, 935 - 941
- 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
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
1 PhD Completions5 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
- 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)