STAFF PROFILE
Dr Nevena Todorova
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Engineering
Phone:
+61399251065
Email:
nevena.todorova@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research interests
Fundamental understanding of the structure and function of biomolecules and nanomaterials using computer modelling simulations.
Current research projects
- Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project)
- Theoretical modelling of biomolecular responses to electromagnetic radiation (NHMRC Centre of Excellence: Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR))
- Protein self-assembly on surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles (ARC Discovery project)
Awards and grants
- Materials Research Society Prize for best presentation at the MRS 2015 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA
- High commendation for quality of research and poster presented at the Computational Molecular Science Conference at University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 2015
- RMIT Early Career Researcher Travel Grant, 2014
- RACI Victorian Polymer Division prize for best poster by a Post-doctoral fellow at the Nanotechnology and Medicines for Tomorrow Symposium, Melbourne, 2014
- Australian Nanotechnology Network Early Career Researcher Travel Bursary, 2014
- RMIT Foundation International Research Exchange Fellowship, 2013
- 3rd COMBINE Symposium Presentation Award, 2012
- VLSCI Travel Grant, 2012
- CASS Foundation Early Career Researcher Travel Grant, 2012
- University of Southampton Travel Support, 2011 and 2012
- Thomas Young Centre Junior Research Fellowship, Imperial College, London UK, 2010
- Prize for best poster, Biomolecular Dynamics and Interactions Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 2009
- Prize for best poster, The 11th Australian Molecular Modelling Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2007
- Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry), 2006-2009
- Mark Rietman Memorial Award, 2005
Conference organisation
- Organising Committee member for the Science and Wireless Public Forum (2014-2017)
- PhD (Applied Physics), 2009
- Title of Project: Theoretical Studies of Molecular Mechanisms of Abnormal Protein Aggregation
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Physics) ( 1st Class Honours), 2005
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Computational Science) with Distinction, 2004
Membership of professional societies
- Australian Society for Biophysics
- Association of Molecular Modellers of Australasia
- Australian Nanotechnology Network
- Materials Research Society
Positions
- Research Fellow, NHMRC Australian Center of Research Excellence in Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, 2013
- Research Fellow, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2012
- Post-doctoral Fellow, ARC Discovery project, School of Applied Science, 2009-2012
- Williams-Noonan, B.,Todorova, N.,Kulkarni, K.,Aguilar, M.,Yarovsky, I. (2021). An Active Site Inhibitor Induces Conformational Penalties for ACE2 Recognition by the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 2533 - 2550
- Perera, P.,Todorova, N.,Vilagosh, Z.,Bazaka, O.,Nguyen, T.,Bazaka, K.,Crawford, R.,Croft, R.,Yarovsky, I.,Ivanova, E. (2021). Translocation of silica nanospheres through giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) induced by a high frequency electromagnetic field In: RSC Advances, 11, 31408 - 31420
- Todorova, N.,Bentvelzen, A.,Yarovsky, I. (2020). Electromagnetic field modulates aggregation propensity of amyloid peptides In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 152, 1 - 10
- Kim, N.,Thomas, M.,Bergholt, M.,Pence, I.,Seong, H.,Charchar, P.,Todorova, N.,Nagelkerke, A.,Belessiotis-Richards, A.,Payne, D.,Gelmi, A.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2020). Surface enhanced Raman scattering artificial nose for high dimensionality fingerprinting In: Nature Communications, 11, 1 - 12
- Wang, S.,Gray, M.,Xuan, S.,Lin, Y.,Byrnes, J.,Nguyen, A.,Todorova, N.,Stevens, M.,Bertozzi, C.,Zuckermann, R.,Gang, O. (2020). DNA origami protection and molecular interfacing through engineered sequence-defined peptoids In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117, 6339 - 6348
- Todorova, N.,Yarovsky, I. (2019). The Enigma of Amyloid Forming Proteins: Insights from Molecular Simulations In: Australian Journal of Chemistry: An International Journal for Chemical Science, , 1 - 11
- Christofferson, A.,Al-Garawi, Z.,Todorova, N.,Turner, J.,Del Borgo, M.,Serpell, L.,Aguilar, M.,Yarovsky, I. (2018). Identifying the Coiled-Coil Triple Helix Structure of ß-Peptide Nanofibers at Atomic Resolution In: ACS Nano, 12, 9101 - 9109
- Peng, E.,Todorova, N.,Yarovsky, I. (2018). Effects of Size and Functionalization on the Structure and Properties of Graphene Oxide Nanoflakes: An in Silico Investigatio In: ACSOmega, 3, 11497 - 11503
- Zlatic, C.,Mao, Y.,Todorova, N.,Mok, Y.,Howlett, G.,Yarovsky, I.,Gooley, P.,Griffin, M. (2018). Polymorphism in disease-related apolipoprotein C-II amyloid fibrils: a structural model for rod-like fibrils In: FEBS Journal, 285, 2799 - 2812
- Lin, Y.,Charchar, P.,Christofferson, A.,Thomas, M.,Todorova, N.,Mazo, M.,Chen, Q.,Doutch, J.,Richardson, R.,Yarovsky, I.,Stevens, M. (2018). Surface Dynamics and Ligand-Core Interactions of Quantum Sized Photoluminescent Gold Nanoclusters In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140, 18217 - 18226
Note: Supervision projects since 2010
2 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions2 PhD Current Supervisions
Computational modelling of biological molecules (peptides, proteins, membranes) in various environments and conditions (pH, lipids, mutations, nanoparticles) and investigating their folding, misfolding and aggregation behaviour.