Dr. Charmaine Lloyd
Details
College: School of Science
Department: School of Science
Campus: Bundoora West Australia
charmaine.lloyd@rmit.edu.au
ORCID: 0000-0001-8593-7043
About
Dr. Charmaine Lloyd (Lobo) is the Deputy Head of the Department of Biology in the School of Science. She is a Senior Lecturer in Microbiology for Undergraduate courses BIOL2531/2532 across the Melbourne campuses (Cohort size: ~400), the Program Manager of the BP293 Double degree (Biotechnology and Biomedical Science), and a researcher with interests in antimicrobial resistance and drug discovery. She is also an active committee member in national Education special interest groups and is interested in how Gen Z and Gen Alpha learn.
Background:
Prior to joining RMIT U in July 2023, she taught Microbiology and related STEM courses at the Polytechnic and University level in India, Singapore (SG) and Australia for the past 16 years. She has been recognised for her dedication to teaching with three School Teaching awards (Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore), two national awards (EXSA Gold, Singapore), one national society award in Australia i.e. the Australian Society of Microbiology (ASM) Cheryl Power Early Career Excellence in Teaching Award and the Vice Chancellor's special mention for her efforts in WIL Industry Engagement at Swinburne University of Technology (2022). She is currently the elected ASM Education Special Interest Group (EdSIG) chair and National ASM EduCon conference chair for 2023-'25 at Brisbane and Adelaide.
Industry experience:
2023 onwards - School of Science, STEM college, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
2020-'23 - School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
2018-'20 - Monash University (Microbiology, Immunology - sessional); Federation University (Microbiology, Mammalian Genetics - sessional)
2009-'18 - School of Life Sciences & Chemical Technologies (Molecular Biotechnology, Biomedical Science, Veterinary Bioscience), Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore
2007-'08 - YRG Center for HIV/AIDs Research, India
2004-'07 - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Junior and Senior Research Fellow
2003-'04 - University Grants Commission (RA)
Research fields
- 3107 Microbiology
- 390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators
- 310801 Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
- 3207 Medical microbiology
Supervisor projects
- Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from mangrove plants for antimicrobial resistant pathogens
- 19 Mar 2025
- Investigation of the pathogenicity mechanisms of newly discovered Campylobacter pathogens
- 24 May 2024
Teaching interests
Current:
BIOL2531 - Microbiology and Immunology (Bundoora) - year 1
BIOL2532 - Microbiology and Immunology (City) - year 2
Applied Science Projects Supervisor
BP293 - Program Manager
Final Year and Masters by Course Work Research projects
Research interests
Microalgae, Antimicrobial Resistance, Drug discovery, Microbiome studies, Scholarship of Learning & Teaching
