Current research projects:
- Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices
- 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
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
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
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