Staff Research Interests

Research interests of academic staff within the Department of Biological and Physical Sciences.

Staff 

Discipline 

Research Interests 

Dr Carolyn Brown Astronomy Stellar astrophysics; Solar-terrestrial relations; Educational innovations in Physics and Engineering
Prof Lindsay Brown Pharmacology Cardiovascular, liver, kidney and metabolic changes in rats fed a high carbohydrate, high fat diet; interventions with natural products and chemicals to reverse these changes; understanding the mechanisms of these changes in these obese hypertensive rats.
Dr Brad Carter Astronomy  Stellar astrophysics, extra-solar planets, robotic telescopes, solar energy
Prof Grant Daggard  Plant Biotechnology  Plant genomics (gene mapping and expression) and genetic engineering (cereals)
Dr John Dearnaley  Microbiology/Ecology Antibiotic discovery; Fungal Ecology  
Assoc Prof Robert Learmonth  Biochemistry/ Biotechnology  Biochemistry of cell membranes and adaptation, fermentation biotechnology  
Dr Andrew Le Brocque  Ecology and Conservation   Biology Habitat Ecology, Landscape Ecology and Land Use, Vegetation and Environment  
Dr Guang Bin Liu Bioinformatics/Human Physiology

Bioinformatics: Protein kinase gene mutation and tumorigenesis and Digital regulatory system/elements in the mammalian introns

Neuroscience: The correlation between the binocular rivalry rate and the emotional status of people, in order to understand the function of the cerebral hemispheres which alternats from side to side.  A silenced descending mechanosm in human ascending sensory pathway.

Dr Mark Lynch    Biochemistry The interaction of small molecules with living systems as either foods, drugs or toxins (xenobiosis); The chemical origins of life (abiogenesis); and Chemical education, in particular the role of practical sessions.
Dr Kate Kauter  Biomedical Science  Reproduction and Endocrinology
Ms Ursula Kennedy Wine Viticulture  Environmental and managerial impacts on grape and wine quality
Assoc Prof Mike Kotiw    Microbiology/ Immunology   Sepsis/endotoxic shock/control of inflammatory diseases/molecular vaccines
Dr Bernadette McCabe    Microbiology/ Biotechnology/Learning and Teaching Environmental microbial biotechnology; renewable energy and biofuels.   Scholarship of tertiary teaching and learning.
Assoc Prof Alfio Parisi   Physics  Solar UV; Human UV exposures; UV physics; UV measurement; Dosimetry  
Dr John Parkinson Biomedical Science Connective Tissue Disorders
 Assoc Prof Joachim Ribbe   Climatology  Climate variability and change; equatorial and mid-latitude climate processes; global and coastal ocean circulation modelling, coupled climate model data diagnostics; physical oceanography
Prof Mark Sutherland  Plant Pathology  Plant/Pathogen Interactions, Plant Stress Responses 
Dr Joanna Turner     Physics Solar UV, UV refelction measurement, UV exposures, UV instrumentation
Dr Jianxiong Wang Human Physiology     Treatment of peripheral arterial disease and obesity through exercise training; functional capacity; and body composition.
Dr Kerry Withers  Animal Physiology  Animal Metabolism, Torpor in Marsupials, Animal Ecophysiology