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 |
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| Dr Bernadette McCabe |
Microbiology/ Biotechnology/Learning and Teaching |
Environmental microbial biotechnology; renewable energy and biofuels. Scholarship of tertiary teaching and learning. |
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| 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 |