Associate Professor Robert Learmonth

Position : Associate Professor (Biochemistry)
Section : Faculty of Sciences
Department of Biological & Physical Sciences
Phone :  +61 (0)7 4631 2702
Mobile : +61 (0)411 967 222
Fax : +61 (0)7 4631 1530
E-mail : learmont@usq.edu.au
Qualifications : BSc, BSc(Hons) Monash
PGDipCompSt Melb
PhD Monash
Links : USQ Staff Profile page
  Department of Biological & Physical Sciences
  Centre for Systems Biology (CSBi)
Queensland College for Wine Tourism (QCWT)
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USQ Administrative roles :
  Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Technology (Wine)
Wine Sciences Divisional Head, Centre for Systems Biology
Member of USQ Intellectual Property Committee
Professional Memberships :
  Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
AusBiotech: Australia's Biotechnology Organisation
ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Fluorescence Applications in Biotechnology and Life Sciences
Australasian Yeast Group
Queensland Wine Industry Association
Australian Society for Viticulture and Oenology
 
Professional Affiliations :
  Principal Editor for Biochemistry, The Scientific World electronic journal
Member of Editorial Board of TSWJ Domains in Cell Biology, Microscopy, Fermentation, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Cell Signaling, Microbiology, Proteins & Proteomics
 

Vice President, the Australian Society for Viticulture and Oenology

Executive Management Committee Member, the ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Fluorescence Applications in Biotechnology and Life Sciences

Research Interests :
 

Oenology & wine fermentation
Yeast strain selection for Queensland regional wine styles
Viticultural and yeast fermentation effects on wine quality
Yeast health and adaptation during fermentation
On-line monitoring of fermentation using fluorescence-based instrumentation
Membrane biochemistry/biophysics
Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy
Biochemical education

 

 

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