Team

Group leaders

Peter Ralph | C3 Executive Director | aquatic photosynthesis; photobiology; bio-optics; algae-biofactories

Mathieu Pernice | Deputy Director and Deputy Team Leader | symbiosis; molecular physiology; genomics; genetic engineering of microalgae

Staff

Andrei Herdean | Research Fellow

Vishal Gupta | Research Associate

Stalin Kondaveeti | Research Associate | Carbohydrate Chemist

Lakshmi Krishnan | Research Associate | Polymer Chemist

Manoj Kumar | DECRA Fellow | Agriculture, Plant Biochemistry, Marine Biotechnology

Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambil | Postdoctoral Research Associate | analytical chemistry

Nature Poddar | Research Associate | Bio-sensor Developer

Students

Fateme Mirakhorli | PhD Student | Integrated Microfluidic Systems for Algal Research

Sean Macdonald-Miller | PhD Student | Exploring the genetic basis for increased pigment biosynthesis in the marine diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Thalassiosira pseudonanna

Amelia Pezzano | PhD Student | Algae as a New, Alternative Source of Cellulose Fibres for use in Textiles

Amber Brierley | Masters Student | Directed evolution using random mutagenesis and light stress for enhanced pigment production in Haslea ostrearia and Fremyella diplosiphon

Lilian Hoch | PhD Student | Diatom phenome characterisation with time-resolution and quatitative plasticity

Farjana Akter | PhD Student | Identification and characterization of high value products from algae

Kira Picknell | PhD Student | Development of a microbiological and Brewers' Distilled Grain (BDG) supplement

Alumni

Lorenzo Barolo | PhD Candidate | Glyco-engineering of therapeutic proteins from microalgae

Harvey Bates | PhD Student | The Energetics of photosynthesis to understand stress response of microalgae

Iurri Bodachivskyi | PhD Student | Acid-catalysed conversion of algal biomass into value added small molecules

Jestin George | PhD Candidate | The green horizon for biotech: a genome editing approach

John Hanna | Honours Student | Investigating C. vulgaris biomass production and nutrient uptake in photobioreactors

Annalisa Humphries | Honours | Bioactivity screening of micro and macro algae

Kenji Iwasaki | PhD Student | Investigation into the effect of light quality on secondary metabolite production by microalgae

Dale Radford | PhD Student | Optimisation of N. oculata biomass productivity under different environmental conditions in photobioreactors

Margaret Ramarajan | PhD Student | Algal Transformation Techniques

Nhan-An Tran | PhD Student | Bioflocculation of the green alga N. oculata by using a member of its own bacterial consortium

Oksana Vronska | PhD | Developing a harvesting process for algal biomass production

Navpreet Kaur Walia | PhD Student |Functional Profiling and Classification of the Algal Strains Based on Cellulose Degradation Efficiency

Peter Wood | PhD Student | Development of continuous and integrated system for anaerobic digestion and microalgal culturing

Shawn Price | PhD Student | Developing Next Generation Algal Bioplastic Technology

Kanoknate (May) Supasri | PhD Student | Characterisation of Photosynthetic Apparatus of Symbiodinum Exposed to Bleaching Condition

Collaborators

Professor Ben Hankamer | Head of Chemistry and Structural Biology Division | University of Queensland

Professor David Kramer | Professor in Photosynthesis and Bioenergetics | Michigan State University

Professor Michael Kühl | Professor in Aquatic Microbial Ecology | University of Copenhagen

Professor John Raven | Emeritus Professor | University of Dundee