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Our team of leaders, staff, students and alumni.

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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

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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

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and the Boorooberongal People of the Dharug Nation upon whose ancestral lands our campuses now stand. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. 

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