Professor Michael Monteiro
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Michael Monteiro

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Background

Professor Michael Monteiro has established an international reputation in the field of 'living' radical polymerization to create complex polymer architectures. He is now building designer polymers for various biomedical applications, including vaccines, drug delivery and stem cells. He is dedicated to translating research into commercial outcomes, with 7 PCT and provisional patents since 2005 and start-up company DendriMed Pty Ltd. He was awarded an ARC QEII Fellowship in 2004 and an ARC Future Fellowship in 2009. He has attracted ARC and NHMRC grants; and Queensland State Government funding in excess of $7 million.

International links

Professor Monteiro has built a strong collaboration with Professor Virgil Percec from the University of Pennsylvania to develop and understand the new SET-LRP. He has developed a collaboration with Professor Rachel O'Reilly from the University of Warwick to develop nanoreactors that mimic enzyme activity. In collaboration with Professor Eugenia Kumacheva from the University of Toronto, they developed temperature responsive micron-sized particles from encapsulation of cells.

Availability

Professor Michael Monteiro is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Chemical Sciences Engineering Macromolecular and materials chemistry Materials engineering Polymerisation mechanisms Polymers and plastics

Research impacts

Research

Designer polymers: Synthesis of complex polymer architectures.

Professor Monteiro's research aims to develop methods of synthesising complex polymer architectures in water, with controlled particle size, molecular weight and morphology. By understanding the structure-property relations of these novel nanomaterials, targeted properties can be manufactured for vaccine and drug delivery. Easily recycled polymers that could be used in a variety of products have been synthesised.

Memberships, funding and patents

  • Editorial Advisory Boards: Biomacromolecules (ACS Journal) (2013- ), Macromolecules (ACS Journal) (2008-2010), Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry (2009-)
  • ARC Funding: DP120100973 Prof MJ Monteiro; Dr TP Munro, On-demand scaffolds for directed stem cell differentiation
  • Selected Patents: (i) Release Media Prov. AU2012902396, (ii) Polymeric dendrimers for siRNA delivery Prov. AU2012903138

Awards and plenaries

2013 UNESCO, Stellenbosch, SA Plenary 2013 ACS, New Orleans., USA – Invited lecture 2013 IPCG, Shanghi, China, Invited and Co-chair 2012 Australian Polymer Symposium, Hobart, Keynote 2012 IUAPC POC14, Qatar, Keynote 2011 Australian Leadership Award (ADC)

Search Professor Michael Monteiro’s works on UQ eSpace

321 works between 1994 and 2025
All (321) Journal Article (254) Book Chapter (7) Conference Publication (45) Book (1) Other Outputs (14)

321 - 321 of 321 works

1994

Journal Article

Reactions of Tert-Butoxyl Radicals with Acyclic Ethers Studied by the Radical Trapping Technique

Busfield, WK, Grice, ID, Jenkins, ID and Monteiro, MJ (1994). Reactions of Tert-Butoxyl Radicals with Acyclic Ethers Studied by the Radical Trapping Technique. Journal of the Chemical Society-Perkin Transactions 2 (5), 1071-1077. doi: 10.1039/p29940001071

Reactions of Tert-Butoxyl Radicals with Acyclic Ethers Studied by the Radical Trapping Technique

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2028
    Next Generation Engineered Antiviral Coatings
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2023
    Precision-built dynamic and functional polymer vesicles
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Thin film microfluidic systems facility (ARC LIEF Project administered by Flinders University)
    Flinders University
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Cellular mechanics in unusual systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2019
    A versatile accurate mass, high resolution QTOF mass spectrometer for chemistry and proteomic applications
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Development of polymer coated surface with a significantly greater surface area & functionality to capture and kill microbes - Phase 2
    Boeing Defence Australia Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Designer Dendrimer Nanodevices with Biomimetic Function
    Vice-Chancellor's Research and Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Exosome and Bio/Nanoparticle Characterisation Facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Reaching new heights in high-resolution electron microscopy
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Precision-Engineered Polymer Nanomaterials
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Highly productive and selective bio-organic hybrid membrane water filters
    Murdoch University
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Improving the processing of low quality iron ores by the modification of particle interactions
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    A general platform technology for functional nanocomposites with advanced applications
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    On-Demand 3-Dimensional Polymer Scaffolds for Directed Stem Cell Differentiation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Highly productive and selective bio-organic hybrid membrane water filters - National Centre of Excellence in Desalination
    Murdoch University
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Fabrication and Testing Facilites for Mono-Dispersed Nanoporous Spheres in Advanced Bio-applications
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Rapid and high-resolution nanocharacterisation of proteins, nanoparticles and polymers
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2013
    Transformer 3D Nanostructures: Stimuli Responsive Polymers
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Designer Nanoreactors: An Environmentally Friendly Solution for Polymer Synthesis
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Enabling Software and Equipment for Computational Bio- and Nano-technology
    UQ School/Centre Co-Funding
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Engineered Polymer Nanoparticles: A Potent Weapon Against Cancer
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    High Resolution LC/MS and MALDI for Molecular and Macromolecular Characterisation (ARC LIEF Administered by Univeristy of New South Wales)
    University of New South Wales
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2014
    The Toxicology of Nanomaterials
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Amphiphilic multi-arm block copolymers for solvent-polarity switchable micelles
    UQ Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Strategic Initiatives
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Automated Microvave Reactor for Polymer Chemistry, Materials Development and Nanotechnology
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Quantitative Particle and Cell Size Distribution Facility: Accelerating the Development of Advanced Materials, Water Treamtnet and Mineral Processing at UQ
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Form Fundamentals to complex Architecture in Free-Radical Polymerisation
    ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Next Generation Polymer Nanostructures
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Ultra high molecular weight polymers with uniform chain length
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Next Generation Nanostructures
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2008
    QEII FELLOWSHIP: Synthesis of nanocomposite polymers with targeted properties
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Michael Monteiro is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Precision-built dynamic and functional polymer dendrimers

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Triblock copolymer nanoparticles for anti-cancer delivery

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Synthesis of polymeric vessicles

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Mechanisms of RGD-Functionalized Nanomaterials in Tumor Cell Biology

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Wenyi Gu, Dr Merja Joensuu

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Michael Monteiro directly for media enquiries about:

  • Dendrimers
  • Dendrons
  • Drug delivery
  • Emulsion polymerisation
  • Immunisation - delivery of
  • Living radical ploymerisation
  • Nanostructures
  • Polymer dendrimers
  • Polymer nanoparticles
  • Polymerisation
  • Vaccine delivery

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