Silvia Chowdhury

Email:: silvia.chowdhury@uq.edu.au

Background

Silvia Chowdhury is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. She received her PhD in Materials Science from AIBN, UQ in May 2025. Prior to that, she earned a Master of Science (by Research) in Mechatronics Engineering from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). Her current research focuses on the design and fabrication of metal-organic frameworks with precisely tailored composition and morphology to optimise their performance in gas sensing and biosensing applications.

Availability

Dr Silvia Chowdhury is:: Available for supervision

Fields of research

Bacteriology Biochemistry and cell biology Biological Sciences Cell development, proliferation and death Chemical Sciences Electrochemistry Inorganic chemistry Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials) Macromolecular and materials chemistry Metal organic frameworks Microbial ecology Microbiology Physical chemistry Physical properties of materials Theory and design of materials Transition metal chemistry

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research impacts

As an early-career researcher, Silvia has made significant contributions to the fields of nanotechnology and electrochemistry, particularly in the nanoengineering of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for (bio)sensing applications. She has developed several MOF-based sensors for hazardous gas detection and is actively working at the intersection of materials science and biological applications. Throughout her academic career, Silvia has published over 15 peer-reviewed articles (including 6 first-author papers) and her papers have been cited >650 times with h-index of 12. Her works have been published in high-impact journals, including Biomaterials, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and Small Methods. She has also been awarded a Silver Medal by the Kulliyyah of Engineering Research & Innovation Exhibition (KERIE) in recognition of her research excellence.

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1 work between 2016 and 2016

All (1) Journal Article (1)

2016

Journal Article

An overview of antifungal peptides derived from insect

Faruck, Mohammad Omer, Yusof, Faridah and Chowdhury, Silvia (2016). An overview of antifungal peptides derived from insect. Peptides, 80, 80-88. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2015.06.001

An overview of antifungal peptides derived from insect