Affiliate Professor of School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Faculty of Science
Affiliate of Centre for Superbug Solutions
Centre for Superbug Solutions
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Deputy Director (Research)
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
Availability:
Available for supervision
Professor Denise Doolan is Director of Research at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience. She joined IMB in 2022 and was previously Deputy Director of the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, and Director of the JCU Centre for Molecular Therapeutics, at James Cook University.
She is a molecular immunologist, working on the development of vaccines, diagnostics and host-directed therapeutics for infectious and chronic diseases that impact global public health, with a particular focus on malaria. Her cross-disciplinary research program spans host-pathogen immunity, antigen discovery, vaccine engineering, and biomarker discovery. A particular interest is the application of state-of-the-art genome-based technologies and human models of disease system to identify novel targets for intervention against disease or that predict risk of disease.
She is a recognized world expert in malaria immunology, vaccinology, and omic-based approaches for therapeutic and diagnostic development. She has been honoured as a Fellow of the International Society for Vaccines (2017) and a Fellow of the Australian Society of Parasitology (2019) in recognition of her leadership and contribution to health and medical science in Australia and internationally.
Professor Doolan serves on a number of Executive Boards and Advisory Boards. Most recently, she has been elected as President of the International Society for Vaccines (2021-2023), and has been appointed to the Federal Government’s Australian Medical Research Advisory Board (AMRAB; 2021-2026) to provide specialist insights into Australia’s medical research and innovation priorities.
Editorial Boards: People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice (PAIJ); Animals
Reviewer: International Journal of Audiology; European Journal of Neurology; International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology; Journal of the American Academy of Audiology; BMC Health Services Research Journal; Journal of Hearing Science; Audiology Research; Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research; Ear & Hearing; Pediatrics - The Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Journal of Educational, Pediatric, and (Re)habilitational Audiology; American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology.
Professional Memberships: Audiological Australia; Animals & Society Institute; UQ Partnership in Animal Wellbeing (UQ PAW); Human-Animal Interaction Section 13 Division 17 of the American Psychological Association.
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Availability:
Available for supervision
Media expert
Biography:
Dr. Haoran Duan is a Senior Research Fellow, and an ARC Industry Fellow at Australian Centre of Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB, formerly AWMC), and School of Chemical Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2019 at Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) and then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Chemical Engineering (UQ) til June 2021. His research focuses on carbon and energy efficient wastewater treatment technologies, greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment processes, and excess sludge management. He has published >50 fully refereed journal papers with citations > 2,100, and received Environmental Science & Technology Best Papers award (2018). He is an editor (comm) of Water Research X. He serves in the editorial board of Frontiers of Environmental Science Engineering. He is a member of the International Water Association (IWA), Australia Water Association (AWA), and Engineers Australia (EA). He is a reviewer for more than 20 international journals. Dr. Haoran Duan can supervise Ph.D/M.phil student.
Teaching and Learning:
Lecturer in Industrial Wastewater & Solid Waste Management (CHEE4012)
Lecturer in Process & Control System Synthesis (CHEE4060)
Adrian grew up in Perth and double majored in Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Western Australia. Soonafter, he ventured to Canberra to undertake a PhD, focussing on analytic number theory: an enchanting area where one perplexingly uses calculus and analysis to study discrete structures such as the set of prime numbers.
After this, he worked as a derivatives trader at Optiver APAC for five years and stayed on there as Head of Academic Partnerships. He currently straddles both industry and academia and believes they both have much to offer mathematicians.
Adrian is available (and invariably keen) to supervise honours, masters and PhD projects in analytic number theory.
Affiliate Senior Research Fellow of Queensland Brain Institute
Queensland Brain Institute
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Mater Research Institute-UQ
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences
Availability:
Not available for supervision
S. Dufau is a clinical researcher at Mater Research (Brisbane, Australia) and The University of Queensland, with an affiliate appointment at the Queensland Brain Institute. He works at the intersection of epilepsy and cognitive science within the Mater Epilepsy Unit Research Group. Trained in biophysics and biostatistics, he is interested in study design, data analysis, and the modelling of biological and behavioural data.
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
Availability:
Available for supervision
I completed my PhD at the Australian National University in 2015 working on modelling and simulation of ion specific effects working with Drew Parsons and Barry Ninham. I then completed postdoctoral research at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State working with Christopher Mundy and Gregory Schenter on quantum mechanical molecular dynamics simulation and modelling of electrolyte solution before coming to the University of Queensland to work on electrochemcial enery storage. I am currently working on my DECRA project on improving the prediction of electrolyte solution properties for improved electrochemical energy storage.
