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
Vishal Gupta | Research Associate
Andrei Herdean | Research Fellow
Abeeha Khalil | Research Associate
Stalin Kondaveeti | Research Associate | Carbohydrate Chemist
Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambil | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Analytical Chemistry
Sana Malik | Research Associate
Huynh Anh Duy Nguyen | Postdoctoral Research Associate
Nature Poddar | Research Associate | Bio-sensor Developer
Chris Songsomboon | Research Fellow | Bioinformatics
Students
Soroosh Danaee | PhD Student | Application of Algal Phenomics in Bioremediation of Micropollutants
Emma Fineran | PhD Student | Exploring the potential of a fully automated phenomics optimising algae fucoxanthin production.
Lilian Hoch | PhD Student | Diatom phenome characterisation with time-resolution and quantitative plasticity
Lorenzo Paolieri | PhD Student | Theoretical Frameworks for the Algal Circular Bioeconomy in Australia
Kira Picknell | PhD Student | Development of a microbiological and Brewers' Distilled Grain (BDG) supplement
Anna Tasi Tevaga | PhD Student | Optimizing Lipid Production in Pavlova lutheri and Tisochrysis lutea for aquaculture feed
Justin Tierney | PhD Student | Application of Algae Biotechnology in Aquafeed
Joan Labara Tirado | PhD Student | Development of smart algal bioprospecting technology and approaches
Shintu Varghese | PhD Student | Advanced Carbon Materials from Algal Biomass: Synthesis, Characterization and Functional Applications
Alumni
Farjana Akter | PhD Student | Identification and characterization of high value products from algae
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
Amber Brierley | Masters Student | Directed evolution using random mutagenesis and light stress for enhanced pigment production in Haslea ostrearia and Fremyella diplosiphon
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
Sean Macdonald-Miller | PhD Student | Exploring the genetic basis for increased pigment biosynthesis in the marine diatoms Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Thalassiosira pseudonanna
Fateme Mirakhorli | PhD Student | Integrated Microfluidic Systems for Algal Research
Amelia Pezzano | PhD Student | Algae as a New, Alternative Source of Cellulose Fibres for use in Textiles
Shawn Price | PhD Student | Developing Next Generation Algal Bioplastic Technology
Dale Radford | PhD Student | Optimisation of N. oculata biomass productivity under different environmental conditions in photobioreactors
Margaret Ramarajan| PhD Student | Algal Transformation Techniques
Kanoknate (May) Supasri | PhD Student | Characterisation of Photosynthetic Apparatus of Symbiodinum Exposed to Bleaching Condition
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
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