Career profile
Academic qualifications
1992-1995
Ph.D in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, funded by the Medical Research Council, U.K. (MRC studentship), Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, U.K.
Title: Bone-modulating proteins of Actinobacillus actinomycetemco
1989-1992
Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biotechnology, King's College London, University of London, U.K.
Appointments
2003-present
Associate Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of New South Wales
Senior Lecturer in Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of New South Wales, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science.
Honorary Virology Consultant, Prince of Wales Hospital, Department of Microbiology
1998-2002
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Hepatitis Group Leader, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney 2031, Australia
1999-2002
Adjunct Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
1997-1998
NH & MRC funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Project: Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes and integrons
1996-1997
Royal Society Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. One of 12 fellowships awarded yearly by the Royal Society, U.K.
Project: Origins of cassette-associ
Current Research Team
5 PhD students, 1 postdoctoral fellow, 1 research assistant and 1 honours student
AusAID Projects and consultancy
1998-2000
Molecular Virology Advisor, C
Participating Institutions: SEALS, Prince of Wales Hospital, Beijing Biochemical Immune Reagent Company, Beijing and five other Beijing hospitals
2000-2001
Project Advisor, HIV/AIDS ambulatory care project
Participating Institutions: SEALS, Prince of Wales Hospital, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Hospital, Thailand
Consultancy
- BTF Plc., Ltd
- Water Futures Ltd
- Sydney Catchment Authority, NSW.
- Ecowise Environmental Plc., Ltd.
- Memcor Australia Pty. Ltd.
Conferences/Sem
- Invited seminar or conference speaker on 15 occasions
- National and international conference session chair on five occasions
- Organising committee member on two international conferences
- Treasurer for one international conference
Invited presentations, chaired sessions and conference organisation
12-2-04
Indo-Australian conference on Biotechnology in Medicine. India Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. In vitro selection of aptamers to the RNA polymerase of hepatitis C virus genotype 3a
7-8-04
Stanford Plaza, Sydney. NSW HCV Nurses Symposium. HCV - an overvie
25-8-04
Food Pathogen update - viruses. Food Science Australia. Detection methods for diagnosis of norovirus.
15-9-04
Altana Pharm Plc. Ltd. Four Points by Sheraton, Sydney. Hepatitis B virus -and overview.
10-03/4/5
Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital. Hepatitis C for Nurses
28-10-04
Microbiology of Foodborne and other Enteric Diseases Symposium. Rydges Hotel, Molecular Epidemiology of Noroviruses.
25-6-04
Australian Centre for HIV and Hepatitis Virology Research Inaugural National Scientific Meeting, Barossa Valley, South Australia. HCV -Update.
16-3-06
Melbourne Water, Melbourne. Viruses in Water.
4-4-06
National Institute of Infectious Disease, Tokyo, Japan. Norovirus in Australia.
1-6-06
Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney. Viral agents of gastroenteritis
5-6-06
Johnson and Johnson Research, Sydney. Hepatitis C virus - the hidden pandemic.
11-8-06
Roche, Lillian Fields, Katoomba. Laboratory diagnosis of HCV.
Conference Session Chairs
- Session Co-chair, non-structural proteins of HCV. 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 2003.
- Session Chair. Proffered papers. Australian Institute of Medical Scientists Annual Meeting, Sydney. 2005.
- Session Co-chair. Novel methods in virology. 2nd National Scientific Workshop. Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology & HIV Virology Interest Group, Terrigal, NSW. 2005.
- Session Chair, non-structural session, 13th International Symposium on Hepatitis C and Related Viruses, Cairns Convention Centre, Australia. 2006
- Session Co-chair. HCV replication. 3rd National Scientific Workshop. Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology & HIV Virology Interest Group, Lorne, Vic. 2006.
- Session Co-chair. Replication. Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology Workshop. Burnet institute, Melbourne, Vic. 2007.
- Session Chair. Viral Replication. 4th Australian virology Group Meeting. Fraser Island, Qld. 2007.
- Session Co-chair. Methods. 4th National Scientific Workshop. Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology & HIV Virology Interest Group, Barossa Valley, Vic. 2008.
Conference Organisation
- Local organising committee and treasurer for the 13th International Symposium on Hepatitis C and Related Viruses, Cairns Convention Centre, Australia. 2006
- Part of the Organising committee for the 11th International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, Darling Harbour, Sydney, 2003.
Professional membership and activities
- Director Postgraduate Studies (BABS), 2007-present
- Honours committee member School of BABS, UNSW, 2003-present
- UNSW Institutional Bio-Safety committee member 2003-present
- Committee member. Human Research Ethics Advisory Panel D: Biomedical 2006-present
- Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology (Vice President 2006-present)
- Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology (Treasurer 2002-present)
- Australian Society of Microbiology (MASM)
- America Society of Microbiology
- Society for General Microbiology
Peer review
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Antiviral therapy, Journal of Clinical Virology, FEMS Microbiology letters, Journal of Virology, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Journal of Virological Methods, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Journal of Gastroenterolog
y and Hepatology, Microbiology, Biofilms, Vaccine, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. - Review of grants for NHMRC, ARC (INTREADER), Health Research Council of NZ and Australian Antarctic Division