> The Research Academy > Collaborating Faculty > Student profiles > Industry and government > Prospective research students > Researchers and research institutes > Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture > Infrastructure engineering > Clean energy > Water > Nanotechnology > Biotechnology and stem cell research			Collaborating Faculty Our experts are listed alphabetically by surname: A-B C-F G-J K-N O-R S T-Z NAME LOCATION EMAIL SPECIALTY Alan Chaffee Monash alan.chaffee@ sci.monash.edu.au • Lignite dewatering: process and physical chemistry of lignites, characterisation of product water (organic & inorganic composition) • Heterogeneous catalysis: fuel interconversion (coal and oil shale), conversion of CO2 to useful products, bimetallic nanoparticulate catalyst design • Adsorbent development: materials for CO2 capture, materials for CH4 and H2 storage, mesoporous and microporous adsorbents design, metal organic frameworks, amine-modified adsorbents • Computational chemistry: density functional and force field methods, molecular dynamics, adsorption modeling, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrophobicity of peptides Sharat Chandran IITB sharat@cse.iitb.ac.in • Graphics • Computer vision • Computational geometry • Parallel algorithms • Visualization • Medical imaging D Chandrasekharam IITB dchandra@iitb.ac.in • Hydrogeochemistry and geothermics • Deccan volcanics • Barren Island volcano Chao Chen Monash chao.chen@ eng.monash.edu.au • Reconfigurable robotic arms • Medical robotic systems • Micro-mechatronic systems • Mobile robots Qizhi Chen Monash qizhi.chen@ eng.monash.edu.au • Bone tissue engineering • Myocardial tissue engineering • Lung glue • Nanobiotechnology X D Chen Monash Dong.Chen@ eng.monash.edu.au • Drying of food and biological materials • Microstructure studies of food products • Heat and mass transfer process fouling • Cleaning of process surfaces including membranes • Additives to mitigate fouling in heat exchangers • Transdermal drug delivery • Ink-jet device applications in food technology and biotechnology • Biofilm development in food processing • Freeze concentration and freeze drying • Modeling of transfer processes and chemical reactor systems • Fermentation processes Wenlong Cheng Monash wenlong.cheng@ monash.edu • Plasmonic nanoparticles • DNA nanotechnology • Nanomaterials for clean energy • Plasmonic nanomaterials for photothermal therapy Madhu Chetty Monash medhu.chetty@ infotech.monash. edu.au • Intelligent computational techniques such as: artificial neural network; genetic algorithm; fuzzy system; and bayesian network • Bioinformatics • Optimisation • Grid computing WK Chiu Monash Wing.Kong.Chiu@ eng.monash.edu.au • Fluid mechanics & aerodynamics • Bioengineering/nanotechnology • Environmental engineering • Structures (aerospace, automotive, maritime, rail) • Thermodynamics & heat transfer • Robotics and mechatronics Deepankar Choudhury IITB dc@civil.iitb.ac.in • Earthquake geotechnical engineering • Soil-structure interaction problems • Centrifuge modelling of geotechnical structures • Numerical and analytical modelling of retaining wall, anchor, shallow and deep foundations • Swelling of soil Frank Collins Monash (Materials Engineering) frank.collins@ eng.monash.edu.au • Concrete A Q Contractor IITB merchant@ee.iitb.ac.in • A new generic concept for a biosensor has been proposed exploiting the potential and pH dependent conductivity of polyaniline John Cookson Monash john.cookson@ eng.monash.edu.au • Mechanical & aerospace engineering Brian Cooke Monash brian.cooke@ med.monash.edu.au • Molecular and cellular studies of mechanisms of pathogenesis in apicomplexan parasites with particular focus on malaria and babesiosis • Mechanisms of the interaction of blood cells with blood vessel walls • Regulation of cellular mechanical properties Ross Coppel Monash ross.coppel@ med.monash.edu.au • Seroepidemiology of malaria infection, Interactions between malaria proteins and the human red blood cell, Interactions between the malaria infected cell and the vascular wall • Molecular biology of malaria antigens • Production and delivery of malaria vaccines using transgenic plants • Immunological and biochemical factors in tuberculosis infection Edoardo Daly Monash edoardo.daly@ eng.monash.edu.au • Stochastic soil-moisture dynamics and water balance • Eco-hydrology • Soil-atmosphere interaction Michael Danquah Monash michael.danquah@ eng.monash.edu.au • Health related research: Nucleic acid and protein based therapeutics production and analysis Antibody production, immobilization, orientation and immunoassay development Drug and vaccine formulation and delivery via biodegradable micro/nano particles Development and elucidation of the mechanism of action of anti-malarial drugs and vaccines Optimization of fermentation schemes for the expression of biopharmaceuticals and recombinant proteins Development of plant-made vaccines • Energy related research: Bioprocess Engineering of cellular systems for the creation of renewable energy Improving dewatering efficiency of cell culture for biomass production Development of bioprocesses for the creation of bio-ethanol, bio-butanol and bio-diesel from microalgae biomass Solvent extraction (SE) and supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of lipids from microalgae biomass for bio-diesel production Carbon dioxide capture and bioremediation of hypersaline water using microalgae Metabolic engineering of cellular pathways for the production of fine chemicals • General science & engineering research: Microbial fermentation science and technology Bioseparation media design and functionalization Biomolecular conjugation and interactions Downstream processing and biomolecule purification Affinity ligand design and characterization BioMEMS for protein detection Chris Davies Monash (Materials Engineering) chris.davies@ eng.monash.edu.au • Thermomechanical processing of metals Ana Deletic Monash Ana.Deletic@ eng.monash.edu.au • Stormwater treatment and control • Water sensitive urban design • Integrated urban water management • Water re-use (recycling) Prof M C Deo IITB mcdeo@civil.iitb.ac.in • Ocean engineering (Random data analysis using artificial intelligence techniques - neural networks, genetic programming, model trees, locally weighted learning, support vector machines - soft computing - data mining - statistical and stochasticanalysis) A K Dikshit IITB dikshit@iitb.ac.in • Water and wastewater treatment • Urban solid waste management • Environmental systems modelling and optimisation • GIS applications to environment related problems • Industrial water • Pollution control Wen Hui Duan Monash wenhui.duan@ eng.monash.edu.au • Nanomechanics, smart materials and structures, sensors and actuators, structural health monitoring, hydrodynamics and very large floating structures (VLFS) K Epp Monash claus.epp@ eng.monash.edu.au • Railway engineering • Improved wheel/rail interface Brian Falzon Monash brian.falzon@ eng.monash.edu.au • Development of robust finite-element algorithms for predicting the response of geometrically non-linear structures • Fracture mechanics and damage in composites • Structural optimisation using heuristic methods • The dynamic response of composite structures to impact loading • Structural testing • The development of virtual testing environments • The design of medical implants and modelling biomechanical systems John Forsythe Monash john.forsythe@ eng.monash.edu.au • “Smart” polymer bioconjugates • Nano-fibrous electrospun scaffolds • Interaction of stem cells on biopolymer substrates • Surface modification of Ti implants • Nano-fabrication of novel drug delivery systems • UV-curable injectable hydrogels James Friend Monash (Mechanical Engineering) james.friend@ eng.monash.edu.au • Micro/nanophysics