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Research Supervisors - School of Applied Sciences and Engineering

Supervisor Name Research Areas Telephone Email address Available PhD projects
Prof. Samuel Adeloju Electrofabrication of composite and nanocomposite biosensors for clinical, environmental and industrial monitoring. Development of novel strategies for water quality assessment/monitoring and waste management.  Trace electroanalysis and atomic spectroscopic analysis of heavy metals and metalloids.  +61 3 512 26250 Samuel.Adeloju@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr John Arkinstall Geometric problem solving using algorithmic methods. Discrete mathematical methods. Combinatorics. +61 3 512 26397 John.Arkinstall@sci.monash.edu.au  
Mr. Ray Beebe Applications of condition monitoring, as related to business results in optimising maintenance, and with a particular interest in performance analysis and its benefits in improving energy efficiency. +61 3 512 26496 Ray.Beebe@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Phillip Brook-Carter Molecular investigation into population dynamics of microbial biomass in environmental and industrial systems. +61 3 512 26783 Phillip.Brook-Carter@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Alistair Carr Influences on cyanobacteria in Gippsland Lakes. Undergraduate mathematics education. +61 3 512 26466 Alistair.Carr@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Walid Daoud Applications of nanotechnology and
nanomaterials in green chemistry and sustainable energy. Renewable membranes for filters, sensors, and energy generation and storage. Conductive polymers and ceramic oxides for photovoltaic devices. Surface functionalization of organic fibers. Development of biodegradable industrial polymers.
+61 3 990 26411 Walid.Daoud@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Dushmanta Dutta Hydrology, water resources engineering and management with main focus on the following areas: hydrological modelling, urban water and waste water, water quality modelling, flood disaster risk management, climate change impacts in water resources, applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in water resources. +61 3 990 26407 Dushmanta.Dutta@sci.monash.edu.au  
Mr. Peter Freeman Exercise and health in the workplace. Teaching and learning of physiology. +61 3 512 26416 Peter.Freeman@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Alison Green Water quality and physio-chemical remediation of water and wastewaters. +61 3 512 26476 Alison.Green@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Alan Howgrave-Graham Science in business; applications and strategies for sustainable and regional development. Pathogens in water. +61 3 512 26439 Alan.Howgrave-Graham@sci.monash.edu.au  
A/Prof. Yousef Ibrahim Industrial Automation. Robotics and
Mechatronics. Life cycle costs and maintenance engineering.
+61 3 512 26482 Yousef.Ibrahim@eng.monash.edu.au  
Ms. Jenny Mosse Molecular virology; in particular studying the
expression of negative sense genes in HIV-1,
and investigating mechanisms of drug resistance in influenza viruses.
+61 3 512 26246 Jenny.Mosse@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Barbie Panther Indoor air quality of urban environments.
Techniques of environmental analysis for
environmental samples.
+61 3 512 26476 Barbie.Panther@sci.monash.edu.au  
A/Prof. Tony Patti Structure, reactivity and uses of Natural Organic Matter (NOM), from soils. lignites, composts and other like sources. Applications of “green” catalytic processes that transform NOM and assist carbon sequestration in soil. Utilisation and transformation of biomass for producing chemical feed-stocks, fuel additives and soil amendments. +61 3 9905 1620 Tony.Patti@sci.monash.edu.au PhD project to be conducted collaboratively with the DPI-VIC (pdf 23kb)
Dr. Andrew Percy Algebraic topology and the structure of primary cohomology operations, Algebraic modelling. +61 3 512 26478 Andrew.Percy@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Kirsten Schliephake Degradation and decolourisation of industrial wastewaters using white-rot fungi and their extracellular enzyme systems.  Enzyme technology and downstream processes.  Solid waste management - composting +61 3 512 26449 Kirsten.Schliephake@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Jianfeng Xue Geotechnical engineering including numerical modelling for soil structures focusing on slope stability and open cut mining risks. +61 3 512 26448 Jianfeng.Xue@sci.monash.edu.au  
Dr. Wendy Wright Restoration ecology and conservation of
biodiversity, primarily in production environments (agricultural and silvicultural).
+61 3 512 26854 Wendy.Wright@sci.monash.edu.au The Strzelecki Koala (pdf 33kb)