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Our people

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Ian Paulsen

Professor
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre - ARC Training Centre for Molecular Technology in the Food Industry (ITTC), ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Facilitated Advancement of Australia's Bioactives (FAAB), Biomolecular Discovery Research Centre, Data Horizons Research Centre, Genes to Geoscience, Macquarie University BioFocus Research Centre, School of Natural Sciences, Smart Green Cities Research Centre


Phone: +61 2 9850 8152

Dr Ian Paulsen is Distinguished Professor at Macquarie University and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology (CoESB website link). He is also Deputy Director of the Macquarie Biomolecular Discovery and Design Centre. Ian is an ARC Laureate Fellow and an ISI Highly Cited Researcher. He has published more than 294 journal papers,...View full profile in our Researcher's database

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Sakkie Pretorius

Professor
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) - Office


Phone: +61 2 9850 8645

Professor Sakkie Pretorius is internationally recognised as a pioneer in molecular microbiology, biotechnology and translating research outcomes into innovative industry applications. He joined Macquarie University in 2013 and in 2014 his passion for academic excellence and research drove the creation of the University's strategic research framework, World-leading research; World-changing impact....View full profile in our Researcher's database

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Helena Nevalainen

Professor
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre - ARC Training Centre for Molecular Technology in the Food Industry (ITTC), Macquarie University BioFocus Research Centre, School of Natural Sciences


Phone: +61 2 9850 8135
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Nicki Packer

Professor
ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre - ARC Training Centre for Molecular Technology in the Food Industry (ITTC), ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Facilitated Advancement of Australia's Bioactives (FAAB), Biomolecular Discovery Research Centre, Macquarie University BioFocus Research Centre, School of Natural Sciences


Phone: +61 2 9850 8176

Prof Nicki Packer has had an extensive and varied career in biochemical research in both Chemistry and Biological Sciences. She was part of the team that established the Australian Proteome Analysis Facility (APAF) and co-founded Proteome Systems Limited, an Australian biotechnology company in which her group developed a platform of...View full profile in our Researcher's database

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Michael Gillings

Professor
Genes to Geoscience, School of Natural Sciences, Smart Green Cities Research Centre


Phone: +61 2 9850 8199

Michael Gillings is in the Department of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University, where he is Professor of Molecular Evolution. In general, his interests focus on genetic diversity and its role in evolution. This allows an eclectic research program, with papers on viruses, bacteria, fungi, diatoms, green algae, invertebrates, plants, sharks,...View full profile in our Researcher's database

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Robert Willows

Professor
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre - ARC Training Centre for Molecular Technology in the Food Industry (ITTC), Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Innovation and Transformation (CENRIT), School of Natural Sciences, Transforming Energy Markets Research Centre


Phone: +61 2 9850 8146
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Louise Brown

Associate Professor
Macquarie University BioFocus Research Centre, Macquarie University Research Centre in Quantum Science and Technology, School of Natural Sciences


Phone: +61 2 9850 8294
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Dr Tom Williams

School of Natural Sciences


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