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See our capabilitiesBelinda leads the passionate and energetic team of technical experts across the Macquarie Analytical and Fabrication Facility (MAFF).
Belinda’s career moved from research, to project management, into the pharmaceutical industry and world of compliance, and then back to the higher education setting where she is incredibly happy to be working again with her passion of supporting research and teaching.
Meena is an experienced proteomics, biomolecular and mass spec facility research manager with over 15 years in the scientific field. Partnering with researchers to enable many sophisticated chemical and biochemical analyses plus multiomics research, Meena’s expertise covers LCMS systems, commercial laboratories.
David manages a team of highly-skilled scientists, focused on delivering a range of services for APAF’s Australian and International clients.
With over 10 years’ experience in the field, Dr. Cantor is a multi-disciplinary researcher who has worked with academics and industry to provide new technical capabilities for APAF.
Gene manages a team of scientific experts, who provide innovative capabilities for characterising proteins, proteoforms, and their biomolecular interactions.
With over a decade of experience in the field of mass spectrometry and biochemistry, Dr. Karthik Kamath passionately develops quantitative proteomics technologies, to help Australian and international researchers in their biological research.
In particular, Dr. Karthik works on designing and implementation of a number of quantitative proteomics methodologies.
Dr Aleksei Marianov is a Senior Analytical Technician at the Macquarie University Centre for Analytical Biotechnology and NMR.
He completed a PhD at the MQ School or Engineering (2020), in which he conducted research into the applications of electrocatalysis for the conversion of CO2 into syngas and other value-added products.
Before joining MAFF in 2023 Aleksei held postdoctoral appointments at Macquarie University (2020-2022) and at the University of Sydney (2022-2023) working on the development of systems for CO2 electroreduction and enantioselective hydrogenations. During this time, he acquired a wealth of experience in instrumental methods of analysis, physical chemistry, data science as well as mechanical engineering and 3D design.
Aleksei specialises in challenging small-to-medium scale research projects and enjoys his role in delivering high-quality technical services for the researchers, students, and external clients.