Team Leaders
Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
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Emeritus Professor Hans Coster
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Dr Terry Chilcott
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Laboratory Manager
Elizabeth Dobrinsky
2007- Present Laboratory Manager School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney (Part-time)
1979-2006 Laboratory Manager School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry, University of New South Wales & Eiffel Technologies Ltd.
1969-1978 Process Engineer, Moscow Pilot Plant Production of Artificial Leather based on Polyurethanes
Education: Master in Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry
Research Team
Aydin Berenjian - PhD Candidate
New Fermentation and Purification Technology for Menaquinone-7 Production
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education:PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; MSc in Chemical Engineering (Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran)
Ali Fathi - PhD Candidate
Fabrication of novel thermo-sensitive micro engineered scaffold for tissue engineering applications
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; 2009-2010 MPE In Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney; BSc in Mechanical Engineering, The Azad University of South Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Sherry Yi-Shien Lee - PhD Candidate
Benign Fabrication of Microfluidic Hydrolgel for Orthopaedic application
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; MSc in Microscopy and Microanalysis, University of Sydney, Australia; BSc in Biomedical Science, major in Immunology, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Raja Mahanama - PhD Candidate
Solid phase fermentation of Vitamin K2 rich food supplements for veterinary use
Supervisors: Dr. John Kavanagh and Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; 2009-2010 MEng in Sustainable Processing, The University of Sydney;2004-2008 BEng, Food & Biochemical (University of Moratuwa) Sri Lanka
Mohd Fareed Mohd Sairi - PhD Candidate
Upscale production of Glycoprotein in Animal cell Line Using Bioreactor
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia,2008 BSc Honours (Microbiology), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Roya Ravarian - PhD Candidate
Stimuli-responsive micelles with enhanced stability as a novel drug delivery system
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; BSc Materials Engineering (Ceramics), Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
Ali Negahi Shirazi - PhD Candidate
Fabrication of Natural Hydrogels for Hard Tissue Engineering
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; 2008 MSc in Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials. Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran; 2006 BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials. Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran.
Peter Valtchev - PhD Candidate
Novel Process for Production of Vaccines.
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; 1991 MSc in Polymer Chemistry, University of Technology Sofia, Bulgaria.
Negar Talaei Zanjani - PhD Candidate
Studying the Mechanism of Antiviral Activity of Glycoproteins
Supervisor: Associate Professor Fariba Dehghani
Education: Present: PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia; 2009: MSc (Textile Engineering/Fiber Sciences), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; 2007: BSc (Textile Engineering/Fiber Sciences), Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Alumni
- Dr Nasim Annabi,
- Dr Hua Wei (Leon)
PhD Students Recently Submitted
- Xia (Rachel) Zhong
- Aldric Tumilar
- Chengdong Ji
- Anuar Syed Muhammad
Recent Graduants
- 2011: Nan (Nancy) Xie. Master of Philosophy in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering