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DrBen Allardyce

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials

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  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
  • +61 3 522 72436 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

BIO

I work across the fields of biochemistry and materials science to develop silk based materials for a variety of applications. My research focus is to understand silk protein properties and their interactions to design new methods to disassemble silk and re-assemble it into high performance materials, including fibres, aerogels and membranes.

 

I am currently looking for a domestic student to work on a PhD project focussing on chromatographic purification and characterisation of silk protein. Please contact me if you are interested.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Deakin University, Institute for Frontier Materials Fibres and Textiles

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Science
    Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Science (Biological Science)
    Deakin University

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Materials engineering
  • Biochemistry and cell biology
  • Macromolecular materials
  • Functional materials
  • Composite and hybrid materials

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • Institute for Frontier Materials