DrBen Allardyce

Senior Research Fellow

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

  • 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

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Fibrillation of silk, characterisation, surface modification and novel applications
    Nigar Rashida - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding and controlling silk particle formation using spray drying
    Illa Tewari - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Silk Micro/Nanofibre and Sericin-Based Porous Foams
    Dilendra Nilupuli Wijesekara - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Nanofibrillar Fibres Spun From Undegummed Liquid-Liquid Phase Separated Silk
    Martin Zaki - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Fibrillation of Bacterial Cellulose, Its Characterisation and Applications
    Thabisile Brightwell Jele - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Fabrication and characterisation of papers from micro-fibrillated silk
    Limna Suja Shaji - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    3D BIOPRINTING OF MICRO- NANO FIBRILLATED SILK-REINFORCED HYDROGELS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE URINARY BLADDER
    Saumya Saji Kochumoni - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Development and Characterization of Silk Microfibers & Composites for Biomedical Applications
    Haleema Ijaz - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Methacrylation of spider silk to synthesize hydrogels and fibers with enhanced mechanical properties.
    Supun Darshana Wanigachinthamani Mohotti - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Nanodrug Complex Hydrogel Formulation Containing Enzymatically Derived Chitinoligosaccharide Against Candidiasis.
    RACHANA ARVIND - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Silkworm SilkSpider Silk Protein Interactions for Hybrid Material Design
    Nadun MADANAYAKE - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mycelium and Fibre Waste Derived Sustainable Biocomposites
    Anupama Amarasekera - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Design and investigation of durable self-healing epoxy coatings using dynamic boronic ester bonds.
    Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Dissanayake - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigation of Silk Particles in 3D Printing of Bio-scaffolds
    Jun Zhang - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Wet Spinning of Regenerated Silk Fibres
    Ya Yao - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Extraction and characterization of silk sericin and its potential application
    Monalisa Kalita - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sericin and Laccase Hybrid Nanoflowers for the Biocatalytic Degradation of Ciprofloxacin in Water
    Divya Koshy - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Enhancing the Adhesion of Silk Fibroin to Metallic Surfaces for Biomedical Applications
    Nicholas Emonson - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sustainable Fertilizer Delivery Systems Using Cellulose Nanofibres Derived from Rice Straw
    Neha Sharma - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2024
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Organic Powder Printing: Material Characterisation and 3D Printer DevelopmentVolumetric additive manufacturing via projected light and two wavelength polymerisation
    Daniel John Whyte - Institute for Frontier Materials - 2021
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Extraction, purification and stability studies of anthocyanins from red wine and red roseParticle engineering of a novel composite micro-encapsulation system for enhanced lipid formulation
    Illa Tewari - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2021