Associate ProfessorLuis Afonso
Associate Professor of Marine Sciences
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
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- Associate Professor of Marine SciencesFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
- +61 3 556 33461 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
TEACHING EXPERTISE
animal physiology, cell biology, fish health and reproduction, aquaculture,
career education
career education
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- UNIT TAUGHTSLE315 - Comparative Animal Physiology
- UNIT TAUGHTSLE254 Genetics and genomics (practicals)
- UNIT TAUGHTSLE352 - Community Science Project
- UNIT TAUGHTSLE329 - Aquatic Animal Health and Reproduction
- UNIT TAUGHTSLE115 Essential Skills in Biosciences
- UNIT TAUGHTSLE111 Cell and Genes
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDetermining Biomarkers of Chronic Thermal Stress in Fish
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONAre Plastics Making Us Sick? Microplastics and The Immune System
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMulti-level Responses to High-temperature Stress in Zebrafish During EarlyDevelopment
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMicroplastics in Food: Prevalence and Preclinical Studies on Health Effects
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONFatty acid metabolism in barramundi (Lates calcarifer)
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONLong-term exposure to elevated temperature in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONPhysiological and Molecular Indicators of Smoltification in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSeasonal environmental impacts on the productivity and nutritional status of farmed Atlantic salmon in Tasmania
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSex differentiation and sex reversal in Tasmanian Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONZinc and magnesium doped hydroxyapatite-urea nanohybrids for crop improvement
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEnvironmental and human toxicity assessment of Phosphorus-based nanomaterials
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBioengineering, Nano-Elicitation and Application of Plant Specialized Metabolites
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONECOSAFETY ASSESSMENT OF IRON OXIDE NANOFERTILIZERS
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEcosafety Assessment of Phosphorous-based Nanofertilizers
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBehaviour and Toxicity Assessment of Iron-based Nanofertilizers in Aquatic Ecosystem
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONToxicity Risk of Microplastics and Nanoplastics to Environmental and Human Health
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Composition and Drivers of Gut Microbiomes in Reef Fish
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONAstaxanthin Determination in Fish Feed Using Multiplexed Detection
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSeaweed as a Natural Climate Solution