Associate ProfessorRangam Rajkhowa
Associate Professor
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
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- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Institute for Frontier Materials
- +61 3 522 73427 (Work)
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216
TEACHING EXPERTISE
Graduate Research Supervision Summary
- Total Graduate Researchers Supervised: 33
- As Principal Supervisor : 16
- Completions: 15 (7 as Principal Supervisor)
Career Outcomes of Graduated Students:
- Research commercialisation and Science Communication (1)
- International Think Tank and Consultancy (1)
- Scientist at CSIRO (1)
- University Teaching Academics (3)
- Industry Research including leadership Roles (3)
- Public Sector Positions (2)
- Entrepreneurs (1)
- Postdoctoral Fellowships at Deakin University and institutions in the USA, India, and China
Research Output of Graduate Researchers:
Approximately 50% of my publications feature graduate researchers under my supervision as lead authors
Published in leading High Impact Publications such as
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- Advanced Materials,
- Journal of Cleaner Production,
- ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering,
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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Graduate Researcher Awards and Recognitions:
- 3MT selected for Deakin Final 2026, 2025, 2024
- 3MT Asia Pacific People’s Choice Award, 2024
- Zonta International Women in Technology Scholarship, 2019
- CSIRO OCED Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Best Poster Presentation, Gordon Conference on silk USA, UK Conference on 3D Printing
- Alfred Deakin Medal Nomination
- Multiple Prizes at IFM Annual Conferences
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONFibrillation of silk, characterisation, surface modification and novel applications
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONUnderstanding and controlling silk particle formation using spray drying
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMicrofibrillation of Wool Fibres and Their Characterisation
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSilk Micro/Nanofibre and Sericin-Based Porous Foams
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMicrobial colour using textile fibre waste
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNanofibrillar Fibres Spun From Undegummed Liquid-Liquid Phase Separated Silk
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONFabrication and characterisation of papers from micro-fibrillated silk
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION3D BIOPRINTING OF MICRO- NANO FIBRILLATED SILK-REINFORCED HYDROGELS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE URINARY BLADDER
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDevelopment and Characterization of Silk Microfibers & Composites for Biomedical Applications
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMethacrylation of spider silk to synthesize hydrogels and fibers with enhanced mechanical properties.
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONAdvancing Polyester-Cotton Blend Separation: Process Development and Scalability
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONNanodrug Complex Hydrogel Formulation Containing Enzymatically Derived Chitinoligosaccharide Against Candidiasis.
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSilkworm SilkSpider Silk Protein Interactions for Hybrid Material Design
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONMycelium and Fibre Waste Derived Sustainable Biocomposites
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSeparation of Spandex from Cotton-Spandex Textile Blends for Dual-Stream Fibre Recovery
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONFibrillation of Bacterial Cellulose, Its Characterisation and Applications
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSilk powder production,Characterization and application
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSilk Cocoon: Structure and Properties
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION3D Printing of Carbon Preforms from a Bio-renewable Feedstock
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONManufacturing of Bio-composites for Automotive Applications
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONImproving the properties of cotton by amino acid treatment
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInvestigation of Silk Particles in 3D Printing of Bio-scaffolds
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONCreating Biomimetic 3D Silk-Bioglass Scaffold
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONWet Spinning of Regenerated Silk Fibres
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONFabrication and Characterisation of Microfibrillated Silk