DrDan Dias
Senior Lecturer, Food Science
Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
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- Senior Lecturer, Food ScienceFaculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
- +61 3 924 46942 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
TEACHING EXPERTISE
Dr Dias has over 10 years of experience in Academic University Teaching covering multidisciplinary topics including - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, and, more recently, Analytical Food Chemistry.
He is the Unit Chair for HSN206 - Food Analysis and Quality Assurance (Trimester 1), the Unit Chair for HSN104 - The Science of Food (Trimester 2), and is one of the Deputy Course Directors for the Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- COURSE DIRECTORDeputy Course Director - Bachelor of Nutrition Sciences
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONDr Nee Edirisinghe “Chemical Profiling and Investigating the Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Polyphenol-Enriched Sugarcane Extracts"1 Jan 2025
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONXue (Avery) Qi Wang "Plant-based antimicrobials for alleviating microbial spoilage in foods."1 Jan 2025
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONLauren Christine Antoniou "Consumer perception of methane emission reduction technologies."1 Jan 2025
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONSafira Esteranca Da Cruz Carvalho " Investigating the antimicrobial activity and biofilm-inhibitory activity of plant-based essential oils against foodborne pathogens and spoilage microorganisms."1 Jan 2024
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONNgoc (Natasha) Do "Milk study focusing on raw milk quality."1 Jan 2024
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONShang-ting Tsung "Impact of sub-MIC levels of plant-based antimicrobial exposure on microbial biofilms."1 Jan 2024
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONDr Daniel Geiberras “Efficient production of indigo in heterologous model systems"1 Jan 2023
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONDr Chintha Lankatillake “In vitro assessment of antidiabetic properties of traditional medicinal plants: Abrus precatorius L. and Melastoma malabathricum L.1 Jan 2023
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONSherlyn Ardison "Application of Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC–MS) Based Untargeted Metabolomics to Detect Foodborne Pathogens."1 Jan 2023
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONKevin Ghavalas "Development of a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC–MS) and Flame-Ionisation Detection (GC–FID) approach to assess food adulteration."1 Jan 2023
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONDr Siriwat Boonchaisri “Metabolomics Profiling of Buffalo Grass (Stenotaphrum secondatum) expressing a novel glufosinate resistance gene1 Jan 2021
- UG, HONOURS OR MASTERS DEGREE SUPERVISIONDr Roya Afshari "Microbial and metabolic characterization of cheddar cheese using next generation sequencing and metabolomics”1 Jan 2021
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONUnderstanding the effects of processing and storage on food flavour
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSuitability of post-consumer recycled plastic as a food contact material
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInvestigating natural products from algae to alleviate microbiological food spoilage
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONFlavour Optimisation in UHT Dairy Milk
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInvestigating the Influence of Raw Milk Quality on the Stability of UHT Milk and Shelf Life
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONIdentifying fake foods using hyphenated chromatographic techniques
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONReal-time at sample detection of pathogens in food
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInvestigation of Natural Products from Australian Bryophytes, and Their Potential Applications in Food Safety and Preservation.
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONUse of Analytical Methods to Detect Salmonella in Foods.
