ProfessorColin Barrow

Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Biotechnology

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts

  • Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Biotechnology
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
  • +61 3 522 71318 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Omega-3 Biotechnology and Bioprocessing
Lipases and lipases modification
Amyloid fibres and nanomaterials

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    ARC Training Centre in Sustainable and Green Economy Manufacturing
    30 Jun 2026 - 30 Jun 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres - IC250100004 - $355,778.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Project Schedule 2 Agreement - Stream 2 Biochar Enrichment Process
    26 Jun 2026 - 30 Jul 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Barwon Water - $369,246.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Stream 2 Building System and Analytical Capability: Advanced Ingredient Manufacturing and Functional Optimisation for Future Food and Health Applications
    17 Dec 2025 - 1 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    3-1 Provico Australia - $3,657,732.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Comprehensive Compositional Analysis of Southern Bluefin Tuna Processing Streams for High-Value Bioproduct Development
    20 Nov 2025 - 20 Feb 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - $30,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Improved antioxidant methods for animal health products
    1 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    Kemin Australian PTY Limited - $200,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Bovine Bone Collagen Transformation Phase 1
    18 Jul 2025 - 30 Aug 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    JBS Australia - $319,700.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Bioproduct development from Seasol-derived bioactive polysaccharides
    23 Apr 2025 - 23 Apr 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - $240,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Green approaches to extract polymers from seaweed biomass
    31 Jan 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - $279,690.75
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    MBCRC Value-chain online toolbox
    13 Dec 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - MBCRC208 - $481,111.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    REACH Samsara Eco: Monomer and contaminate analysis, repolymerisation and use of polymers enzymically recycled from textiles
    11 Dec 2024 - 30 Nov 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Samsara Eco Pty Ltd - $2,628,857.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Schedule 2 - Project Protein - Value adding to raw materials through hydrolysis, including meat co-products
    24 Sep 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Bellarine Foods - $880,800.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Biorefinery approaches to creating value from Asparagopsis
    12 Jul 2024 - 1 Feb 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    Fisheries Research and Devleopment Corporation contract research - 2023-175 - $125,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    RCPA with Bellarine Foods - Project Protein
    24 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Bellarine Foods - $3,501,552.85
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Developing and networking bioprocessing technology, automation and biomanufacturing toolbox capability to deliver Program 2 Milestones.
    15 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - MBCRC217 - $123,268.00
  • GRANT
    Novel semio-chemical approach to control the Australian Sheep Blowfly
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2 - LP210200707 - $782,714.00
  • GRANT
    Novel semio-chemical approach to control the Australian Sheep Blowfly
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Wool Innovation Limited - $300,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Investigation of Wastemaster outputs as a source of value-added bioproducts - Stage 2
    1 Dec 2023 - 1 Sep 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Green Eco International Pty Ltd - $50,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Decreasing waste from apple juice and cider manufacturing.
    1 Oct 2023 - 15 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    Sustainability Victoria - $185,307.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Decreasing waste from apple juice and cider manufacturing.
    1 Oct 2023 - 15 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    HeiQ Pty Ltd - $10,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Decreasing waste from apple juice and cider manufacturing.
    1 Oct 2023 - 15 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    Bellevue Orchard Pty Ltd - $10,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Product development from Asparagopsis byproduct.
    24 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - MBCRC216 - $180,402.00
  • GRANT
    Electrostatic spray drying for product quality improvement.
    1 Jul 2023 - 31 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Colin Barrow
    Marine Bioproducts CRC - MBCRC - $68,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    REACH VIVA Energy - Sabre Project
    1 Jun 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd REACH - $408,545.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    WasteMaster outputs as feedstocks for advanced manufacturing of value-added bioproducts.
    15 May 2023 - 14 Nov 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Innovation Connections - $50,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    WasteMaster outputs as feedstocks for advanced manufacturing of value-added bioproducts.
    15 May 2023 - 14 Nov 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Green Eco International Pty Ltd - $50,086.00