ProfessorDamien Callahan

Professor

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

  • Professor
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Life and Environmental Sciences/Centre for Sustainable Bioproducts
  • +61 3 925 17420 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mass spectrometry, persistent and emerging contaminants, metal hyperaccumulation in plants, lipid biosynthesis in
algae, metabolomics, lipidomics, halocarbon emission by phytoplakton,
chemical ecology, environmental chemiistry

Knowledge Areas
Metabolomics

 

Lipidomics

Analytical mass spectrometry

 

Persistent and emerging contaminants

Chemical ecology

Metal hyperaccumulating plants

Algal lipid biochemistry

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Elucidating the movement and population dynamics of Stubble Quail through tracking and pesticide analyses
    1 Jan 2026 - 1 Sep 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    Game Management Authority - $526,100.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Dermal absorption of PFAS from Firefighter Turnout Gear (PPC)
    1 Dec 2024 - 30 Apr 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Fire Rescue Victoria - $104,877.77
  • 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
    Future-proofing Australian dairy production through seaweed-supplementation.
    21 Sep 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    William & Lindsay Brodie Foundation - $10,000.00
  • GRANT
    Investigating interactions within co-evolving communities: comparing influence and response among galling midges, their host plants and fungal associates.
    1 Sep 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    ESA - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment - 20 571 098 795 - $1,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Future proofing Australian agriculture with seaweed supplementation
    8 Feb 2022 - 1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Heytesbury District Landcare Network - $25,000.00
  • GRANT
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre (ITTC) for Facilitated Advancement of Australia's Bioactives (FAAB)
    3 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres - IC210100040 - $238,090.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Otway environmental monitoring for carbon sequestration.
    31 Mar 2020 - 31 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    CO2CRC Limited - $888,616.50
  • GRANT
    Bioaccumulative contaminants and nanoplastics in Australian fur seals
    16 Dec 2019 - 30 Sep 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Grant - Research - SWR/4/2020 - $37,450.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Nutritional composition of cultured kelps and influences of sample preservation.
    12 Jun 2019 - 29 Feb 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Tassal Operations Pty Ltd - CONTR2019/01223 - $11,000.00
  • GRANT
    Holistic Remediation of PFAS-affected Soils, Waters and Debris
    15 Mar 2019 - 14 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gates W,
    • Callahan D,
    • Miller J,
    • Chandy A
    Renex Group - $105,000.00
  • GRANT
    Holistic Remediation of PFAS-affected Soils, Waters and Debris
    15 Mar 2019 - 14 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gates W,
    • Callahan D,
    • Miller J,
    • Chandy A
    ARC Special Research Initiatives - SR180100009 - $999,082.00
  • GRANT
    Holistic Remediation of PFAS-affected Soils, Waters and Debris
    15 Mar 2019 - 14 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Gates W,
    • Callahan D,
    • Miller J,
    • Chandy A
    The Remediation Group - $45,000.00
  • GRANT
    Enhancing the flavour of farmed fish through dietary innovation
    1 Jul 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage - Projects - LP170100909 - $346,515.87
  • GRANT
    Enhancing the flavour of farmed fish through dietary innovation
    15 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Ridley AgriProducts - $150,000.00
  • GRANT
    Enhancing the flavour of farmed fish through dietary innovation
    15 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Humpty Doo Barramundi Pty Ltd - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    Hydrogen: an overlooked intermediate during anoxia in permeable sediments
    5 Mar 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cook P,
    • Greening C,
    • Callahan D
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP180101762 - $14,000.00