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

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Undergraduate chemistry, analytical mass spectrometry and metabolomics

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE133 - Chemistry in our World
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE155 - Chemistry for the professional sciencecs
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE213 - The analtyical chemist's toolbox
  • UNIT TAUGHT
    SLE229 - Introduction to separation science
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Pathological Fatigue in Adults: Incidence, Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Targets
    Ankush Dehlia - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Interrogating the Insulin-Glucagon Axis in the Regulation of Metabolic Homeostasis in Humans
    Giang Minh Dao - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    An Investigation of the Valorization Potential of Acacia dealbata Through Metabolomic, Nutritional and Bioactive Profiling
    Md Sanowar Hossain - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Microplastics in landfills and surrounding environments: towards safe containment
    Joseph Acquah - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    E-Waste : Emerging Contaminants
    Amoluck Eluri - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Impact of waste resource recycling on environmental pollution
    Hasanthi Kosgahakumbure - Institute for Frontier Materials
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Employability (or transferable skills) impact of an authentic assessment program
    Herath Munasinghalage Munasinghe - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Enhancing First-Year Science Student Motivation and Perceived Employability Through Active Learning
    Pavani Sandeepani Halpelage - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Pesticide monitoring of Australian freshwater streams using citizen science
    Brady Hamilton - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Extraction, characterization, and identification of fluorescent molecules from corals and reef-associated biota and investigating their significance in enhancing coral resiliance under climate change
    Rishika Mahalinganayaka Shanka - School of Life and Environmental Sciences
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Lithium-based inhibitors and coating technology for the corrosion protection of magnesium alloys
    John John Selvarani - School of Engineering
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Identification and mechanistic assessment of rhizobacteria that enhance canola growth
    Dasun Premachandra - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Phylogenetic and Metabolomic Approach to Identify Medicinal Potential in Australasian Magnoliids
    Sundara Mudiyanselage Udayanga Mawalagedera - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Sustainable Nutrition Solutions Using Australian Seaweeds
    Vanessa Skrzypczyk - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring tropane alkaloid production in Australian Duboisia plantations
    Lawrence Webb - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2019
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Bacterially derived siderophore improves metal stress tolerance of Brassica napus
    Aydin Enez - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Analysis of lipid metabolism under nitrogen starvation in microalgae
    Sheik Nadeem Elahee Doomun - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Carotenoid Pathway Engineering in Higher Plants through Chloroplast Transformation
    Neha Anwar - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Effect of different light regimes on the growth and metabolite productivity in microalgae
    Uttara Shankar - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Molybdenum Disulfide Nanosheets for the Enhancement of Photosynthesis in Agricultural Crops
    Chanchal Mony - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Bioremediation of Recalcitrant Pharmaceutical Contaminants Containing Antibiotics in Wastewater
    Purvi Mathur - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2023