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Dr Aaron Micallef
- a.micallef1@uq.edu.au
- University of Queensland
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Position
Laboratory Head at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences at the University of Queensland.
Qualifications
- ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005) Queensland University of Technology.
- Postdoctoral research (2000-02) Imperial College London working with Prof. Tony Barrett.
- PhD (2001) Queensland University of Technology working with Professor Steven Bottle.
Expertise
- Nitroxide-containing macrocycles (dyes) as photosensitisers, imaging agents and building blocks for functional molecular materials.
Key Areas of Research
Porphyrinic macrocycles (phthalocyanines and porphyrazines) which feature peripheral nitroxide-containing rings as:
- Redox-tuneable photosensitisers for the Photodynamic Therapy of malignant and non-malignant proliferative diseases.
- Components for the synthesis of structurally defined polymer-chromophore hybrids which are evaluated as photoactive polymer-based materials.
- Multi-functional imaging agents (fluorescence imaging, EPRI, MRI etc) and EPR oximetry probes.
Selected Publications
Micallef, A S; Bottle, SE; Blinco JP; George, GA. in Trends in Polymer Degradation and Performance Optimization, editors Celina M.; Assink, R. A., ACS Symposium Series, 2008, 978 (Polymer Durability and Radiation Effects), 59-69.
Sato, H; Bottle, SE; Blinco, JP; Micallef, AS; Eaton GR; Eaton, SS. J. Magn, Reson., 2008, 191, 66.