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Doctor of Philosophy (Griffith University)
Research Discipline : Chemistry Areas of Expertise- Organic Synthesis
- Free Radical Chemistry
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry
- Materials for Extreme Environments
- Anti-biofilm coatings
- Fluorescent probes
- Anti-hypertensives
- Photosensitive alkoxyamines for NMP2
- Nano sensors for drug delivery and imaging
- 2021 ARC Discovery Project Grant (DP210101317) $453,000
- 2016 Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development Grant $70,000
- 2015 Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development Grant $62,000
- 2014 ARC Discovery Project Grant (DP150100234) $447,360
- 2014 ARC Future Fellowship (FT140100746) $771,004
- 2014 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) $307,800
- 2014 ATN-DAAD Joint Research Co-operation Scheme $24,600
- 2020-present – Co-Director QUT Centre for Materials Science
- 2020-present – Prof. at Queensland University of Technology
- 2015-present – ARC Future Fellow and A/Prof. at Queensland University of Technology
- 2014-2015 – ARC Future Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
- 2012-2014 – Senior Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology
- 2009-2012 – Vice-Chancellor's Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology
- 2006-2009 – Postdoctoral research at Queensland University of Technology
- 2004-2006 – Postdoctoral research at the University of Sheffield
- 2001-2004 – PhD in Chemistry at Griffith Universty
- 1997-2000 – B. Science with 1st Class Honours at Griffith University
Additional information
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- QUT Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research
- Type
- Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- ARC Future Fellowship - Fighting slime with free radicals
- Hansen K, Chambers L, Eing M, Barner-Kowollik C, Fairfull-Smith K, Blinco J, (2020) A methoxyamine-protecting group for organic radical battery materials: An alternative approach, ChemSusChem, 13 (9), pp. 2386-2393.
- Verderosa A, Dhouib R, Fairfull-Smith K, Totsika M, (2020) Nitroxide functionalized antibiotics are promising eradication agents against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64 (1), pp. 1-13.
- Lussini V, Blinco J, Fairfull-Smith K, Bottle S, Colwell J, (2020) Profluorescent nitroxide sensors for monitoring the natural aging of polymer materials, Polymer Degradation and Stability, 174.
- Verderosa A, Totsika M, Fairfull-Smith K, (2019) Bacterial biofilm eradication agents: A current review, Frontiers in Chemistry, 7, pp. 1-17.
- Woehlk H, Trimble M, Mansour S, Pletzer D, Trouillet V, Welle A, Barner L, Hancock R, Barner-Kowollik C, Fairfull-Smith K, (2019) Controlling biofilm formation with nitroxide functional surfaces, Polymer Chemistry, 10 (31), pp. 4252-4258.
- Harris J, Dhouib R, Totsika M, Fairfull-Smith K, Verderosa A, (2019) Eradicating uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms with a ciprofloxacin-dinitroxide conjugate, MedChemComm, 10 (5), pp. 699-711.
- Verderosa A, Dhouib R, Fairfull-Smith K, Totsika M, (2019) Profluorescent fluoroquinolone-nitroxides for investigating antibiotic-bacterial interactions, Antibiotics, 8 (1), pp. 1-18.
- Morris J, Clement J, Guillaneuf Y, Bottle S, Fairfull-Smith K, Gigmes D, (2018) Reducing the hydrogen atom abstraction efficiencies of benzophenone-based photosensitive alkoxyamines. In K Matyjaszewski, H Gao, BS Sumerlin & NV Tsarevsky, Reversible deactivation radical polymerization: Mechanisms and synthetic methodologies (ACS Symposium Series, 1284), American Chemical Society, pp. 105-133.
- Lang C, Barner L, Blinco J, Barner-Kowollik C, Fairfull-Smith K, (2018) Direct access to biocompatible nitroxide containing polymers, Polymer Chemistry, 9 (11), pp. 1348-1355.
- Woehlk H, Steinkoenig J, Lang C, Michalek L, Trouillet V, Krolla-Sidenstein P, Goldmann A, Barner L, Blinco J, Barner-Kowollik C, Fairfull-Smith K, (2018) Engineering nitroxide functional surfaces using bioinspired adhesion, Langmuir, 34 (10), pp. 3264-3274.
- Title
- Eradicating Bacterial Biofilms with Nitroxide-Antimicrobial Hybrids
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP210101317
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Fighting Slime with Free Radicals - New Surface Coatings for Biofilm Remediation
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- FT140100746
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Radicals; Functionalised Surfaces; Biofilms
- Title
- Nitroxide-containing scaffolds for controlling biofilm-related infections
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP150100234
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- nitroxide; microparticle; surface coating
- Title
- ARC Centre of Excellence: Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- CE0561607
- Start year
- 2005
- Keywords
- Free Radical; Flourescence; Antioxidant; Polymer Degradation; Disease; Oxidation; Reactive Oxygen Species; Oxidative Stress; Ataxia Telangiectasia; Chemiluminescence; Stabilisers; Nitroxide
- The electronic and structural properties of extended, disordered, 2D conjugated polymerssynthesized on-surface
PhD, Associate Supervisor - Radiation activated drug delivery for in vivo release
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor - Hybrid and Synergistic Drug Strategies for Biofilm Eradiction
PhD, Principal Supervisor - Nitroxide Hybridized Redox Active Therapeutic Agents
PhD, Principal Supervisor - Design, synthesis and testing of novel antimicrobial agents that target biofilms
PhD, Principal Supervisor - Programming polymer function via ring-opening polymerization of peptides
PhD, Associate Supervisor - Design and synthesis of novel PolQ inhibitors for treatment of cancers
PhD, Principal Supervisor - Identification of Novel Antibacterial Molecules by Molecular Modelling and Machine Learning |
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
- Assembly and Reactions of Carboxylic Acids on Metal-Passivated Silicon (2021)
- Photocycloadditions as Tools for Particle Synthesis (2021)
- Dynamic Covalent Chemistry at the Solution: Surface Interface (2020)
- Polymeric Nanocarriers for the Visualisation and Quantification of Molecular Release (2019)
- Nitroxide Functionalised Antibiotics for the Eradication of Bacterial Biofilms (2019)
- Nitroxides at the Interface: Bioinspired Polymer Adhesives for Controlling Biofilm-related Infections (2019)
- The Synthesis and Evaluation of Polyaromatic Profluorescent Nitroxide Probes for the Detection of Photo-oxidative Polymer Degradation (2019)
- Synthesis of Novel Nitroxide Radical Polymer Materials for Imaging and Energy Storage Applications (2018)
- Photosensitive Alkoxyamines: Synthesis and Photochemical Studies for Potential Application in Nitroxide-Mediated Photopolymerization (2017)
- Novel Dual-Acting Nitroxide-Based Hybrid Antioxidants (2016)