Research staff

• Research Fellows
• Research Officers/Associates
• Postdoctoral Fellows
• Research Assistants
• Laboratory Assistant

Research Fellows

Janette Burgess, NH&MRC RD Wright Fellow (Research Only Academic Level C), Respiratory Research Group
Molecular biology, gene discovery

Lyn Moir, PhD
Research Fellow, Respiratory Research Group

Kyoko Niimi, MD PhD (Gunma University School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan)
Research Fellow, Respiratory Research Group

Brian Oliver, PhD
CRC for Asthma Research Fellow, Respiratory Research Group

Renae Ryan, NH&MRC CDA Fellow
(Research Only Academic Level C)
Biophysics of membrane transport; glutamate transport; glycine transport; structural studies of membrane proteins

Thomas Trian, PhD
Research Fellow, Respiratory Research Group

Markus Weckmann, PhD
CRC for Asthma Research Fellow, Respiratory Research Group

Research Officers/Associates

Rujee K Duke, BSc (James Cook), PhD (ANU), MRACI, NHMRC Senior Research Officer
Synthesis and resolution of GABA analogues; bioactive natural products

Ken N Mewett, MSc (Qld) PhD (Qld), NHMRC Senior Research Officer
Design and synthesis of analogues of GABA; drug design and development

Postdoctoral Fellows

Daniel Obando, PhD
Chemical Biology In Drug Discovery

Research Assistants

Cheryl Handford, Research Assistant, Transporter Biology Group

Audra McKinzie, Lab Manager, Transporter Biology Group

Maree Svolos, BSc (Honours), Research Assistant, Respiratory Research Group

Laboratory Assistant

Suneth Perera, Research Technician, Respiratory Research Group

Joanne Thompson, Research Technician, Respiratory Research Group