Professor John (Justin) Gooding
(FL150100060)
Current Organisation
Administering Organisation
Primary research field
Strategic Research Priority area
The University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales
Sensor Technology (Chemical aspects)
Lifting productivity and economic growth
Image credit: The University
of New South Wales
Fellowship project summary:
The first generation of single entity measurement tools for analysis
This fellowship project aims to develop a new type of diagnostic device that measures single
molecules or single cells. Such measurements seek to revolutionise analysis by allowing heterogeneity
and rare events in samples to be identified, rather than the average information provided by existing
tools. With single molecule devices, the heterogeneity in response enables the development of
multiplexed, calibration free sensors. The outcomes of the project are hoped to be completely new
thinking on performing measurements, new knowledge regarding heterogeneity in biology and the
potential for novel commercialised sensors. It is expected that this will be important not only in
biological discovery, but also in providing far more robust sensors for applications such as
environmental monitoring, disease prediction, personalised medicine or drug discovery.
About Professor Gooding
Professor Gooding’s research interests include biosensing, biointerfaces, electrochemistry and surface
modification.
Graduating from the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, Professor Gooding has
received several prestigious accolades over the duration of his academic career including the NSW
Young Tall Poppy Science Prize (2004), the Eureka Prize for Scientific Research (2009), and the NSW
Science and Engineering Award for Emerging Research (2013). Professor Gooding also received an
ARC Australian Professorial Fellowship (2010).
Professor Gooding is Scientia Professor and founding co-director of the Australian Centre of
NanoMedicine at The University of New South Wales, where he leads a research group that specialises
in the molecule-level modification of surfaces with a nanomedicine focus, developing diagnostic
devices, imaging and biomaterials. He is also currently Vice President of the International Society of
Electrochemistry.
Find out more about Professor Gooding and his research by visiting his profile page on The University
of New South Wales website.
For further information about this funding scheme please visit the Australian Laureate Fellowships
scheme page on the ARC website.