ASSOC. PROF. BENJAMIN DAVID HANKAMER
PERSONAL DETAILS
Address: Institute of Molecular Bioscience
University of Queensland
St. Lucia Campus
QLD 4072
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)7 334 62012
Fax: +61 (0)7 334 62101
Email: b.hankamer@imb.uq.edu.au
RESEARCH SPECIALISATION
Biofuel systems: I am a founding director of the Solar Biofuels Consortium (www.solarbiofuels.org) which
aims to maximise the speed of development of high-efficiency 2nd generation microalgal biofuel systems. It
now includes eight international teams and conducts bio-discovery, marine biology, structural biology,
molecular biology, microbiology, genomics, metabolomics, culture optimisation and bioreactor scale up
within a coordinated research program of parallel research streams. The consortium also has a detailed IP
management strategy and provides a single point of contact for industry partners.
Structural Biology: Focused on membrane proteins and macromolecular assemblies using high resolution
single particle analysis and electron crystallography.
EDUCATION
Nov 1990–Aug 1994
Oct 1988Sep 1989
Sep 1983Jun 1987
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London.
PhD in Structural Studies on Photosystem II. (16 Nov 1994)
Wye College, University of London, Kent.
MSc in Plant Biotechnology.
Liverpool Polytechnic, Merseyside.
BSc (Hons) in Biochemistry: Upper Second (4 year sandwich course).
EMPLOYMENT
Sep 2006- onwards
Sep 2002onwards
Sep 1999Aug 2002
Aug 1994Sep 1999
Sep 1989Sep 1990
Director of the Solar Bio-fuels Consortium
Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane
Chief Investigator  The Solar Bio-H2 Project, Single particle analysis and 2D
crystallization of membrane proteins for electron crystallography.
Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College of Science Technology and
Medicine, London.
Research Lecturer (RA2A)  2D and 3D crystallization of membrane proteins for
electron and X-ray crystallography.
Biochemistry Department, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine,
London.
Post-doctoral Researcher (RA1A)  Photosystem II structure determination.
Wye College, University of London, Kent.
Research Assistant (RA1A)  The structure and phenotypic expression of a 'Host
Specific Fixation' gene of the nitrogen fixing bacteria, Bradyrhizobium.
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Oct 1987Sep 1988
Oct 1985Sep 1986
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2.
The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the
Negev, Israel.
Research Assistant  The purification and characterisation of carrot prolyl peptidyl
hydroxylase.
Biodegradability Section, Water Research Centre, Medmenham, Berkshire.
Research Assistant  Biodegradability of organic compounds within aerobic
digesters.
PATENTS
Kruse, O. & Hankamer, B. (2005) Photosynthetic Hydrogen Production. Patent No. AU2004253603,
EP04737534, US7371560, JP2006-517902, (University of Queensland).
Bond, J. & Hankamer, B. (2005) Labortemperiereinrichtung mit Oberseite (Crystallization Adapter),
Patent No. 102005044021.5 (Germany: Eppendorf), Patent application
BOOK CHAPTERS
1.
Sennoga, C., Hankamer, B., Heron, A., Seddon, J., Barber, J. & Templer, R. H. in Biophysical
Chemistry: Membranes and Proteins (eds. Templer, R. H. & Leatherbarrow, R.) 221-236 (The Royal
Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2002).
2.
Hankamer, B., Barber, J. & Nield, J. in Photosystem II: The Water/Plastoquinone Oxido-Reductase
(eds. Wydrzynski, T. J. & Satoh, K.) 403-424 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The
Netherlands, 2005).
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
1.
Golangoldhirsh, A., Hankamer, B. & Lips, S. H. (1990). Hydroxyproline and Proline Content of CellWalls of Sunflower, Peanut and Cotton Grown under Salt Stress. Plant Science 69, 27-32 (CIT: 5) (IF:
9.4)
2.
Boekema, E. J., Hankamer, B., Bald, D., Kruip, J., Nield, J., Boonstra, A. F., Barber, J. & Rogner, M.
(1995). Supramolecular structure of the photosystem II complex from green plants and cyanobacteria.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92, 175-9 (CIT: 216) (IF: 9.4).
3.
Zheleva, D., Hankamer, B. & Barber, J. (1996). Heterogeneity and pigment composition of isolated
photosystem II reaction centers. Biochemistry 35, 15074-9 (CIT: 24) (IF: 3.2).
4.
Boekema, E. J., Nield, J., Hankamer, B. & Barber, J. (1996). Localization of the oxygen evolving
complex of Photosystem II by electron microscopy. Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology 65,
PE120-PE120 (IF: 4.0).
5.
Rhee, K. H., Morris, E. P., Zheleva, D., Hankamer, B., Kuhlbrandt, W. & Barber, J. (1997). Twodimensional structure of plant photosystem II at 8-angstrom resolution. Nature 389, 522-526 (CIT: 128)
(IF: 34.5).
6.
Morris, E. P., Hankamer, B., Zheleva, D., Friso, G. & Barber, J. (1997). The three-dimensional
structure of a photosystem II core complex determined by electron crystallography. Structure 5, 837-49
(CIT: 54) (IF: 5.9).
7.
Hankamer, B., Nield, J., Zheleva, D., Boekema, E., Jansson, S. & Barber, J. (1997). Isolation and
biochemical characterisation of monomeric and dimeric photosystem II complexes from spinach and
their relevance to the organisation of photosystem II in vivo. Eur J Biochem 243, 422-9 (CIT: 133).
8.
Hankamer, B., Barber, J. & Boekema, E. J. (1997). Structure and membrane organization of
photosystem II in green plants. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 48,
641-671 (CIT: 223) (IF: 23.5).
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9.
Barber, J., Nield, J., Morris, E. P., Zheleva, D. & Hankamer, B. (1997). The structure, function and
dynamics of photosystem two. Physiologia Plantarum 100, 817-827 (CIT: 87) (IF: 2.7).
10. Boekema, E. J., Nield, J., Hankamer, B. & Barber, J. (1998). Localization of the 23-kDa subunit of the
oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II by electron microscopy. Eur J Biochem 252, 268-76 (CIT:
47).
11. Barber, J., Rhee, K. H., Morris, E., Hankamer, B., Nield, J., Boekema, E. & Kuhlbrandt, W. (1998).
Towards the elucidation of the structure of photosystem II at high resolution. Biophysical Journal 74,
A328-A328. (CIT: 1) (IF: 4.4).
12. Schilstra, M. J., Nield, J., Dorner, W., Hankamer, B., Carradus, M., Barter, L. M. C., Barber, J. &
Klug, D. R. (1999). Similarity between electron donor side reactions in the solubilized Photosystem IILHC II supercomplex and Photosystem- II-containing membranes. Photosynthesis Research 60, 191-198
(CIT: 4) (IF: 2.3).
13. Hankamer, B., Morris, E. P. & Barber, J. (1999). Revealing the structure of the oxygen-evolving core
dimer of photosystem II by cryoelectron crystallography. Nat Struct Biol 6, 560-4 (CIT: 98) (IF: 12.3).
14. Barber, J., Nield, J., Morris, E. P. & Hankamer, B. Subunit positioning in photosystem II revisited. (1999). Trends
Biochem Sci 24, 43-5 (CIT: 41) (IF: 11.6)
15. Kruse, O., Hankamer, B., Konczak, C., Gerle, C., Morris, E., Radunz, A., Schmid, G. H. & Barber, J.
(2000). Phosphatidylglycerol is involved in the dimerization of photosystem II. J Biol Chem 275, 650914 (CIT: 87)
16. Hankamer, B., Morris, E., Nield, J., Carne, A. & Barber, J. (2001). Subunit positioning and
transmembrane helix organisation in the core dimer of photosystem II. FEBS Lett 504, 142-51 (CIT: 50)
17. Hankamer, B., Morris, E., Nield, J., Gerle, C. & Barber, J. (2001). Three-Dimensional Structure of the
Photosystem II Core Dimer of Higher Plants Determined by Electron Microscopy. J Struct Biol 135,
262-9 (CIT: 58)
18. Barter, L. M., Bianchietti, M., Jeans, C., Schilstra, M. J., Hankamer, B., Diner, B. A., Barber, J.,
Durrant, J. R. & Klug, D. R. (2001). Relationship between excitation energy transfer, trapping, and
antenna size in photosystem II. Biochemistry 40, 4026-34 (CIT: 29)
19. da Fonseca, P., Morris, E. P., Hankamer, B. & Barber, J. (2002). Electron crystallographic study of
photosystem II of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus. Biochemistry 41, 5163-5167 (CIT: 6)
20. Sennoga, C., Heron, A., Seddon, J. M., Templer, R. H. & Hankamer, B. (2003). Membrane-protein
crystallization in cubo: temperature-dependent phase behaviour of monoolein-detergent mixtures. Acta
Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 59, 239-46 (CIT: 18)
21. Iwata, M., Imamura, H., Stambouli, E., Ikeda, C., Tamakoshi, M., Nagata, K., Makyio, H., Hankamer,
B., Barber, J., Yoshida, M., Yokoyama, K. & Iwata, S. (2004). Crystal structure of a central stalk subunit
C and reversible association/dissociation of vacuole-type ATPase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101, 59-64
(CIT: 64)
22. Hankamer, B. D., Elderkin, S. L., Buck, M. & Nield, J. (2004). Organization of the AAA(+) adaptor
protein PspA is an oligomeric ring. J Biol Chem 279, 8862-6 (CIT: 28)
23. Kruse, O., Rupprecht, J., Bader, K., Thomas-Hall, S., Schenk, P., Finazzi, G. & Hankamer, B.
Improved photobiological H-2 production in engineered green algal cells. J Biol Chem 280, 3417034177 (2005).
24. Kruse, O., Rupprecht, J., Mussgnug, J., Dismukes, G. & Hankamer, B. Photosynthesis: A blue print for
solar energy capture and biohydrogen production technologies. Photochemical & Photobiological
Sciences 4, 957-970 (2005).
25. Landsberg, M. J., Bond, J., Gee, C. L., L., M. C. & Hankamer, B. (2006) A method for screening
temperature dependence on 3D crystal formation. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 62, 559-562.
(CIT: 6)
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26. Pantelic, R. S., Rothnagel, R., Huang, C.-Y., Muller, D., Woolford, D., Landsberg, M. J., McDowall, A.,
Pailthorpe, B., Young, P. R., Banks, J., Hankamer, B. & Ericksson, G. (2006). The Discriminative
Bilateral Filter: an enhanced denoising filter for electron microscopy data. J. Struct. Biol. 155:395-408
(CIT: 6)
27. Rupprecht, J., Hankamer, B., Mussgnug, J. H., Ananyev, G., Dismukes, G. & Kruse, O. (2006)
Perspectives and advances of biological H2 production in micro-organisms. Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology 72:442-449
28. Woolford, D., Ericksson, G., Rothnagel, R., Muller, D., Landsberg, M. J., Pantelic, R. S., McDowall, A.,
Pailthorpe, B., Young, P. R., Hankamer, B. & Banks, J. (2007). SwarmPS: Rapid, semi-automated
single particle selection software. J. Struct. Biol. 157: 174-188 (CIT: 8)
29. Woolford, D., Hankamer, B. & Ericksson, G. (2007). The Laplacian of Gaussian and arbitrary zcrossings approach applied to automated single particle reconstruction. J. Struct. Biol. 159:122-134
(CIT: 3)
30. Hankamer, B*., Lehr, F., Rupprecht, J., Mussgnug, J. H., Posten, C. & Kruse, O. (2007).
Photosynthetic biomass and H2 production by green algae: From bioengineering to bioreactor scale up.
Physiologia Plantarum 131:10-21
31. Mussgnug, J., Thomas-Hall, S., Rupprecht, J., Foo, A., Klassen, V., McDowall, A., Schenk, P., Kruse,
O. & Hankamer, B*.(2007). Engineering photosynthetic light capture: Impacts on improved solar
energy to biomass conversion. Plant Biotechnology Journal 5:802–814
32. Landsberg, M. & Hankamer, B*.(2007). Symmetry: A guide to its application in 2D electron
crystallography. Journal of Structural Biology 160:332-343 (CIT: 4)
33. Doebbe, A., Rupprecht, J., Beckmann, J., Mussgnug, J., Hallmann, A., Hankamer, B.* & Kruse, O.*
(2007). Functional integration of the HUP1 hexose symporter gene into the genome of C. reinhardtii:
Impacts on biological H2 production. Journal of Biotechnology 131:27-33
34. Pantelic, R.S., Ericksson, G., Hamilton, N. & Hankamer, B*. (2007). Bilateral Edge Filter:
Photometrically weighted, discontinuity based edge detection. J. Struct. Biol., 160:93–102. (CIT: 4)
35. Hankamer, B*., Glaeser, R. & Stahlberg H. (2007). Electron crystallography of membrane proteins. J.
Struct Biol 160:263-264 (CIT: 3)
36. Vajjhala, P., Nguyen, C., Landsberg, M.J., Kistler, C., Gan, A.-L., King, G., Hankamer, B. & Munn,
A.L. (2008). The Vps4 C-terminal helix is a critical determinant for Vps4 assembly and ATPase activity
and has elements conserved in other members of the meiotic clade of AAA ATPases. FEBS J. 275:
1427-49 (CIT: 4)
37. Schenk, P., Thomas-Hall, S., Stevens, E., Marx, U., Mussgnug, J., Posten, C., Kruse, O. & Hankamer,
B*. (2008). Second Generation Biofuels: High-efficiency microalgae for biodiesel production.
Bioenergy Res. 1: 20-43.
38. Pantelic, R.S., Lockett, L.J., Rothnagel, R., Hankamer, B.* and Both, G. (2008). Cryo-electron
microscopy map of Atadenovirus reveals cross-genus structural differences from human adenovirus. J.
Virol. 82: 7346-56. (CIT: 4)
39. Nguyen, A.V., Thomas-Hall, S., Malnoë, A., Timmins, A., Mussgnug, J.H., Rupprecht, J., Kruse, O.,
Hankamer, B., and Schenk, P.M. (2008). The transcriptome of photo-biological hydrogen production
induced by sulphur deprivation in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Eukaryot. Cell 7: 196579.
40. Landsberg, M.J., Vajjhala, P.R., Rothnagel, R., Munn, A.L, & Hankamer, B. (2009). 3D structure of
the AAA ATPase Vps4: Advancing structural insights into the mechanisms of endosomal sorting and
enveloped virus budding. Structure 17: 427-437. (CIT: 9)
41. Hussein, W.M., Ross, B.P., Landsberg, M.J., Hankamer, B. & McGeary, R. (2009). Synthesis of
Nickel-Chelating Fluorinated Lipids for Protein Monolayer Crystallizations. J. Org. Chem. 74: 1473–79.
(CIT: 6)
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42. Beckmann, J., Lehr, F., Finazzi, G., Hankamer, B., Posten, C., Wobbe, L. & Kruse, O. (2009).
Improvement of light to biomass conversion by de-regulation of light harvesting protein translation in C.
reinhardtii. J. Biotechnol. 142: 70-7.
43. Timmins, M., Thomas-Hall, S.R., Darling, A., Zhang, E., Hankamer, B., Marx, U.C. & Schenk, P.M.
(2009). Phylogenetic and molecular analysis of hydrogen-producing green algae. J. Exp. Bot. 60: 1691702.
44. Stephens, E., Ross, I.L., Posten, C., Kruse, O., & Hankamer, B. (2009). Microalgal biofuel systems:
Climate change, fuel supply and economic opportunities for sustainable development. Microbiol. Aust.
30: 89-91.
45. Hussein, W.M., Ross, B.P., Landsberg, M.J., Hankamer, B., McGeary, R. (2009). Synthetic approaches
to functionalized lipids for protein monolayer crystallizations. Curr. Organic Chem. 13: 1378-1405.
(CIT: 1)
46. Matthew, T., Zhou, W., Rupprecht, J., Lim, L., Thomas-Hall, S.R., Doebbe, A., Kruse, O., Hankamer,
B., Marx, U.C., Smith, S.M., Schenk, P.M. (2009). The metabolome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
following induction of anaerobic H2 production by sulphur deprivation. J. Biol. Chem. 284: 23415-25.
47. Yang, X., Molimau, S., Doherty, G.P., Marles-Wright, J., Rothnagel, R., Hankamer, B., Lewis, R.J., &
Lewis, P.J. (2009). The structure of bacterial RNA polymerase in complex with the essential
transcription elongation factor NusA. EMBO Rep. 10: 997-1002. (CIT: 7)
48. Kruse, O., Hankamer, B. (2010). Microalgal hydrogen production. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 21: 238243.
49. Stephens, E., Ross, I.L., King, Z., Mussgnug, J.H., Kruse, O., Posten, C., Borowitzka, M. & Hankamer,
B. (2010). 2nd Generation Microalgal Biofuels: Economic & technical evaluation of the hope, hype &
reality. Nat. Biotechnol. 28: 126-8.
50. Morweiser, M., Kruse, O., Hankamer, B., & Posten, C. (2010). Developments & perspectives of
photobioreactors for biofuel production. App. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 87: 1291-301.
51. Doebbe, A., Matthias, K., LaRoussa, M., Hankamer, B., Niehaus, K., & Kruse, O. (2010). The
interplay of proton, electron & metabolite supply for photosynthetic H2 production in C. reinhardtii. J.
Biol. Chem. 285: 30247-60.
52. Stephens, E., Ross, I.L., Mussgnug, J.H., Wagner, L.D., Borowitzka. M.A., Posten, C., Kruse, O.,
Hankamer, B. (2010). Future prospects of microalgal biofuel production systems. Trends Plant Sci. 15:
554-64.
53. Landsberg, M.J., Ruggles, J.L., Hussein, W.M., McGeary, R.P., Gentle, I.R., Hankamer, B. (2010).
Molecular packing of functionalized fluorinated lipids in Langmuir monolayers. Langmuir 26:18868–
18873
54. Maco, B., Ross, I.L., Landsberg M. J., Mouradov, D., Saunders, N. F. W., Hankamer, B., Kobe, B.
(2011) Proteomic and electron microscopy survey of large assemblies in macrophage cytoplasm Mol
Cell Proteom, 10.1074/mcp.M111.008763–1
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1.
Boekema, E. J., Boonstra, A. F., Hankamer, B., Nield, J., Barber, J., Bald, D., Kruip, J. & Rögner, M.
in Electron Microscopy, Applications in Biological Sciences (ed. C., J. C. a. C.) 223-224 (Proceedings
of the 13th International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Paris, France, 1994).
2.
Boekema, E., Hankamer, B., Nield, J. & Barber, J. in Proceedings of the Xth International
Photosynthesis Congress (ed. Mathis, P.) 229-232 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands,
Montpellier, France, 1995).
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Hankamer, B., Morris, E., Zheleva, D. & Barber, J. in Proceedings of the Xth International
Photosynthesis Congress (ed. Mathis, P.) 365-368 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands,
Montpellier, France, 1995).
4.
Hankamer, B., Nield, J., Boekema, E., Rögner, M., Bald, D. & Barber, J. in Conference Proceedings of
the 1995 Annual Meeting of Experimental Biology (ed. Barber, J.) (London, 1995).
5.
Kruip, J., Bald, D., Hankamer, B., Nield, J., Boonstra, A. F., Barber, J., Boekema, E. J. & Rögner, M.
in Proceedings of the Xth International Photosynthesis Congress (ed. Mathis, P.) 405-408. (Kluwer
Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, Montpellier, France, 1995).
6.
Kruse, O., Zheleva, D., Hankamer, B. & Barber, J., 3. in Proceedings of the Xth International
Photosynthesis Congress (ed. Mathis, P.) 401-404 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands,
Montpellier, France, 1995).
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Nield, J., Hankamer, B., Zheleva, D., Hodges, M. L., Boekema, E. J. & J., B. in Proceedings of the Xth
International Photosynthesis Congress (ed. Mathis, P.) 361-364 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The
Netherlands, Montpellier, France, 1995).
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Catucci, L., Dörner, W., Nield, J., Hankamer, B., Vass, I. & J., B. in Proceedings of the 11th
International Congress on Photosynthesis (ed. Garab, G.) 973-976 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The
Netherlands, Budapest, 1998).
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da Fonseca, P., Maghlaoui, K., Hankamer, B., Büchel, C. & Barber, J. in Proceedings of the 11th
International Congress on Photosynthesis (ed. Garab, G.) 969-972. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The
Netherlands, Budapest, 1998).
10. Hankamer, B., Morris, E. P. & Barber, J. in Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on
Photosynthesis (ed. Garab, G.) 957-960 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, Budapest,
1998).
11. Barter, L. M. C., Bianchietti, M., Jeans, C., Schilstra, M. J., Hankamer, B., Diner, B., Barber, J.,
Durrant, J. R. & Klug, D. R. in Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis
(CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, 2001).
12. Morris, E. P., Hankamer, B. & Barber, J. in Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on
Photosynthesis (CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, 2001).
13. Banks, J., Rothnagel, R., & Hankamer, B. (2003). Automatic Particle Picking of Biological Molecules
Imaged by Electron Microscopy. In Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ), 1, 269-274.
14. Banks, J., Pailthorpe, B., Rothnagel, R., & Hankamer, B. (2005). Automatic Particle Picking
Algorithms for High Resolution Single Particle Analysis. In Workshop on Digital Image Computing, 1,
127-132.
UNREFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
15. Hankamer, B., Nield, J., Barber, J., Boekema, E. J., Boonstra, A. F., Rögner, M., Bald, D., Kruip, J. &
In: Proceedings of BBSRC, p. in Second Robert Hill Symposium on Photosynthesis (ed. Barber, J.) 67
(BBSRC, Imperial College, London, 1994).
16. Hankamer, B. in Membrane Proteins: the next frontier (ed. Graham, R. M.) Abstract 7 (Victor Chang
Cardiac Research Institute, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, 2002).
17. Hankamer, B. & Kruse, O. in Boden Research Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis (ed. Critchley,
C.) (Australian Academy of Science, Manly Pacific Parkroyal Sydney, Austalia, 2003).
18. Hankamer, B., Rothnagel, R., McDowall, A., Ericksson, G., Clark, F., Banks, J., B, P., Sennoga, C.,
Heron, A., Seddon, J., Templer, R. H. & Crout, D. in AsCA'03/ Crystal 23 11013 Aug 2003 Proceedings
(Broome, Australia, 2003).
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DIRECTOR OF THE SOLAR BIO-FUELS CONSORTIUM
www.solarbiofuels.org
Established in 2006
EISENHOWER FELLOW
2009
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND
Affiliated Academic Appointment
School of Chemistry & Molecular Bioscience
2010
Centre for Marine Science
2010
EDITOR
Journal of Structural Biology: Guest Editor of Special Edition
Advances in Electron Crystallography of Membrane Proteins (Dec 2007)
INVITED REVIEWER
Journal reviewer: For Structure, Journal of Structural Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal
of Biotechnology, Coordination Chemistry reviews & Optical Express.
Grant Reviewer: For the ARC, NHMRC as well as UK and Dutch energy agencies.
CONSULTANCY
Australian Federal Government advisor: Asia Pacific Network for Energy Technologies. Aim: To
develop a platform for clean energy technology development in Asia Pacific region. (2007).
Council of Australian Governments advisor: Planner of Australia’s H2 Roadmap. Aim: To plan a road
map for the development of an Australian hydrogen economy. (2008).
Queensland Government advisor (informal): has on many occasions been invited to advise the Qld
Government on the development of its Smart State policy in the areas of Agbiotech and biorefining and to
be a key speaker at Qld Gov Techclinics (2009).
Queensland Government Trade Delegation Meeting (2009).
Queensland Government/Washington State Alliance Meeting (Feb 2010).
Queensland Government/New Zealand Trade Delegation Meeting (March 2010).
Queensland Government advisor (informal): worked with Queensland Government to develop economic
model for Biofuel production (2010).
Scientific advisor: Queensland Government Smart State Council Working Group on Evolving Energy
(2010).
Scientific advisor Conducting resource mapping for the development of a Queensland based microalgae
industry. (2010)
Scientific advisor: Brazilian BIOEN program (~$200 Mil). Aim: To focus on the development of advanced
bioenergy systems. (2010).
Pacific Leaders Mentoring Project: Via Eisenhower Fellowships - involvement in developing a Pacific
leaders mentoring program (shortlisted). (2011).
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
Conference
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University of Melbourne, AUS - 2002
Victor Chang Institute, Sydney, AUS - 2002
Boden Conference, Sydney, AUS - 2003
Int. Union of Cryst. Conf. Broome, AUS - 2003
ComBio, Melbourne, AUS - 2003
Seefeld-Cryo Techniques, Sydney, AUS (2 Lectures) - 2003
Aust. Conf. Microsc. & Microanalysis, AUS - 2004
Griffith University, AUS - 2004
Gordon Research Conf– 3D EM, USA (Poster) - 2005
Ozwater Conf. Brisbane Convention Center, AUS - 2005
Princeton (AFOSR-round table meeting), USA - 2005
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BEAM, Melbourne University, AUS - 2005
Electron Crystallography Workshop, USA - 2006
Australian Academy of Science, AUS - 2006
National
International
National
Single Particle Workshop, AUS (3 Lectures) - 2006
Lorne Conference, Lorne, AUS - 2006
Aust. Conf. Microsc. & Microanalysis, AUS - 2006
CSX conference, Melbourne, AUS - 2007
Imperial College London, UK - 2007
University of Newcastle, AUS - 2007
Institute for Molecular Bioscience, AUS - 2007
Topics in Plant Sciences, UQ, AUS - 2007
Aust. Institute for Bioeng. & Nanotech, AUS - 2007
Bioenergy Conference, AUS - 2007
Artificial Photosynthesis meeting, UK - 2007
National
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Single Particle Workshop, AUS (3 Lectures) - 2007
International Photosynthesis Congress, UK - 2007
National
International
International Hydrogenase Conference, USA - 2007
Association of Independent Retirees 14th Nat Conf, AUS - 2008
Australian Society for Biophysics Conference, AUS - 2008
Bioenergy Aust. Microalgae Workshop, AUS - 2008
COMBIO ‘Plant Energy satellite meeting’, AUS - 2008
Solar Biofuels, Germany - 2008
International
National
National
National
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International
Otago Energy Research Centre, NZ - 2008
International
Aust. Conf. Microsc. & Microanalysis, Aus - 2008
National
World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Aus - 2008
Electron Crystallography Workshop, USA - 2008
Australian Biophysics Meeting, AUS - 2008
17th Int. Conf. on Photochemical Conversion, AUS - 2008
Chemistry and the Biosphere, NZ - 2008
National
International
National
National
International
Initiative for Open Innovations, AUS – 2009
Biological Capture & Utilization of CO2 Workshop, USA - 2009
University of QLD Biofuels Workshop, AUS - 2009
QLD Govt Biofuels/Biocommodity Tech Clinic, AUS - 2009
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Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Key International meetings
speaker
Organizer /Session Chair
Key International meetings
speaker
Keynote/Plenary
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Key International meetings
speaker
Key International meetings
speaker
Organizer /Session Chair
Session Chair
Organizer /Session Chair
Keynote/Plenary
Keynote/Plenary
Key International meetings
speaker
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Asia Pacific Congress on Electron Tomography, AUS - 2009
Bioenergy Australia Conference, AUS - 2009
Biological Carbon Sequestration, St Louis, USA - 2009
AusBiotech, AUS - 2010
International Photosynthesis Congress, China - 2010
International Hydrogenase Conference, Sweden - 2010
BIOEN Workshop on Synthetic Biology, Brazil – 2010
National
National
International
National
International
International
International
World Algae Congress, San Francisco USA – 2010
International
Festival of Ideas, Melbourne - 2011
Keystone Symposia on Molecular & Cellular Biology,
Singapore - 2011
The Evolution of Photosynthesis and Oxygenation of the Earth
UNSW, AUS - 2011
National
International
Organizer /Session Chair
Presenter
Keynote/Plenary
Presenter
Session Chair
Keynote/Plenary
Keynote/Plenary/Session
Chair
Discussion Panel/Session
Chair
Discussion Panel
Keynote/Plenary
National
Keynote/Plenary
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