Our Research
Physical bioscience is the application of physical principles to the study of biological systems and processes. Research in biophysics covers a wide range of scales and approaches, from macroscopic to nanoscopic, and from theoretical to experimental. The field is highly multi-disciplinary with interactions across physics, biology, chemistry, engineering and medicine.
Researchers in the School of Physics work in a number of different areas, from understanding how the structure of single bio-molecules can be imaged using quantum sensors or intense synchrotron X-ray sources, the development of nano-magnetic resonance techniques, to the collective and emergent behavior in bird flocking. We are also actively engaged in the development of new technologies for bio-sensors, systems for remote-location oxygen delivery, diamond-based implant devices, and quantum imaging systems for bio-magnetic processes.
Our People
- Professor Chris Chantler
chantler@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5437
Website - Professor Ken Crozier
kenneth.crozier@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 2249
Website - Professor Lloyd Hollenberg
lloydch@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 4210
Website - Dr Elizabeth Hinde
elizabeth.hinde@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5112
Website - Professor David Jamieson
d.jamieson@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 3412
Website - Associate Professor Andy Martin
martinam@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 0550
Website - Professor Andrew Melatos
amelatos@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5436
Website - Professor Steven Prawer
s.prawer@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5460
Website - Professor Harry Quiney
quiney@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5088
Website - Associate Professor Roger Rassool
rogerpr@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5110
Website - Professor Ann Roberts
ann.roberts@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5038
Website - Professor Robert Scholten
scholten@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 5457
Website - Dr Suzie Sheehy
suzie.sheehy@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 9035 3724
Website - Dr David Simpson
simd@unimelb.edu.au
+61 3 8344 8216
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