Dr Fateme Akhlaghi

Scholarships and awards

• 2018- Postdoctoral Research Grant awarded by Presidency of Islamic Republic of Iran, National Elites Foundation
• 2013- Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarships (MIFRS) and Melbourne International Research Scholarships (MIRS)
• 2011- Travel and allowance scholarship to The University of Melbourne awarded by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Islamic Republic of Iran for six months

Research Projects

• 2021- Developing non-invasive, rapid and selective conductometric biosensors for early detection of cancer biomarkers in partnership with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.
• 2021- Developing wearable electrochemical aptamer-based (E-AB) biosensors for real-time monitoring of vancomycin in partnership with Nutromics company.
• 2018-2019- Investigation on the catalytic role of polyoxometalates in the synthesis of 2-aminothiophen derivatives
• 2013-2018- Solution behaviour and photochromic properties of a new family of mixed-metal hybrid amino acid-polyoxometalates.
• 2011-2012- Synthesis of single-molecule magnets and valence tautomeric complexes
• 2008-2012- Synthesis and characterization of some metal complexes of sulfur ylides with spectroscopic and X-ray crystallography methods and study on their antibacterial properties 
• 2005-2008- Synthesis and characterization of a new phosphorus ligand and related complexes with metals Hg(II), Ag(I) and Pd(II)

Developing Wearable Biosensors:

• Electrochemistry- Electrochemical Aptamer-Based (E-AB) Biosensors for Real-Time Monitoring of Drugs 
• Conductometry- Conductometric Biosensors for Early Detection of Cancer Biomarkers 
• Electron-Beam Evaporation- Thin Film Deposition of Microneedle biosensors 

Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Polyoxometalates (POMs)

• Synthesis of Photochromic POMs 
• Synthesis of POM Redox Catalysts 
• Solid-state and Solution Characterisation of POMs- Single-Crystal X-Ray diffraction, Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS), IR, 1D and 2D NMR, UV-Vis, XPS and CD Spectroscopy techniques 

Organometallic Materials

• Synthesis and Characterisation of Silver-Sulfonium Ylide Complexes as Antibacterial Agents 
• Synthesis and Characterisation of Palladium-Sulfonium Ylide & Palladium-Phosphorus Ylide Complexes as C-C Coupling Catalysts 

• 2018 – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D., Inorganic Molecular Materials), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
• 2008 – Master of Science (M.Sc., Organometallic Chemistry), Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran 
• 2003 – Bachelor of Science (B.Sc., Applied Chemistry), Sistan and Baluchestan University, Zahedan, Iran