STAFF PROFILE
Professor Aidyn Mouradov
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Science
Phone:
+61399257144
Email:
aidyn.mouradov@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Research areas
- Advanced renewable bioenergy: Biotechnology for biofuels
- Environmental biotechnology: Aquatic plants and algae as bio-convertors of waste water into clean water, food, value products and renewable bioenergy
- Molecular Biology: Re-programming of metabolic pathways in plants and microalgae for improved traits
- Functional genomics: Systems biology of plants and microalgae (genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics)
- Medical research: Plants and microalgae as platform for expression of recombinant antibodies and vaccines. Edible vaccines.
Research projects
- Advanced renewable bioenergy
- Microalgal biotechnology
- Aquatic plants and algae as bio-converters of wastewater to clean water, food and renewable biofuel
- Production of heat-stable oral algal-based vaccine
Ten most recent patents
- US Patent 8,633,355 (2014). Modification of plant flavonoid metabolism. G Spangenberg, A Mouradov
- US Patent 8,519,222 (2013). Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. A Mouradov, G Spangenberg
- US Patent App. 13/975,991 (2013) Modification of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Plants. A Mouradov, G Spangenberg
- US Patent App. 13/283,813 (2011) Manipulating fructan biosynthesis and enhancing plant biomass. G Spangenberg, A Mouradov, TI Sawbridge
- US Patent 8,008,543 (2011) Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants by PAP1. A Mouradov, G Spangenberg
- US Patent App. 13/510,511 (2010) Angiogenin Expression in Plants. G Spangenberg, A Mouradov, J Wang, BG Cocks, M Knight, M McDonagh
- US Patent App. 13/501,918 (2010) Manipulation of flavonoid biosynthetic pathway A Mouradov, G Spangenberg
- US Patent App. 13/063,992 (2009) Modification of Fructan Biosynthesis, Increasing Plant Biomass, and Enhancing Productivitiy of Biochemical Pathways in a Plant. G Spangenberg, A Mouradov, ME Griffith, LG Martelotto
- US Patent App. 12/669,659 (2008) Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis Via Sense Suppression. ME Griffith, RL Heath, UP John, AJ Lidgett, DP Lynch, RL McInnes, A. Mouradov, G. Spangenberg
- US Patent App. 12/119,294 (2008) Modification of lignin biosynthesis. G Spangenberg, AJ Lidgett, RL Heath, RL McInnes, DP Lynch, U John, A. Mouradov
Awards and honours
- RMIT Teaching and Research Award, 2014
- Leonardo Da Vinci Invention and Technology Award. Department of Primary Industries. 2010
- Leonardo Da Vinci Invention and Technology Award. Department of Primary Industries. 2009
- Max-Planck Society Fellowship, Germany. 2001-2002
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany. 1990-1992
Research facilities
Aidyn Mouradov's research lab is on the Bundoora West campus in the
Media coverage
- Algae-based biofuels a sustainable way to fly, The Age - 18 August 2014
- Hope for algae-powered future, The Sydney Morning Herald - 6 August 2014
- Energy stirs up a fond use for algae, Stuff.co.nz - 7 July 2013
- Plugging into agal power, The Sydney Morning Hearald - 13 March 2012
Teaching
- ONPS1052 Advanced Molecular Biology/Gene Technologies 2. Course coordinator (SAS)
- MIET2372 Biomass and Solar Fuels. Course co-coordinator (SAMME)
- BIOL 2184 Gene Technologies 1 (SAS)
- BIOL 2370 Environmental Biotechnology (SAS)
- GRAP1042 Industrial Design Ecologies, (School of Architecture & Design)
- PhD in Organic Chemistry, Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry, Kiev, Ukraine, 1978
- BS in Chemistry, Azerbaijan State University, Baku, 1975
Professional experience
- Associate Professor, Biotechnology of aquatic plants and microalgae, RMIT University. 2011-present
- Associate Professor, Plant Functional Genomics, La Trobe University. 2008-2011.
- Principal Research Scientist, Department of Primary Industries, Melbourne, Australia. 2004-2011.
- Project Leader, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany. 2001-2004.
- Scientific Director, NovaFlora, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA. 1997-2001.
- Senior Principal Scientist ForBio, Inc., Brisbane, Australia. 1992-1997
- Research Scientist/Alexander von-Humboldt Fellow. Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany. 1987-1989
- Research Scientist. Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Kiev, Ukraine. 1984-1987
- Research Scientist. Centre for Molecular and Cell Biology, Baku, Azerbaijan. 1978-1984
Editorial boards member
- Editor of NanoPhotoBioSciences
- Editor of Source Journal of Bioremediation
- Manning, T.,Thilagaraj, A.,Mouradov, D.,Piola, R.,Grandison, C.,Gordon, M.,Shimeta, J.,Mouradov, A. (2021). Diversity of dinoflagellate assemblages in coastal temperate and offshore tropical waters of Australia In: BMC Ecology, 21, 1 - 14
- Xu, K.,Zou, X.,Mouradov, A.,Spangenberg, G.,Chan, W.,Li, Y. (2021). Efficient Bioflocculation of Chlorella vulgaris with a Chitosan and Walnut Protein Extract In: Biology, 10, 1 - 13
- Lanh, P.,Nguyen, H.,Duong, B.,Mouradov, A., et al, . (2021). Generation of microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii expressing VP28 protein as oral vaccine candidate for shrimps against White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) infection In: Aquaculture, 540, 1 - 8
- Tran, T.,Miranda, A.,Gupta, A.,Puri, M.,Ball, A.,Adhikari, B.,Mouradov, A. (2020). The Nutritional and Pharmacological Potential of New Australian Thraustochytrids Isolated from Mangrove Sediments In: Marine Drugs, 18, 1 - 17
- Miranda, A.,Ramkumar, N.,Spangenberg, G.,Subudhi, S.,Lal, B.,Mouradov, A. (2020). Aquatic Plants, Landoltia punctata, and Azolla filiculoides as Bio-Converters of Wastewater to Biofuel In: Plants, 9, 1 - 18
- Miranda, A.,Tran, T.,Abramov, T.,Jehalee, F.,Miglani, M.,Liu, Z.,Rochfort, S.,Gupta, A.,Cheirsilp, B.,Adhikari, B.,Puri, M.,Mouradov, A. (2020). Marine Protists and Rhodotorula Yeast as Bio-Convertors of Marine Waste into Nutrient-Rich Deposits for Mangrove Ecosystems In: Protists, 171, 1 - 6
- Tran, T.,Miranda, A.,Mouradov, A.,Adhikari, B. (2020). Physicochemical Characteristics of Protein Isolated from Thraustochytrid Oilcake In: Foods, 9, 1 - 16
- Tran, T.,Miranda, A.,Abeynayake, S.,Mouradov, A. (2020). Differential Production of Phenolics, Lipids, Carbohydrates and Proteins in Stressed and Unstressed Aquatic Plants, Azolla filiculoides and Azolla pinnata In: Biology, 9, 1 - 15
- Miranda, A.,Liu, Z.,Rochfort, S.,Mouradov, A. (2018). Lipid production in aquatic plant Azolla at vegetative and reproductive stages and in response to abiotic stress In: Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 124, 117 - 125
- Mouradov, A.,Miranda, A. (2018). Microalgae as bio-converters of wastewater into biofuel and food In: Water Scarcity and Ways to Reduce the Impact, Springer, India
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
3 PhD Completions
Systems biology of plants and algae: Biochemistry of metabolic pathways in plants and algae Re-programming of metabolic pathways for improved plant and animal health, productivity and biofuel production; Chloroplast genome transformation in plants and algae.
- Production of eicosapentaenoic acid-rich omega-3 oil from thraustochytrids. Funded by: DIIS - Innovations Connections - Competitive from (2020 to 2021)