Dist. Professor Irene Yarovsky
Professor
Details
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Department: School of Engineering
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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irene.yarovsky@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-4033-5150
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Current and recent projects:
- Life Sciences
- Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project)
- Theoretical modelling of biomolecular responses to electromagnetic radiation (NHMRC Centre of Excellence: Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR))
- Protein self-assembly on surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles (ARC Discovery project)
Materials:
- Theoretical modelling of fundamental molecular mechanisms of biomolecular adsorption to functional surfaces (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing)
- Theoretical modelling study of thin film permeability (ARC Discovery project)
- Environmentally responsive clean coatings (ARC Linkage project)
- New materials for hydrogen storage (ARC Discovery project)
- Modelling novel self-assembling materials
- Life Sciences
- Understanding biomolecular interactions of nanoparticles for engineering efficient nanobiomaterials and devices (ARC Discovery project)
- Theoretical modelling of biomolecular responses to electromagnetic radiation (NHMRC Centre of Excellence: Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research (ACEBR))
- Protein self-assembly on surfaces, interfaces and nanoparticles (ARC Discovery project)
Materials:
- Theoretical modelling of fundamental molecular mechanisms of biomolecular adsorption to functional surfaces (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing)
- Theoretical modelling study of thin film permeability (ARC Discovery project)
- Environmentally responsive clean coatings (ARC Linkage project)
- New materials for hydrogen storage (ARC Discovery project)
- Modelling novel self-assembling materials
Supervisor projects
- Molecular understanding of protein misfolding and aggregation phenomena
- 1 Mar 2022
- Computational Modelling of Graphene Oxide and Amyloidogenic Protein Amylin
- 19 Oct 2020
- Computer Aided Design of Antimicrobial Surface
- 1 Mar 2017
- Atomistic Insights into the Effects of Electromagnetic Field on Amyloidogenic Peptides
- 21 Jul 2014
- Molecular simulation of protein adhesion for rational design of antimicrobial surfaces
- 4 Mar 2013
- In silico explorations of gold-biomolecule interactions for the engineering of biomedical gold nanomaterials
- 4 Mar 2013
Teaching interests
Supervisor interests
Computational modelling of materials and theoretical materials design: biomolecular systems (peptides, proteins, drugs, membranes), industrial materials (coatings, minerals, energy materials), nanostructures and bio-nanotechnology applications
Computational modelling of materials and theoretical materials design: biomolecular systems (peptides, proteins, drugs, membranes), industrial materials (coatings, minerals, energy materials), nanostructures and bio-nanotechnology applications
Research interests
Theoretical computer simulations of the structure and properties of matter.
