Dist. Professor Elena Ivanova
Details
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Department: School of Science
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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elena.ivanova@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID:
0000-0002-5509-8071
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Elena P. Ivanova is Distinguished Professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (Melbourne). Elena received her Doctor of Philosophy from the Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Ukraine, Doctor of Science from the Pacific Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry, Russian Federation, Juris Doctorate from the University of Melbourne and Graduate Diploma from the Law Institute, Victoria. She has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (Japan), Visiting Researcher at the Center of Marine Biotechnology at, the University of Maryland (USA), Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University (Japan), Cambridge University (UK) and the Institut Charles, Sadron, CNRS (France). She joined Swinburne University of Technology in 2001, and moved RMIT University in 2018.
Research fields
- 401605 Functional materials
- 310607 Nanobiotechnology
- 510501 Biological physics
- 340603 Colloid and surface chemistry
Academic positions
- Distinguished Professor
- Royal Melburne Institute of Technology Univeristy
- Physics
- Melbournme, Australia
- 1 Jan 2019 – Present
- Professor
- Royal Melburne Institute of Technology Univeristy
- Physics
- Melbourne, Australia
- 1 Mar 2018 – Present
- Senior lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Melbourne, Australia
- 19 Jan 2001 – 19 Feb 2018
- Senior Scientist
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. GB Elyakova Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Vladivostok, Russia
- 15 Jan 1998 – 15 Jan 2001
- Research Fellow
- Univeristy of Maryland, Center of Marine Biotechnology
- Baltimore, United States
- 15 Jan 1997 – 15 Jan 1998
- Advanced Technology Researcher
- New Energy amd Industrial Technology Developemnt Organisation
- Osaka, Japan
- 1 Dec 1995 – 15 Jan 1997
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Osaka National Research Institute
- Osaka, Japan
- 1 Dec 1994 – 1 Dec 1995
Supervisor projects
- Laser-synthesized nanomaterials for new biological applications
- 20 May 2025
- Studies on preparation, characterization and applications of protein hydrolysate from red seaweed
- 24 Mar 2025
- Developing and Investigating Antiviral Mechanisms of Nanostructured Surfaces against Broad Spectrum of Viral Species
- 21 Feb 2024
- Biodegradable packaging from Australian underutilised sources
- 9 Jan 2024
- Design and characterisation of surface topography and architecture of advanced biomimetic functional coatings
- 4 Jan 2024
- Investigation of Bio-interfaces of Common Paediatric Virus Human Parainfluenza Virus Type3 with Synthetic Nanospike Silicon Surfaces
- 10 May 2021
- Development of Biodegradable Nanostructured Hydrophobic and Superhydrophobic Packaging Films
- 26 Apr 2021
- Development of Multifunctional Bactericidal Micro-nanostructured Titanium Surfaces with Appropriate Osteogenic and Inflammatory Responses
- 18 Oct 2019
- Investigation of Biointerfaces of Opportunistic Pathogenic Candida albicans and Environmental Filamentous Aspergillus brasiliensis With Biomimetic Bactericidal Surfaces
- 9 Apr 2019
- Plasma-Based Strategies for Biofilm Control
- 17 Jul 2018
Teaching interests
Supervisor interests
Biophysics, nanobiotechnology, design and fabrication biomimetic antimicrobial/biocidal surfaces, biomaterials, immobilization of bio-molecules & micro-organisms in micro/nano/environments.
Research interests
Elena's research is concentrated in the fundamental and applied fields of biophysics and nanobiotechnology, with a focus on the design, fabrication and operation of planar micro-devices; immobilization of bio-molecules and micro-organisms in micro/nano/environments, bacterial interactions with macro/micro/nano-structured surfaces, biomaterials, biomimetic antimicrobial surfaces.
