Fields of Research

Food packaging, preservation and processing
Post harvest horticultural technologies (incl. transportation and storage)
Crop and pasture biochemistry and physiology
Separation science
Logistics
Food chemistry and food sensory science
Horticultural crop growth and development
Sport and exercise nutrition
Food nutritional balance
Crop and pasture improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
Horticultural production
Gastroenterology and hepatology
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Horticultural crop improvement (incl. selection and breeding)
Crop and pasture biomass and bioproducts
Horticultural crop protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds)
Medical bacteriology
Food properties (incl. characteristics and health benefits)
Crop and pasture post harvest technologies (incl. transportation and storage)
Supply chains
Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds)
Nutrition and dietetics
Agricultural land management
Agricultural production systems simulation
Aquaculture
Data engineering and data science
Metabolic medicine
Agricultural land planning
Agriculture, land and farm management
Nutritional science
Respiratory diseases
Environmental management
Microbiology
Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
Decision making
Food technology
Food safety, traceability, certification and authenticity
Genetically modified field crops and pasture
Higher education
Consumer-oriented product or service development
Exercise physiology
Wireless communication systems and technologies (incl. microwave and millimetrewave)
Modelling and simulation
Animal management
Cognition
Forestry biomass and bioproducts
Analytical spectrometry
Instrumental methods (excl. immunological and bioassay methods)
Wood processing
Medical biotechnology
Food engineering
Plant physiology

Research Objectives

Processed fruit and vegetable products (incl. juices)
Fresh fruits and vegetables (post harvest)
Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
Clinical health
Stone fruit (excl. avocado)
Nutraceuticals and functional foods
Field grown vegetable crops
Tropical fruit
Flour mill and cereal food
Pome fruit, pip fruit
Nutrition
Plant product traceability and quality assurance (excl. forest products)
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Berry fruit (excl. kiwifruit)
Logistics
Sugar
Non-dairy milk
Food safety
Aquaculture molluscs (excl. oysters)
Human pharmaceutical treatments
Road freight
Processed meat products
Emerging defence technologies
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Maize
Land
Evaluation, allocation, and impacts of land use
Plant extracts
Expanding knowledge in the mathematical sciences
Sorghum
Carcass meat (incl. fish and seafood)
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Processed food products and beverages (excl. dairy products)
Other commercial services and tourism
Industrial crops
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Other health
Environmentally sustainable information and communication services
Fisheries - aquaculture
Barley
Air quality
Personnel
Horticultural crops
Other animal production and animal primary products
Human biological preventatives
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments
Reconstituted timber products
Wine grapes
Essential oil crops
Plant extract crops
Wood products
Processed fish and seafood products

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Advanced modelling approaches for optimising regional land use development: a case study of irrigation expansion in Tasmania; 9th Annual Graduate Research Conference 2015
An integrated economic, environmental and social approach to agricultural land-use planning; Land
Anti-heartburn effects of sugar cane flour: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study; Nutrients
Application of electrolysed oxidising water as a sanitiser to extend the shelf-life of seafood products: a review; Journal of Food Science and Technology
Asian Export of Branded King Island Wallaby: Stage One Proof of Concept
Assessment and characterizing mechanical damage in packaged bananas in the post-harvest supply chain; 7th International Conference on Traffic and Logistic Engineering
Bioactive anthocyanins in 'Queen Garnet' plum - maturity and bioavailability; XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes: VI International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables (FAVHEALTH 2014)
Calcium ascorbate treatments to control the fresh-cut apple quality reduction when stored at high temperature; International Horticultural Congress
Changes in markers of inflammation, antioxidant capacity and oxidative stress in smokers following consumption of milk, and milk supplemented with fruit and vegetable extracts and vitamin C; International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
Combinations of plant-derived compounds against Campylobacter in vitro; Journal of Applied Poultry Research
Comparison of cation-exchange capillary columns used for ion chromatographic separation of biogenic amines; Journal of Chromatography A
Consumption of anthocyanin-rich Queen Garnet plum juice reduces platelet activation related thrombogenesis in healthy volunteers; Journal of Functional Foods
Control of microbes on barley grains using peroxyacetic acid and electrolysed water as antimicrobial agents; Food Microbiology
Creating new, high value innovative products from vegetables, root and tuber crops; XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: International Symposium on High Value Vegetables, Root and Tuber Crops, and Edible Fungi Production, Supply and Demands
Dataset of volatile compounds in fresh and stored cut watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) under varying processing and packaging conditions; Data in Brief
Developing an accelerated vibration simulation test for packaged bananas; Postharvest Biology and Technology
Effect of electric field distribution on the heating uniformity of a model ready-to-eat meal in microwave-assisted thermal sterilization using the FDTD method; Foods
Effect of storage conditions on shelf stability of undiluted neutral electrolysed water; Journal of Food Protection
Effects of calcium ascorbate treatments and storage atmosphere on antioxidant activity and quality of fresh-cut apple slices; Postharvest Biology and Technology
Effects of pre- and post-cut storage temperatures on fresh-cut watermelon quality and shelf-life; Proceedings of the 4th Asia Symposium on Quality Management in Postharvest Systems
Encapsulation of hydrocortisone and mesalazine in zein microparticles; Pharmaceutics
Evaluating packaging performance for bananas under simulated vibration; Food Packaging and Shelf Life
Evaluation of spoilage potential and volatile metabolites production by Shewanella baltica isolated from modified atmosphere packaged live mussels; Food Research International
Formulation and characterization of drug-loaded microparticles using distillers dried grain kafirin; Cereal Chemistry
Fresh-cut papaya with lemon myrtle as a value added product; XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes: IV International Symposium on Papaya, VIII International Pineapple Symposium, and International Symposium on Mango
High sensitivity deep-UV LED-based z-cell photometric detector for capillary liquid chromatography; Analytica Chimica Acta: International Journal Devoted to All Branches of Analytical Chemistry
Hot water treatment in combination with calcium ascorbate dips increases bioactive compounds and helps to maintain fresh-cut apple quality; Postharvest Biology and Technology
Increased profitability through product diversification and improved sugar quality; International Sugar Journal
Increased profitability through product diversification and improved sugar quality; 32nd Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
Increasing anthocyanin content in Queen Garnet plum and correlations with in-field measures; X International Symposium on Plum and Prune Genetics, Breeding and Pomology
Innovative processes and technologies for packaging of fresh fruit and vegetables: a review; Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Japanese plums (Prunus salicina Lindl.) and phytochemicals - breeding, horticultural practice, postharvest storage, processing and bioactivity; Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Linking consumer sensory acceptability to volatile composition for improved shelf-life: A case study of fresh-cut watermelon (Citrullus lanatus); Postharvest Biology and Technology
Making the most of secure water: a framework to aid decision making; 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015)
Measurement and analysis of vibration and mechanical damage to bananas during long-distance interstate transport by multi-trailer road trains; Postharvest Biology and Technology
Measurement and evaluation of the effect of vibration on fruits in transit-review; Packaging Technology and Science
Membrane fractionation technologies for high quality mill sugar and value-added by-products: an integrated sugar production process concept model; International Sugar Journal
Microbiota modulating nutritional approaches to countering the effects of viral respiratory infections including SARS-CoV-2 through promoting metabolic and immune fitness with probiotics and plant bioactives; Microorganisms
Microwave-assisted pasteurization and sterilization - commercial perspective; The Microwave Processing of Foods
Miniaturised electrically actuated high pressure injection valve for portable capillary liquid chromatography; Talanta
Miniaturised medium pressure capillary liquid chromatography system with flexible open platform design using off-the-shelf microfluidic components; Analytica Chimica Acta
Modulating the microbiome and immune responses using whole plant fibre in synbiotic combination with fibre-digesting probiotic attenuates chronic colonic inflammation in spontaneous colitic mice model of IBD; Nutrients
Past, present and future of military food technology; Journal of Food Science and Engineering
Perception of Australian consumers on resin canal discouloration (RCD) in mango; 30th International Horticultural Congress IHC2018: 7th International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Avocado, 2nd International Symposium on Jackfruit and Other Moraceae and 2nd International Symposium on D
Performance of a New 235 nm UV-LED-Based On-Capillary Photometric Detector; Analytical Chemistry
Physicochemical assessment and bioactive properties of condensed distillers solubles, a by-product from the sorghum bio-fuel industry; Journal of Cereal Science
Phytochemicals in the tissues of Australian-grown papaya cultivars; XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes: VI International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables (FAVHEALTH 2014)
Phytochemicals of papaya and its traditional health and culinary uses - a review; Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
Pilot-scale resin adsorption as a means to recover and fractionate apple polyphenols; Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Plum, Prune, and Ume Juices; Handbook of Functional Beverages and Human Health
Potential of nano-emulsions as phytochemical delivery system for food preservation; Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Preparation and in vitro release of drug-loaded microparticles for oral delivery using wholegrain sorghum kafirin protein; International Journal of Polymer Science
Preparation for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease using a Whole Plant Fibre Extract from Sugar Cane
Probiotic Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 spores exhibit excellent in-vitro functional efficacy in simulated gastric survival, mucosal adhesion and immunomodulation; Journal of Functional Foods
Properties of rehydrated freeze dried rice as a function of processing treatments; LWT
Quality deterioration of bananas in the post-harvest supply chain - an empirical study; Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications
Recent advances in postharvest technologies to extend the shelf life of blueberries (Vaccinium sp.), raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.) and blackberries (Rubus sp.); Journal of Berry Research
Screening of sorghum grain biorefinery by-products for growth inhibition of two common postharvest pathogens of mango; XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: International Symposia on Postharvest Knowledge for the Future and Consumer and Sensory Driven Improvements to Fruits and Nuts
Seafood spoilage microbiota and associated volatile organic compounds at different storage temperatures and packaging conditions
Spoilage microbial community profiling by 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing of modified atmosphere packaged live mussels stored at 4^oC; Food Research International
Stability of antioxidants in an apple polyphenol-milk model system; Food Chemistry
Structural properties and digestion of green banana flour as a functional ingredient in pasta; Food and Function
Survival, adhesion and immunomodulatory efficacy of spore-forming probiotic Bacillus coagulans; Australian Society for Microbiology National Scientific Meeting, Hobart 2017
Synbiotic supplementation containing whole plant sugar cane Fibre and probiotic spores potentiates protective synergistic effects in mouse model of IBD; Nutrients
Synbiotic supplementation with prebiotic green banana resistant starch and probiotic Bacillus coagulans spores ameliorates gut inflammation in mouse model of inflammatory bowel diseases; European Journal of Nutrition
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture submission to the Legislative Council Government Administration Committee ‘B’ Sub-Committee: Inquiry into Blueberry Rust in Tasmania
The ex vivo antiplatelet activation potential of fruit phenolic metabolite hippuric acid; Food and Function
The effects of pre-processing sanitation and modified atmosphere packaging on microbial growth in bulk packs of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fillets; IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
The potential of anthocyanin-rich Queen Garnet plum juice supplementation in alleviating thrombotic risk under induced oxidative stress conditions; Journal of Functional Foods
Urinary excretion of antioxidants in healthy humans following Queen Garnet plum juice ingestion: a new plum variety rich in antioxidant compounds; Journal of Food Biochemistry
Urinary Pharmacokinetics of Queen Garnet Plum Anthocyanins in Healthy Human Subjects; Emerging Trends in Dietary Components for Preventing and Combating Disease

Research Projects

A value chain approach to food product innovation; Horticulture Innovation Australia (HIA)
ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Innovative Horticultural Products: Adding value to horticulture value; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Boosting research capability to develop value-added products for the food and wood industries in regional areas.; Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
Listeria monocytogenes on Australian Rockmelons: Evaluating Technologies to Minimise Consumer Risk; Horticulture Innovation Australia (HIA)
Northern Australia Food Technology Innovation (NAFTI) Grant for CDU; Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
NRM North Elite Scholarship; The Northern Tasmanian Natural Resource Management Assoc Inc. (NRMNORTH)
AGREEMENT FOR THE FUNDING OF AN ACADEMIC POSITION RELATING TO THE CENTRE FOR FOOD INNOVATION
Asian export of branded King Island wallaby (1) Proof of concept
Centre for Food Innovation
Efficacy of K-Fibre in gastrointestinal health
Ethylene absorption technology to extend the shelf-life of fresh horticultural produce
Improvements to the production of combat ration pack rice
MATS Defence Foods Workshop
MATS Viability Study
MATS viability: SMEs Innovation program
Tassal shelf life of fresh salmon

Research Candidate Supervision

A Model-Base Approach of Sustainable Regional Food Systems (Land Use and Food System)
Portable liquid chromatographic separation platforms