Our Students

Ms Amy Dawson
BMedSci(Hons)

Thesis title: Does early developmental disruption make the brain more vulnerable to the effects of cannabis?
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Kelly Newell

Phone: 4298 1543
Office: 32.326
Email: aed490@uow.edu.au

Mr Martin Engel
PhD

Thesis title: The role of Neuregulin-1 back-signalling in the neuroimmunology of a mutant mouse model for Schizophrenia
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Elisabeth Frank

Email: me951@uowmail.edu.au

Ms Katrina Green
BSci (Hons)

Thesis title: Mechanisms and control of weight gain associated with Zyprexa (olanzapine) therapy
Supervisors: Dr Chao Deng and Professor Xu-Feng Huang

Phone: 4221 3494
Office: 41.323
Email: klw89@uow.edu.au

Ms Dian Handayani
Dipl Nutr, BPHSci, MBioMedSci

Thesis title: The Role of Oat and Mushroom Beta Glucan to improve obesity in anthropometric, lipid profile, metabolic hormone and immune system
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng Huang, A/Professor Barbara Meyer and Dr Jason Chen

Phone: 4221 4274
Office: 41.242
Email: dh753@uow.edu.au

Ms Meng He
PhD

Thesis title: Schizophrenia: control of weight gain and metabolic disorders associated with antipsychotic therapy
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Chao Deng

Email: mh688@uowmail.edu.au

Ms Somayeh Parastoo Jafari
BSc, MSc (Chemistry)

Thesis title: Design, Synthesis and Pharmacolological Evaluation of Novel Antipsychotic Drugs Based on Olanzapine that Display Reduced Metabolic Side Effects
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Fransesca Fernandez 

Phone: 4298 1356
Office: 32.325
Email: sj926@uow.edu.au

Ms Jiamei Lian
MBBS, MSc (Res)

Thesis title: tba
Supervisors: Dr Chao Deng and Prof. Xu-Feng Huang

Phone: 4298 1535
Office: 32.326
Email: jl841@uow.edu.au

Ms Peta Snikeris
BMedSci(Hons)

Thesis title: Schizophrenia and the immune system – ‘messed-up’ through the PI3K/Akt pathway
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Elisabeth Frank

Phone: 4221 4584
Office: 41.324
Email: pas649@uow.edu.au 

Mr Michael De Santis
MsC

Thesis title: My actual experiment I am completing is yet to be determined, however comes under chaos new grant in which is entitled: "Mechanisms of Functionally selective drugs: implication for new generation of antipsychotic drugs"
Supervisors: Dr Chao Deng and Prof. Xu-Feng Huang

Phone: 42981597
Office: 32.228
Email: mds953@uowmail.edu.au

Ms Sara Grafenauer
BSc(nutrition), MSc(nutrition and dietetics), APD

Thesis title: Development of a functional food formulation to achieve synergistic satiety effects
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng and Dr Craig Patch

Phone: 4221 3947
Office: 41.249
Email: sarag@uow.edu.au

Publications

Mr Nikolce Mackovski
BMedSci

Thesis title: Chronic treatment of simvastatin affects CB1 and M2/4 receptor in different parts of brain in SD and 6-OHDA lesioned rats
Supervisors: Dr Dennis Wang, Professor Xu-Feng Huang and A/Professor Barbara Meyer

Phone: 4221 4584
Office: 41.323
Email: nm912@uow.edu.au

Mr Bo Pan
BMedSci, MSc(nutrition and dietetics)

Thesis title: tba
Supervisors: Dr Chao Deng and Professor Xu-Feng Huang

Phone: 0411640193
Office: 41.242
Email: bp355@uow.edu.au

Ms Ljiljana Radjocic
BSc(veterinary science)

Thesis title: The effect of maternal macronutritional diet, during gestation, on offspring development of obesity, diabetes type II, anxiety and depression
Supervisors: Professor Xu-Feng Huang and Dr Tracy Maddocks

Phone: 4221 3595
Office: 41.242
Email: ljiljana@uow.edu.au