Santana Royan

Area of research:
Biochemistry, Protein Engineering, Structural Biology (Crystallography and SAXS), Synthetic Biology

Research project details:

Engineering plastic degrading enzymes for improved activity and thermostability. Currently working on enzymes to degrade polyurethane, looking in the future at enzymes for more difficult to degrade plastics.

Location:

Materials Characterisation and Modelling Manufacturing; Building 201 Clayton.

Expectations from a mentoring partnership:

As I’m halfway through my postdoc, I’m looking for career-related and network building guidance.

Perhaps a catch up once a month or once every two months. I can do email or Webex communication but would like the opportunity to meet in person if able. A mentor with experience in both academic and industrial settings would be ideal.

More about me:

I have some diverse hobbies, including badminton, running, choral singing, and (don’t judge) Pokemon Go.

I was born in Malaysia and lived there until the end of high school. I lived in Perth for 10 years, where I did my undergrad, honours and PhD at UWA. I moved to Melbourne for this postdoc, and am really liking it here.