Members

A/Prof Yit-Heng Chooi (Heng)                                                                 

B.Sc., Ph.D  (C.V.)  

ARC Future Fellow

Honorary Raine/Robson Fellow

UWA School of Molecular Sciences

- ARC DECRA Fellow, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, 2013-15

- Postdoc., Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2009-13

- PhD., School of Applied Science, RMIT University

Postdoctoral Scholars

Marianne Costa MChem., PhD. 

CSIRO FSP SynBio Fellow

- MChem., PhD. University of Warwick, UK.

Simon Keßler BSc., MSc., PhD. 

Postdoctoral Associate

- BSc., MSc., Technical University of Munich, Germany; PhD.,University of Western Australia

Joe Bracegirdle BSc. (Hons),  PhD                                                                

Postdoctoral Associate

- BSc. (Hons), PhD; Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Nicolau Sbaraini Bsc., MSc., PhD                                                               

Postdoctoral Associate 

- BSc, MSc (Biotech. Mol. Bio.), PhD; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Doctor of Philosophy Students

Soo Sum (Susan) Lean BSc., MSc. (Gen. Mol. Bio.) 

RTP/UWA SIRF Scholarship

- BSc., UniSZA, Malaysia; MSc., University of Malaya, Malaysia

Coco (Tian) Xie BSc., MSc. (Biomed.) 

RTP/UWA SIRF Scholarship

- BSc., Ocean University of China, China; MSc., University of Western Australia

Clara Woodcraft BSc. (Hons) 

CRC-P/UWA co-funded scholarship

- BSc. (Hons., 1st Class); University of Western Australia 

Hamideh Rezaee BSc., MSc (Biotech.) 

ARC DP-funded scholarship

- BSc., Azad University (Arsanjan Branch), Iran; MSc. University of Western Australia 

Fraser Windsor BSc. (Hons) 

RTP scholarship
Graduate Women in Science and Mathmatics Scholarship

- BSc. (Hons., 1st Class); University of Western Australia 

Amr Arishi BSc. MSc (Biotech.) 

King Saud University scholarship

- BSc. Jazan University, Saudi Arabia; MSc (Biotech.); University of Western Australia 

Brodie Bulcock BSc. (Hons) 

RTP scholarship (Joint student with Dr Gavin Flematti)

- BSc. (Hons., 1st Class); University of Western Australia 

Hera Nguyen BSc. MSc. (Biotech)

RTP scholarship
Grains Research and Development Scholarship

- BSc. MSc. (Biotech.); University of Western Australia 

Ronan O'Neill BSc. MSc. (Biotech)

RTP scholarship

- BSc. MSc. (Biotech.); University of Western Australia 

Honours and Masters Students

Weijun (Andy) Lin Bsc.                                                               

Honours Student (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

- BSc; University of Western Australia

Liza Mantjani Bsc.                                                               

Masters of Infectious Disease Student 

- BSc; University of Western Australia

Udaiveer Gupta BTech.                                                               

Masters of Biotechnology Student (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

- Bachelor of Engineering (Biotechnology); Vellore Institute of Technology, India

Research Assistants

Jerry Cummins BSc. MSc. (Biotech)

- BSc. MSc. (Biotech.); University of Western Australia 

Chooi Lab Alumni

Daniel Loh
Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022)
Currently at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Dr Indra Roux
Chooi Lab PhD Student
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK

Dr Cameron Gilchrist
Chooi Lab PhD Student
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Dr Hang Li
Chooi Lab PhD Student
Associate Professor at Sun Yat-sen University, China 

Dr Jinyu Hu

Chooi Lab PhD Student

Research Scientist at Synceres Biosciences (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.


Chin Soon Phan

Visiting Fellow, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

Currently a JSPS Fellow at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan


Dr Nicolau Sbaraini
CEPAS Exchange Program Fellow, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Nicolau completed his PhD at UFRGS, Brazil before returning to the Chooi Lab as a postdoctral research associate

Rebecca Wolters
BSc. exchange student from Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany (2018)
Currently pursuing her PhD in the lab of George Fritz at UWA

Fiona McDonald
Master (Biotech) at UWA Molecular Sciences (2018)
Currently at Bioscience WA, Perth, WA


Sarah Negus
Honours (1st class) at UWA Molecular Sciences (2018)
Currently at Orthocell, Perth, WA


Rebecca Leone
Honours at UWA Molecular Sciences (2018)
Currently at a consulting company


Guozhi Zhang (2015)
Honours (1st class) at ANU Research School of Biology, Co-supervised with Assoc. Prof. Peter Solomon (ANU)

Currently continuing Medical degree at ANU


Dr Yeannie Yap
Endeavour Research Fellow, UWA/ANU (2015)
Now lecturer at MAHSA University, Malaysia