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Dr Roland Chung

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Lecturer

BSc(Hons) La Trobe University
PhD La Trobe University

Telephone: +61 3 9903 9151
Fax: +61 3 9903 9582
Email: roland.chung@pharm.monash.edu.au

Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Research interests

  • Kinetic and structural investigation of aldose reductase and other enzymes implicated in diabetes complications
  • Structural analysis of hormone–regulating dihydrodiol dehydrogenases to identify molecular determinants for substrate specificity
  • Docking studies to identify lead compounds for these enzymes

Education

  • Lecturer, tutor, laboratory overseer and unit coordinator for first year organic chemistry units for the Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science degrees
  • Providing technical expertise for postgraduate students in the protein purification and x-ray crystallography facilities

External appointments

  • Member, Bio21 collaborative crystallisation centre oversight committee