Environmental Chemistry, Contaminants and Characterisation

• The M² Project will provide a longitudinal dataset of microplastic prevalence in key Victorian sites (such as the Otway Ranges) – a collaboration between Federation University students, the Victorian Environmental Protection Agency (VicEPA) and Barwon Water. 
• Bioaccumulation and magnification of pharmaceuticals in Australian waterways and terminal lake systems ($18,000) 
• Bioremediation of pharmaceuticals from wastewater streams ($54,000) 
• Microplastic and pharmaceutical bioaccumulation in Australian little penguin populations (Honours) 
• Commercial and pre-commercial humic substance development 
• Bioaccumulation of microplastics in edible fish species of Port Phillip Bay (Honours) 
• Colorimetric sensing arrays for food and beverage analysis 

• 2025: The Distribution of microplastics in an urban wetland (Honours) 
• 2025: Identifying chemical changes during process liquid ageing ($25,000)  
• 2024: Thermophilic compost: humic substance transformation and contaminants (Honours) 
• 2024: Investigating ethanol in non-alcoholic kombucha through infrared spectroscopy and microbial analysis (Honours)
• 2024: Chemiluminescence for rapid in-situ determination of emerging contaminants present in regional, peri-urban and urban environments ($10,000)
• 2022: Effects of tailored peroxide oxidation on yield and molecular structure of humic substances from Victorian lignite (PhD)  
• 2022: Next-generation plant biostimulant product development from Victorian brown coal ($300,000)
• 2022: Humic acid-derived agricultural products: Chemical characterisation of humic substances ($60,000) 
• 2021: Assessment and comparison analysis of the quality of Yallourn and Loy Yang coals in relation to their suitability for alternate uses ($15,000)  
• 2021: Can metal concentration be used to detect Fasciola Hepatica infection? (Honours) 
• 2020: Bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals in local biome at Australian marine and riverine outfall locations ($16,500) 
• 2019: Effects of brown coal fly ash on 30% monoethanolamine CO2 capture systems (PhD)  
• 2017: Environment and CO2 processing implications in amine capture system degradation products ($740,000) 
• Volatile aroma composition resulting from the fermentation of native Australian honey (approx. $8,500, RSC UK) 

2026 

• McIntyre, D. B., Barton, P. S., Preston, S., & Long, B. M. (2026). Microbial succession in decomposing carrion is driven by time, modulated by insects and microbial perturbation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17, 1773208.  

2025 

• Harriage, S. J., Schultz, N. L., Barton, P. S., Saaristo, M., & Long, B. M. (2025). The trophic transfer of pharmaceuticals and personal care products: A global systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 139806.  
• Liu, D. Z., Hassan, S., Long, B. M., Labas, A., Amamcharla, J. K., Yoo, M. J., Hu, X., & Bean, D. C. (2025). pH-Responsive Bacterial Nanocellulose Smart Labels Derived from Acid Whey for Estimating Beef Mince Quality Alterations During Storage. Foods, 14(9), 1544. 
• McIntyre, D. B., Long, B. M., Dawson, B. M., & Barton, P. S. (2025). Effect of insect exclusion and microbial perturbation on piglet mass loss and total body score. Forensic Sci Int, 367, 112336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112336  
• McIntyre, D. B., Pantha, K., Barton, P. S., & Long, B. M. (2025). Effect of trimethoprim on Calliphora stygia (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae growth and detection via liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Medical Entomology, 62(4), 782-788.  
• Pantha, K., Schultz, N., Barton, A., & Long, B. (2025). Insights into bioremediation of pharmaceuticals from wastewater streams: A meta-analysis of build type and organism selection. Journal of Environmental Management, 394, 127482.  

2024 

• Harriage, S., Harasheh, A., Schultz, N., & Long, B. J. M. (2024). Bioconcentration of pharmaceuticals by aquatic flora in an Australian river system. Science of The Total Environment, 946.  

2023 

• Allwood JG, Wakeling LT, Bean DC. Microbial ecology of Australian commercial rice koji and soybean miso. JSFA Reports. 2023;3(5):207–221. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsf2.112 
• Allwood, J. G., Wakeling, L. T., Post, L. S., & Bean, D. C. (2023). Food safety considerations in the production of traditional fermented products: Japanese rice koji and miso. Journal of Food Safety, 43(4), e13048. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfs.13048
• Dehnavi, S. S., Cembran, A., Mahmoudi, N., Aguilar, L. M. C., Wang, Y., Cheeseman, S., Malagutti, N., Franks, S., Long, B., Lisowski, L., Harvey, A. R., Parish, C. L., Williams, R. J., & Nisbet, D. R. (2023). Molecular camouflage by a context-specific hydrogel as the key to unlock the potential of viral vector gene therapy. Chemical Engineering Journal, 477, 146857. https://doi.org/ARTN 146857
• Liu, D., Labas, A., Long, B. M., McKnight, S., Xu, C. L., Tian, J., & Xu, Y. (2023). Bacterial nanocellulose production using cost-effective, environmentally friendly, acid whey based approach. Bioresource Technology Reports, 24, 101629. https://doi.org/ARTN 101629 
• Long, B. M., Harriage, S., Schultz, N. L., Sherman, C. D., & Thomas, M. (2023). Pharmaceutical pollution in marine waters and benthic flora of the southern Australian coastline. Environmental Chemistry, 19(6), 375-384.

2022 

• Boyd-Moss, M., Firipis, K., Quigley, A., Rifai, A., Cichocki, A., Whitty, S., Ngan, C., Dekiwadia, C., Long, B., Nisbet, D. R., Kapsa, R., & Williams, R. J. (2022). Hybrid Self-Assembling Peptide/Gelatin Methacrylate (GelMA) Bioink Blend for Improved Bioprintability and Primary Myoblast Response. Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2(2), 2100106. 
• Al Balushi, N., Boyd-Moss, M., Samarasinghe, R. M., Rifai, A., Franks, S. J., Firipis, K., Long, B. M., Darby, I. A., Nisbet, D. R., Pouniotis, D., & Williams, R. J. (2022). Self-Assembled Peptide Habitats to Model Tumor Metastasis. Gels, 8(6), 332. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8060332 

2021 

• Allwood J, Wakeling L, Bean D. Fermentation and the microbial community of Japanese koji and miso: A review. J Food Sci. 2021; 86:2194–2207. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.15773 
• Boyd-Moss, M., Firipis, K., O’Connell, C. D., Rifai, A., Quigley, A., Boer, G., Long, B. M., Nisbet, D. R., & Williams, R. J. (2021). Shining a light on the hidden structure of gelatin methacryloyl bioinks using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 5(22), 8025-8036. 
• Firipis, K., Boyd-Moss, M., Long, B., Dekiwadia, C., Hoskin, W., Pirogova, E., Nisbet, D. R., Kapsa, R. M. I., Quigley, A. F., & Williams, R. J. (2021). Tuneable Hybrid Hydrogels via Complementary Self-Assembly of a Bioactive Peptide with a Robust Polysaccharide. ACS Biomater Sci Eng, 7(7), 3340-3350. 
• Hunt, C. P. J., Penna, V., Gantner, C. W., Moriarty, N., Wang, Y., Franks, S., Ermine, C. M., de Luzy, I. R., Pavan, C., Long, B. M., Williams, R. J., Thompson, L. H., Nisbet, D. R., & Parish, C. L. (2021). Tissue Programmed Hydrogels Functionalized with GDNF Improve Human Neural Grafts in Parkinson's Disease. Advanced Functional Materials, 31(47), 2105301.
• Johnson, J. B., Steicke, M., Mani, J. S., Rao, S., Anderson, S., Wakeling, L., & Naiker, M. (2021). Changes in Anthocyanin and Antioxidant Contents during Maturation of Australian Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) Cultivars. Engineering Proceedings, 11(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/ASEC2021-11155 
• Kiran, S., Chew, G. S., Johnson, J. B., Mani, J. S., Wakeling, L., Portman, A., & Naiker, M. (2021). Australian ethnomedicinal plant extracts promote apoptosis-mediated cell death in human hepatocellular carcinoma in vitro. Pharmacognosy Communications, 11(4), 210–213. 
• Wilson, A., Johnson, J. B., Batley, R., Lal, P., Wakeling, L., & Naiker, M. (2021). Authentication Using Volatile Composition: A Proof-of-Concept Study on the Volatile Profiles of Fourteen Queensland Ciders. Beverages, 7(2), 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/beverages7020028 

2020 

• Hameed, N., Eyckens, D. J., Long, B. M., Salim, N. V., Capricho, J. C., Servinis, L., De Souza, M., Perus, M. D., Varley, R. J., & Henderson, L. C. (2020). Rapid Cross-Linking of Epoxy Thermosets Induced by Solvate Ionic Liquids. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2(7), 2651-2657. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.0c00257 
• Naiker, M., Anderson, S., Johnson, J.B., Mani, J.S., Wakeling, L. and Bowry, V. (2020), Loss of trans-resveratrol during storage and ageing of red wines. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 26: 385-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12449 
• Puxty, G., Bennett, R., Conway, W., Webster-Gardiner, M., Yang, Q., Pearson, P., Cottrell, A., Huang, S., Feron, P., Reynolds, A., Verheyen, V. (2020). IR Monitoring of Absorbent Composition and Degradation during Pilot Plant Operation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, acs.iecr.9b05309. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b05309  

2019 

• Chadha, A., Florentine, S. K., Chauhan, B. S., Long, B., & Jayasundera, M. (2019). Influence of soil moisture regimes on growth, photosynthetic capacity, leaf biochemistry and reproductive capabilities of the invasive agronomic weed; PLOS ONE, 14(6).  
• Chadha, A., Florentine, S., Chauhan, B. S., Long, B., Jayasundera, M., Javaid, M. M., & Turville, C. (2019). Environmental factors affecting the germination and seedling emergence of two populations of an emerging agricultural weed: wild lettuce (Lactuca serriola). Crop & Pasture Science, 70(8), 709-717. 
• Long, B. M., Wakeling, L., Bean, D., Fotinatos, N., Greenhill, A., Myers, M., Shultz, N., & Louwhoff, S. (2019). The Bush Medicine Project: An authentic cross-discipline, cross-course and cross-campus research project as a learning experience. Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, 
• Smith, D. G., Mitchell, L., & New, E. J. (2019). Pattern recognition of toxic metal ions using a single-probe thiocoumarin array. Analyst, 144(1), 230–236.  
• Soulsby, L. C., Doeven, E. H., Pham, T. T., Eyckens, D. J., Henderson, L. C., Long, B. M., Guijt, R. M., & Francis, P. S. (2019). Colour tuning and enhancement of gel-based electrochemiluminescence devices utilising Ru(ii) and Ir(iii) complexes. Chem Commun (Camb), 55(76), 11474-11477.  

2018 

• Brendel, J. C., Sanchis, J., Catrouillet, S., Czuba, E., Chen, M. Z., Long, B. M., Nowell, C., Johnston, A., Jolliffe, K. A., & Perrier, S. (2018). Secondary self‐assembly of supramolecular nanotubes into tubisomes and their activity on cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 57(51), 16678-16682. 
• Reynolds, A., Joseph, S.D., Verheyen, T.V., Chinu, K., Taherymoosavi, S., Munroe, P.R., Donne, S., Pace, B., van Zwieten, L., Marjo, C.E., Thomas, T., Rawal, A., Hook, J., 2018. Effect of clay and iron sulphate on volatile and water-extractable organic compounds in bamboo biochars. J. Anal. Appl. Pyrolysis 133, 22–29. doi:10.1016/j.jaap.2018.05.007  
• San Seint Aye, R. L., Mitchell Boyd-Moss, B M Long, Sivapryia Pavuluri, Kiara Brugemann, Yi Wang, Colin Barrow, David nisbet, Richard Williams *. (2018). Scaffolds formed via the non-equilibrium supramolecular assembly of the synergistic ECM peptides RGD and PHSRN demonstrate improved cell attachment in 3D. Polymers, 10(7), 690. 
• Zelong Lim, David G. Smith, Jacek L. Kolanowski, Rebecca L. Mattison, Jonathan C. Knowles, Song-Yi Baek, Wojciech Chrzanowski, Elizabeth J. New; A reversible fluorescent probe for monitoring Ag(I) ions. J R Soc Interface 1 July 2018; 15 (144): 20180346. 

2017 

• Dhingra, S., Khakharia, P., Rieder, A., Cousins, A., Reynolds, A., Knudsen, J., Andersen, J., Irons, R., Mertens, J., Zahra, M.A., Van Os, P., Goetheer, E. 2017, Understanding and Modelling the Effect of Dissolved Metals on Solvent Degradation in Post Combustion CO2 Capture Based on Pilot Plant Experience, Energies, 10 (629). 
• Li, R., Boyd-Moss, M., Long, B., Martel, A., Parnell, A., Dennison, A. J. C., Barrow, C. J., Nisbet, D. R., & Williams, R. J. (2017). Facile Control over the Supramolecular Ordering of Self-assembled Peptide Scaffolds by Simultaneous Assembly with a Polysacharride. Sci Rep, 7(1), 4797. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04643-3 
• Al-Mahamad, L. L. G., El-Zubir, O., Smith, D. G., Horrocks, B. R., & Houlton, A. (2017). A coordination polymer for the site-specific integration of semiconducting sequences into DNA-based materials. Nature Communications, 8(1), 720. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00852-6 
• Long, B. M., Pfeffer, F. M., & Barrow, C. J. (2017). Colorimetric semi-quantitative measurement of pyrophosphate by functionalised SPPS resin in biological media. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 243, 761-764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2016.12.057 
• Smith, D. G., Topolnicki, I. L., Zwicker, V. E., Jolliffe, K. A., & New, E. J. (2017). Fluorescent sensing arrays for cations and anions. Analyst, 142(19), 3549–3563. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7AN01200D 
• Taherymoosavi, S., Verheyen, T.V., Munroe, P., Joeseph, S., Reynolds, A. 2017, Characterisation of organic compounds in biochars derived from municipal solid waste. Waste Management, 67, pp. 131-142.  
• Verheyen, T. V. & Reynolds, A. J. 2017. Yallourn brown coal – the effect of drying conditions of VOC emissions. Fuel Processing Technology, 155, pp. 88-96.  
• Zwicker, V. E., Yuen, K. K. Y., Smith, D. G., Ho, J., Qin, L., Turner, P., & Jolliffe, K. A. (2018). Deltamides and croconamides: Expanding the range of dual H‐bond donors for selective anion recognition. Chemistry – A European Journal, 24(5), 1140–1150. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704388