B Science (Hons), PhD
Contact details for Dr Rohan Davis
Research Member, Davis Group, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies
Biography
Dr Rohan Davis obtained his B Science with Honours from the University of Melbourne (1992), and subsequently gained several years of industry experience working for AstraZeneca, Griffith University. Awarded a PhD from Griffith University in 2001, he then obtained 2 years post-doctoral experience at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA. Returning to Griffith University in 2003 Dr Davis is currently Group Leader of the Natural Product Chemistry team at the Eskitis Institute of Cell and Molecular Therapies.
Dr Davis' research interests include:
- Isolation and structure elucidation of bioactive natural products
- Biodiscovery involving high throughput screening against molecular targets
- Design and synthesis of libraries based on natural product scaffolds
- Discovery of novel secondary metabolites from fungi