Our People
A collective of glycoscientists.
A dedicated team of researchers across staff, postdocs and HDR students — and a growing community of alumni working across academia and industry.
Head of Lab
Distinguished Prof. Nicki Packer
Glycobiology, glycoproteomics and translational glycomics
Nicki leads the Packer Glyco Lab and has shaped the field of structural and functional glycomics over more than two decades. Her work spans analytical innovation, neuroglycobiology, Polysaccharide analysis, Mucinomics and applied glycoscience in mammalian biology.
nicki.packer@mq.edu.auStaff & Postdocs
5 membersAbarma Mohana Murugan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Evolutionary glycoscience and serum N-glycomics
Edward Moh
Senior Research Fellow
Multi-omic analytical method development
Katherine Wongtrakul-Kish
Senior Research Fellow
Glyco-analytics toolkit development and medical glycomics research
Liisa Kautto
Senior Research Fellow
Cancer glycomics and developing methods for applied glycoscience
Sagar Dalal
Postdoctrol Research Fellow
Neuroglycomics and analytical method development
HDR Students
5 candidatesIsabella Steen
PhD Candidate
Analysis of free oligosaccharides in breast milk
Lauren Richardson
PhD Candidate
Mucin glycomics and microbiome analysis
Jessica Simpson
PhD Candidate
Runsheng Guo
PhD Candidate
Physicochemical properties and bioactivity analysis of polysaccharides
Shriya Agarwal
PhD Candidate
Mapping extracellular vesicle glycans in cancer.
Alumni
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