Dr. Toby D. M. Bell

Professional Profile:

2009-	Lecturer in Chemistry, Monash University, Australia.
2006-2008	Centenary Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia.
2003-2005	Postdoctoral Fellow, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, in the De Schryver – Van der Auweraer – Hofkens group.
2002	Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Germany, in the Braslavsky group.
1997-2001	PhD, University of Melbourne in the Ghiggino group.

Single molecule spectroscopy, time resolved fluorescence, energy transfer (FRET), energy transfer, annihilation phenomena, photon bunching and photon correlation.
In particular I am interested in

Discovering the fundamental photophysical properties of new materials at the single molecule level.
Understanding how energy is transported around in multi-chromophoric dye molecules, polymer chains and nanoparticles
Using SM techniques to address biophysical problems such as protein folding, aggregation and conformational change.

2009-2011	ARC Discovery grant on “Light harvesting polymers”
2007-2009	NHMRC grant on “Single cell biology”
2006-2008	ARC Discovery grant on “Novel luminescent compounds”
2006-2007	University of Melbourne Centenary Fellowship for “Single Molecule Spectroscopy”

Prof. Ken Ghiggino Research Group, University of Melbourne, Australia. (http://www.chemistry.unimelb.edu.au/people/ghiggino.html)
Prof. Steven Langford Research Group, Monash University, Australia. (http://www.chem.monash.edu.au/staff/langford/index.html)
Prof. Johan Hofkens Research Group, KULeuven, Belgium. (http://www.chem.kuleuven.be/research/mds/mds_en.html)
Dr. Andrew Clayton Research Group, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Australia. (http://www.ludwig.edu.au/branch/research/cell-biophysics.htm)
Prof. Paul Mulvaney Research Group, University of Melbourne, Australia. (http://www.nanoparticle.com/)

Take a look at my research page for more info or contact me directly at toby.bell@sci.monash.edu.au