Dr Georgina Sylvia

Senior Project Officer

School of Physical Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

An enthusiastic and highly organised STEM-trained professional, I am committed to delivering quality scientific and practical solutions for all research stakeholders.

I'm also passionate about science outreach, and volunteering with organisations which promote STEM education. As a Science Presenter, I run fun and interactive workshops for kids complete with slime, strawberries and the occasional explosion.

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Appointments

Date Position Institution name
2020 Senior Project Officer University of Adelaide
2018 - 2020 Postdoctoral Research Scientist University of Adelaide

Date	Position	Institution name
2020	Senior Project Officer	University of Adelaide
2018 - 2020	Postdoctoral Research Scientist	University of Adelaide

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2013 - 2013	University Of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science (Honours)
2010 - 2012	University Of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science (Nanoscience and Materials)

Postgraduate Training

Date Title Institution Country
2014 - 2018 Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Sciences) University of Adelaide Australia
Research Interests

Biophotonics Fertility Functional Materials Medical Devices Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry Nanotechnology Sensor Technology

Date	Title	Institution	Country
2014 - 2018	Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Sciences)	University of Adelaide	Australia

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Journals

Year	Citation
2020	Khalid, A., Peng, L., Arman, A., Warren-Smith, S., Schartner, E., Sylvia, G., . . . Li, J. (2020). Silk: a bio-derived coating for optical fiber sensing applications. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 311, 127864-1-127864-8. DOI
2020	McLennan, H. J., Saini, A., Sylvia, G. M., Schartner, E. P., Dunning, K. R., Purdey, M. S., . . . Thompson, J. G. (2020). A biophotonic approach to measure pH in small volumes in vitro: quantifiable differences in metabolic flux around the cumulus-oocyte-complex (COC). Journal of Biophotonics, 13(3), e201960038-1-e201960038-9. DOI Scopus1
2019	Pei, J., Heng, S., De Ieso, M., Sylvia, G., Kourghi, M., Nourmohammadi, S., . . . Yool, A. (2019). Development of a photoswitchable lithium-sensitive probe to analyze nonselective cation channel activity in migrating cancer cells. Molecular Pharmacology, 95(5), 573-583. DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2018	Sylvia, G., Heng, S., Bachhuka, A., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Abell, A. (2018). A spiropyran with enhanced fluorescence: a bright, photostable and red-emitting calcium sensor. Tetrahedron, 74(12), 1240-1244. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2018	Sylvia, G., Mak, A., Heng, S., Bachhuka, A., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Abell, A. (2018). A rationally designed, spiropyran-based chemosensor for magnesium. Chemosensors, 6(2), 1-12. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2017	Law, C., Sylvia, G., Nemati, M., Yu, J., Losic, D., Abell, A., & Santos, A. (2017). Engineering of surface chemistry for enhanced sensitivity in nanoporous interferometric sensing platforms. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9(10), 8929-8940. DOI Scopus22 WoS20 Europe PMC4

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2019	Peng, L., Khalid, A., Warren-Smith, S. C., Arman, A., Schartner, E. P., Sylvia, G. M., . . . Li, J. (2019). Chemical sensing based on silk coated exposed-core fibers. In Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 11202 (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE. DOI
2019	Sylvia, G., Schartner, E., McLennan, H., Saini, A., Dunning, K., Purdey, M., . . . Thompson, J. (2019). High precision pH measurements in biological environments using a portable optical fibre pH sensor. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11202 (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE. DOI
2016	Sylvia, G., Heng, S., & Abell, A. (2016). Fluorescence enhancement of photoswitchable metal ion sensors. In M. Hutchinson, & E. Goldys (Eds.), Proceedings: SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia Vol. 10013 (pp. 100131X-1-100131X-9). Adelaide, Australia: SPIE. DOI

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2018	Pei, J. V., Heng, S., De Ieso, M., Sylvia, G., Kourghi, M., Abell, A. D., & Yool, A. J. (2018). Real-Time Imaging of Lithium 'Hot-Spots': An Analysis of Ion Conductance in Aquaporin-1 using Novel Photo-Switchable Sensor. Poster session presented at the meeting of BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL. San Francisco, CA: CELL PRESS.

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Memberships

Date Role Membership Country
2019 - ongoing Member Healthy Development Adelaide Australia
2017 - ongoing Member Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN) Australia
Community Engagement

Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country
2017 - ongoing Science Presenter Public Community Engagement Children's University Australia

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2019 - ongoing	Member	Healthy Development Adelaide	Australia
2017 - ongoing	Member	Australian Nanotechnology Network (ANN)	Australia

Date	Title	Engagement Type	Institution	Country
2017 - ongoing	Science Presenter	Public Community Engagement	Children's University	Australia

Position: Senior Project Officer
Phone: 83136327
Email: georgina.sylvia@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: The Braggs, floor 1
Room: 1 15
Org Unit: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing

Dr Georgina Sylvia

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