Malcolm Purdey

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Malcolm completed his Undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide in 2010. In 2011 he received First Class Honours in Chemistry for research on short peptide strands for inhibition of amyloid fibril formation under the supervision of Prof. John Carver and Prof. Andrew Abell. Malcolm continued with Prof. Andrew Abell in his PhD, working on fluorescent sensors for hydrogen peroxide in reproductive health. His current research is focused on the detection of reactive oxygen species (such as hydrogen peroxide) for improved health outcomes in IVF and cardio vascular health.

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Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2015 - ongoing	Research Associate	University of Adelaide
2015 - ongoing	ARC Research Associate	ARC Centre for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP), South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and University of Adelaide

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2016	Award	Fresh Science Finalist	Science In Public	Australia	-
2015	Award	Best Student Paper 2015	ARC Centre for Nanoscale Biophotonics	Australia	-
2014	Award	IPAS Student Presentation Prize for Disciplinary talk, 2014	Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), University of Adelaide	Australia	-

Education

Date Institution name Country Title
2012 - 2015 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Chemistry
University of Adelaide Australia BSc (Hons.)

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2012 - 2015	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD in Chemistry
	University of Adelaide	Australia	BSc (Hons.)

Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Capon, P. K., Li, J., Horsfall, A. J., Yagoub, S., Schartner, E. P., Khalid, A., . . . Abell, A. D. (2022). A silk‐based functionalization architecture for single fiber imaging and sensing. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(3), 2010713-1-2010713-11. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2021	Capon, P. K., Horsfall, A. J., Li, J., Schartner, E. P., Khalid, A., Purdey, M. S., . . . Abell, A. D. (2021). Protein detection enabled using functionalised silk-binding peptides on a silk-coated optical fibre. RSC Advances, 11(36), 22334-22342. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	Capon, P. K., Avery, T. D., Purdey, M. S., & Abell, A. D. (2021). An improved synthesis of 4-aminobutanenitrile from 4-azidobutanenitrile and comments on room temperature stability. Synthetic Communications, 51(3), 428-436. DOI Scopus1
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 Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC2
2018	Purdey, M., McLennan, H., Sutton-McDowall, M., Drumm, D., Zhang, X., Capon, P., . . . Abell, A. (2018). Biological hydrogen peroxide detection with aryl boronate and benzil BODIPY-based fluorescent probes. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 262, 750-757. DOI Scopus33 WoS34
2017	McDowall, M. L., Gosnell, M., Anwer, A., White, M., Purdey, M., Abell, A. D., . . . Thompson, J. G. (2017). Hyperspectral microscopy can detect metabolic heterogeneity within bovine post-compaction embryos incubated under two oxygen concentrations (7% versus 20%). Human Reproduction, 32(10), 2016-2025. DOI Scopus26 WoS22 Europe PMC8
2017	Purdey, M. S., Capon, P. K., Pullen, B. J., Reineck, P., Schwarz, N., Psaltis, P. J., . . . Abell, A. D. (2017). An organic fluorophore-nanodiamond hybrid sensor for photostable imaging and orthogonal, on-demand biosensing. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 15967-1-15967-8. DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC2
2016	McDowall, M. L., Wu, L. L., Purdey, M., Abell, A. D., Goldys, E. M., MacMillan, K. L., . . . Robker, R. L. (2016). Non-esterified fatty acid-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in cattle cumulus oocyte complexes alters cell metabolism and developmental competence. Biology of Reproduction, 94(1), 23 -1-23 -9. DOI Scopus63 WoS63 Europe PMC30
2016	Zuber, A., Purdey, M., Schartner, E., Forbes, C., Van Der Hoek, B., Giles, D., . . . Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2016). Detection of gold nanoparticles with different sizes using absorption and fluorescence based method. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 227, 117-127. DOI Scopus151 WoS125
2016	Schartner, E., Henderson, M., Purdey, M., Dhatrak, D., Monro, T., Gill, P., & Callen, D. (2016). Cancer detection in human tissue samples using a fiber-tip pH probe. Cancer Research, 76(23), 6795-6801. DOI Scopus28 WoS22 Europe PMC5
2015	Purdey, M., Thompson, J., Monro, T., Abell, A., & Schartner, E. (2015). A dual sensor for pH and hydrogen peroxide using polymer-coated optical fibre tips. Sensors, 15(12), 31904-31913. DOI Scopus37 WoS35 Europe PMC8
2015	Purdey, M., Connaughton, H., Whiting, S., Schartner, E., Monro, T., Thompson, J., . . . Abell, A. (2015). Boronate probes for the detection of hydrogen peroxide release from human spermatozoa. Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 81, 69-76. DOI Scopus37 WoS38 Europe PMC12
2015	Sutton-McDowall, M., Purdey, M., Brown, H., Abell, A., Mottershead, D., Cetica, P., . . . Thompson, J. (2015). Redox and anti-oxidant state within cattle oocytes following in vitro maturation with bone morphogenetic protein 15 and follicle stimulating hormone. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 82(4), 281-294. DOI Scopus40 WoS39 Europe PMC15

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2021	Li, J., Capon, P. K., Horsfall, A. J., Yagoub, S., Schartner, E. P., Khalid, A., . . . Abell, A. D. (2021). Single-fiber-based probe for combined imaging and pH sensing. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2021) (pp. 1-2). online: IEEE. DOI
2019	Sylvia, G. M., Schartner, E. P., McLennan, H. J., Saini, A., Dunning, K. R., Purdey, M. S., . . . Thompson, J. G. (2019). High precision pH measurements in biological environments using a portable optical fibre pH sensor. In E. M. Goldys, & B. C. Gibson (Eds.), Biophotonics Australasia 2019 Vol. 11202 (pp. 112020F-1-112020F-2). Bellingham, Washington: SPIE. DOI
2017	Schartner, E., Henderson, M., Purdey, M., Monro, T., Gill, P., & Callen, D. (2017). A portable optical fiber pH probe for cancer margin detection. In Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC 2016) (pp. 1-2). Online: IEEE. DOI Scopus3
2017	Schartner, E., Henderson, M., Purdey, M., Monro, T., Gill, P., & Callen, D. (2017). A portable device for cancer margin assessment using a pH sensitive optical fibre probe. In Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors Vol. 10323 (pp. 103230X-1-103230X-4). Online: SPIE Press. DOI
2016	Zhang, P., Ruan, S., Zhang, R., Pullen, B., Zhang, X., Purdey, M., . . . Ruan, Y. (2016). Nitric oxide sensitive optic fiber sensor based on immobilized ruthenium(II) complex. In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers Vol. Part F37-APOS 2016 (pp. 1-3). Online: OSA Publishing. DOI
2016	Purdey, M., Saini, A., McLennan, H., Pullen, B., Schartner, E., Sutton-McDowall, M., . . . Abell, A. (2016). Biosensors for detecting stress in developing embryos. In M. Hutchinson, & E. Goldys (Eds.), Proceedings: SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia Vol. 10013 (pp. 100130B-1-100130B-6). Adelaide, Australia: SPIE. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2016	Schartner, E., Henderson, M., Purdey, M., Monro, T., Gill, P., & Callen, D. (2016). A simple optical fibre probe for differentiation between healthy and tumorous tissue. In Proceedings: SPIE BioPhotonics Australasia Vol. 10013 (pp. 100133M-1-100133M-5). Adelaide, Australia: SPIE. DOI
2015	Purdey, M., Schartner, E., Sutton-McDowall, M., Ritter, L., Thompson, J., Monro, T., & Abell, A. (2015). Localised hydrogen peroxide sensing for reproductive health. In F. Baldini, J. Homola, & R. Lieberman (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE, as published in Optical Sensors Vol. 9506 (pp. 950614-1-950614-10). Prague, Czech Republic: SPIE. DOI Scopus5 WoS2

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2017 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	Fluorescent sensor development through surface functionalisation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Patrick Keith Capon

Committee Memberships

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2015 - 2016 Representative Executive Management Committee ARC Centre for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP) Australia

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2015 - 2016	Representative	Executive Management Committee	ARC Centre for Nanoscale Biophotonics (CNBP)	Australia

Email: malcolm.purdey@adelaide.edu.au

Malcolm Purdey

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