Professor Frank Caruso

B.Sc. (Hons.), Physical Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, 1989
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, 1994

Professor and ARC Federation Fellow

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Telephone: +61 3 8344 3461
Fax: +61 3 8344 4153

Room 3.20B, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 1

Nanostructured Interfaces and Materials (NIMs) Group

Current Research Activities

• Nano and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Nanostructured Materials
  • Molecular Recognition
• Materials and Minerals Engineering
  • Composite Materials
  • Polymer Science
  • Sensors

Professional Affiliations

• Editor of the American Chemical Society journal Chemistry of Materials
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Wiley-VCH journal Advanced Functional Materials
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Wiley-VCH journal Advanced Healthcare Materials
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Elsevier journal Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Dove Medical Press journal International Journal of Nanomedicine
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Elsevier journal Nano Today
• Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (AAS)
• Fellow, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
• Executive Committee Member, Particulate Fluids Processing Centre (PFPC)

Honours/Awards

• ACS Nano Lectureship Award (inaugural), American Chemical Society, 2012
• Fellowship, Australian Academy of Science, 2009
• Woodward Medal in Science and Technology, The University of Melbourne, 2008
• Federation Fellowship, The Australian Research Council, 2007
• Australian Polymer Science and Technology Achievement Award, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2006
• Le Fèvre Prize, Australian Academy of Science, 2005
• Federation Fellowship, The Australian Research Council, 2002
• Exchange Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry - Royal Australian Chemical Institute, 2001
• Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), 2000
• Independent Research Group Award, German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology, 1999
• BioFuture award, BMBF 1999
• Research Excellence Award, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 1998
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany, 1997

Professional Experience

• 2002 – Present: Professor & Federation Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia
• 2003 – 2010: Director, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• 1999 – 2002: Group Leader & Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
• 1997 – 1998: Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
• 1994 – 1996: Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO, Division of Chemicals and Polymers, Australia

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Recent Publications

• Wang, C. L.; Such, G. K.; Widjaya, A.; Lomas, H.; Stevens, G. W.; Caruso, F.; Kentish, S. E. "Click Poly(ethylene glycol) Multilayers on RO Membranes: Fouling Reduction and Membrane Characterization." J. Membr. Sci. 2012, 409-410, 9.
• Chen, R. T.; Marchesan, S.; Evans, R. A.; Styan, K. E.; Such, G. K.; Postma, A.; McLean, K. M.; Muir, B. W.; Caruso, F. "Photoinitiated Alkyne-Azide Click and Radical Cross-Linking Reactions for the Patterning of PEG Hydrogels." Biomacromolecules 2012, 13, 889.
• Shimoni, O.; Postma, A.; Yan, Y.; Scott, A. M.; Heath, J. K.; Nice, E. C.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "Macromolecule Functionalization of Disulfide-Bonded Polymer Hydrogel Capsules and Cancer Cell Targeting." ACS Nano 2012, 6, 1463.
• Best, J. P.; Yan, Y.; Caruso, F. "The Role of Particle Geometry and Mechanics in the Biological Domain." Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2012, 1, 35.
• Chang, D. H. C.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Wark, K. L.; Breheney, K.; Caruso, F. "Engineered Bacterially Expressed Polypeptides: Assembly into Polymer Particles with Tailored Degradation Profiles." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 460.
• Mertz, D.; Tan, P.; Wang, Y.; Goh, T. K.; Blencowe, A.; Caruso, F. "Bromoisobutyramide as an Intermolecular Surface Binder for the Preparation of Free-standing Biopolymer Assemblies." Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 5668.
• Mertz, D.; Ochs, C. J.; Zhu, Z. Y.; Lee, L.; Guntari, S. N.; Such, G. K.; Goh, T. K.; Connal, L. A.; Blencowe, A.; Qiao, G. G.; Caruso, F. "ATRP-Mediated Continuous Assembly of Polymers for the Preparation of Nanoscale Films." Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 12601.
• Chandrawati, R.; Odermatt, P. D.; Chong, S.-F.; Price, A. D.; Städler, B.; Caruso, F. "Triggered Cargo Release by Encapsulated Enzymatic Catalysis in Capsosomes." Nano Lett. 2011, 11, 4958.
• Goh, T. K.; Guntari, S. N.; Ochs, C. J.; Blencowe, A.; Mertz, D.; Connal, L. A.; Such, G. K.; Qiao, G. G.; Caruso, F. "Nanoengineered Films via Surface-Confined Continuous Assembly of Polymers." Small 2011, 7, 2863.
• Chandrawati, R.; van Koeverden, M. P.; Lomas, H.; Caruso, F. "Multicompartment Particle Assemblies for Bioinspired Encapsulated Reactions." J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 2639.
• Chandrawati, R.; Chong, S.-F.; Zelikin, A. N.; Hosta-Rigau, L.; Städler, B.; Caruso, F. "Degradation of Liposomal Subcompartments in PEGylated Capsosomes." Soft Matter 2011, 7, 9638.
• Liang, K.; Such, G. K.; Zhu, Z.; Yan, Y.; Lomas, H.; Caruso, F. "Charge-Shifting Click Capsules with Dual-Responsive Cargo Release Mechanisms." Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, H273.
• Hosta-Rigau, L.; Chung, S. F.; Postma, A.; Chandrawati, R.; Städler, B.; Caruso, F. "Capsosomes with 'Free-Floating' Liposomal Subcompartments." Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 4082.
• Yan, Y.; Wang, Y.; Heath, J. K.; Nice, E. C.; Caruso, F. "Cellular Association and Cargo Release of Redox-Responsive Polymer Capsules Mediated by Exofacial Thiols." Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 3916.
• Dam, H. H.; Caruso, F. "Construction and Degradation of Polyrotaxane Multilayers." Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 3026.
• Lomas, H.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Such, G. K.; Zhu, Z.; Liang, K.; van Koeverden, M. P.; Alongkornchotikul, S.; Caruso, F. "Polymersome-Loaded Capsules for Controlled Release of DNA." Small 2011, 7, 2109.
• Ochs, C. J.; Hong, T.; Such, G. K.; Cui, J.; Postma, A.; Caruso, F. "Dopamine-Mediated Continuous Assembly of Biodegradable Capsules." Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 3141.
• Ng, S. L.; Such, G. K.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Antequera-García, G.; Caruso, F. "Controlled Release of DNA from Poly(vinylpyrrolidone) Capsules Using Cleavable Linkers." Biomaterials 2011, 32, 6277.
• Yan, Y.; Such, G. K.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Lomas, H.; Caruso, F. "Toward Therapeutic Delivery with Layer-by-Layer Engineered Particles." ACS Nano 2011, 5, 4252.
• McGuinness, L. P.; Yan, Y.; Stacey, A.; Simpson, D. A.; Hall, L. T.; Maclaurin, D.; Prawer, S.; Mulvaney, P.; Wrachtrup, J.; Caruso, F.; Scholten, R. E.; Hollenberg, L. C. L. "Quantum Measurement and Orientation Tracking of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds Inside Living Cells." Nat. Nanotechnol. 2011, 6, 358.
• Chen, R. T.; Muir, B. W.; Thomsen, L.; Tadich, A.; Cowie, B. C. C.; Such, G. K.; Postma, A.; McLean, K. M.; Caruso, F. "New Insights into the Substrate-Plasma Polymer Interface." J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 6495.
• Leung, M. K. M.; Such, G. K.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Biswas, D. P.; Zhu, Z.; Yan, Y.; Lutz, J.-F.; Caruso, F. "Assembly and Degradation of Low-Fouling Click-Functionalized Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Multilayer Films and Capsules." Small 2011, 7, 1075.
• Driever, C. D.; Mulet, X.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Thissen, H.; Waddington, L. J.; Caruso, F.; Drummond, C. J. "Converging Layer-by-Layer Polyelectrolyte Microcapsule and Cubic Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticle Approaches for Molecular Encapsulation." Soft Matter 2011, 7, 4257.
• Cavalieri, F.; Zhou, M.; Caruso, F.; Ashokkumar, M. "One-Pot Ultrasonic Synthesis of Multifunctional Microbubbles and Microcapsules Using Synthetic Thiolated Macromolecules." Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 4096.
• Wang, Y.; Hosta-Rigau, L.; Lomas, H.; Caruso, F. "Nanostructured Polymer Assemblies Formed at Interfaces: Applications from Immobilization and Encapsulation to Stimuli-Responsive Release." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 4782.
• Kinnane, C. R.; Such, G. K.; Caruso, F. "Tuning the Properties of Layer-by-Layer Assembled Poly(acrylic acid) Click Films and Capsules." Macromolecules 2011, 44, 1194.
• Chong, S.-F.; Lee, J. H.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "Tuning the Permeability of Polymer Hydrogel Capsules: An Investigation of Cross-linking Density, Membrane Thickness, and Cross-linkers." Langmuir 2011, 27, 1724.
• Becker, A. L.; Orlotti, N. I.; Folini, M.; Cavalieri, F.; Zelikin, A. N.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Zaffaroni, N.; Caruso, F. "Redox-Active Polymer Microcapsules for the Delivery of a Survivin-Specific siRNA in Prostate Cancer Cells." ACS Nano 2011, 5, 1335.
• Ochs, C. J.; Such, G. K.; Caruso, F. "Modular Assembly of Layer-by-Layer Capsules with Tailored Degradation Profiles." Langmuir 2011, 27, 1275.
• Such, G. K.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Caruso, F. "Engineered Hydrogen-Bonded Polymer Multilayers: From Assembly to Biomedical Applications." Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 19.
• Cavalieri, F.; Ng, S. L.; Mazzuca, C.; Jia, Z. F.; Bulmus, V.; Davis, T.; Caruso, F. "Thin Multilayer Films and Microcapsules Containing DNA Quadruplex Motifs." Small 2011, 7, 101.
• Johnston, A. P. R.; Such, G. K.; Ng, S. L.; Caruso, F. "Challenges Facing Colloidal Delivery Systems: From Synthesis to the Clinic." Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 2011, 16, 171.