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

Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Nanostructured Interfaces and Materials 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 Dove Medical Press journal International Journal of Nanomedicine
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Springer journal Nanoscale Research Letters
• 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

• 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 (RACI), 2006
• Le Fèvre Prize, Australian Academy of Science, 2005
• Federation Fellowship, The Australian Research Council, 2002
• Royal Society of Chemistry - Royal Australian Chemical Institute Exchange Medal, 2001
• Rennie Memorial Medal, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), 2000
• German Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology Award, 1999
• BioFuture award (BMBF), Germany, 1999
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany, 1997

Professional Experience

• 2002 – Present: Professor & Federation Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia
• 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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Selected Recent Publications

• Chong, S.-F.; Chandrawati, R.; Städler, B.; Park, J.; Cho, J.; Wang, Y.; Jia, Z.; Bulmus, V.; Davis, T. P.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso. F. "Stabilization of Polymer Hydrogel Capsules via Thiol-Disulfide Exchange." Small 2009, 5, 2601.
• Kinnane, C. R.; Such, G. K.; Antequera-Garcia, G.; Yan, Y.; Dodds, S. J.; Liz-Marzan, L. M.; Caruso, F. "Low-Fouling Poly(N-vinyl pyrrolidone) Capsules with Engineered Degradable Properties." Biomacromolecules 2009, 10, 2839.
• Städler, B.; Price, A. D.; Chandrawati, R.; Hosta-Rigau, L.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "Polymer Hydrogel Capsules: En Route Toward Synthetic Cellular Systems." Nanoscale 2009, 1, 68.
• Cui, J.; Wang, Y.; Hao, J.; Caruso, F. "Mesoporous Silica-Templated Assembly of Luminescent Polyester Particles." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 4310.
• Wang, Y.; Price, A. D.; Caruso, F. "Nanoporous Colloids: Building Blocks for a New Generation of Structured Materials." J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19, 6451.
• Chandrawati, R.; Städler, B.; Postma, A.; Connal, L. A.; Chong, S.-F.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso. F. "Cholesterol-Mediated Anchoring of Enzyme-Loaded Liposomes within Disulfide-Stabilized Polymer Carrier Capsules." Biomaterials 2009, 30, 5988.
• Gupta, J. K.; Zimmerman, J. S.; de Pablo, J.; Caruso, F.; Abbott, N. L. "Characterization of Adsorbate-Induced Ordering Transitions of Liquid Crystals within Monodisperse Droplets." Langmuir 2009, 25, 9016.
• Postma, A.; Yan, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zelikin, A. N.; Tjipto, E.; Caruso, F. "Self-Polymerization of Dopamine as a Versatile and Robust Technique to Prepare Polymer Capsules." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 3042.
• Chong, S.-F.; Sexton, A.; De Rose, R.; Kent, S. J; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "A Paradigm for Peptide Vaccine Delivery Using Viral Epitopes Encapsulated in Degradable Polymer Hydrogel Capsules." Biomaterials 2009, 30, 5178.
• Sivakumar, S.; Wark, K. L.; Gupta, J. K.; Abbott, N. L.; Caruso, F. "Liquid Crystal Emulsions as the Basis of Biological Sensors for the Optical Detection of Bacteria and Viruses." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 2260.
• Städler, B.; Chandrawati, R.; Goldie, K.; Caruso, F. "Capsosomes: Subcompartmentalizing Polyelectrolyte Capsules Using Liposomes." Langmuir 2009, 25, 6725.
• Johnston, A. P. R.; Lee, L.; Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Controlled Degradation of DNA Capsules with Engineered Restriction-Enzyme Cut Sites." Small 2009, 5, 1418.
• Städler, B.; Chandrawati, R.; Price, A. D.; Chong, S-F.; Breheney, K.; Postma, A.; Connal, L. A.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "A Microreactor with Thousands of Subcompartments: Enzyme-Loaded Liposomes within Polymer Capsules." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4359.
• Sivakumar, S.; Bansal, V.; Cortez, C.; Chong, S-F.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "Degradable, Surfactant-Free, Monodisperse Polymer-Encapsulated Emulsions as Anticancer Drug Carriers." Adv. Mater. 2009, 21, 1820.
• Kinnane, C. R.; Wark, K.; Such, G. K.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Caruso, F. "Peptide-Functionalized, Low-Biofouling Click Multilayers for Promoting Cell Adhesion and Growth." Small 2009, 5, 444.
• Gupta, J. K.; Sivakumar, S.; Caruso, F.; Abbott, N. L. "Size-Dependent Ordering of Liquid Crystals Observed in Polymeric Capsules with Micrometer and Smaller Diameters." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1652.
• Connal, L. A.; Kinnane, C. R.; Zelikin, A. N.; Caruso, F. "Stabilization and Functionalization of Polymer Multilayers and Capsules via Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 576.
• Katagiri, K.; Koumoto, K.; Iseya, S.; Matsuda, A.; Sakai, M.; Caruso, F. "Tunable UV-Responsive Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Capsules." Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 195.
• Price, A. D.; Zelikin, A. N.; Wang, Y.; Caruso, F. "Triggered Enzymatic Degradation of DNA within Selectively Permeable Polymer Capsule Microreactors." Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 329.
• Battle, A. R.; Valenzuela, S. M.; Mechler, A.; Nichols, R. J.; Praporski, S.; di Maio, I. L.; Islam, H.; Girard-Egrot, A. P.; Cornell, B. A.; Prashar, J.; Caruso, F.; Martin, L. L.; Martin, D. K. "Novel Engineered Ion Channel Provides Controllable Ion Permeability for Polyelectrolyte Microcapsules Coated with a Lipid Membrane." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2009, 19, 201.
• Ochs, C. J.; Such, G. K.; Staedler, B.; Caruso, F. "Low-Fouling, Biofunctionalized and Biodegradable Click Capsules." Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, 3389.
• De Rose, R.; Zelikin, A. N.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Sexton, A.; Chong, S-F.; Cortez, C.; Mulholland, W.; Caruso, F.; Kent, S. J. "Binding, Internalization, and Antigen Presentation of Vaccine-Loaded Nanoengineered Capsules in Blood." Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, 4698.
• Priest, C.; Quinn, A.; Postma, A.; Zelikin, A. N.; Ralston, J.; Caruso, F. "Microfluidic Polymer Multilayer Adsorption on Liquid Crystal Droplets for Microcapsule Synthesis." Lab Chip 2008, 8, 2182.
• Cavalieri, F.; Muthupandian, A.; Grieser, F.; Caruso, F. "Ultrasonic Synthesis of Stable, Functional Lysozyme Microbubbles." Langmuir 2008, 24, 10078.
• Lee, L.; Johnston, A. P. R.; Caruso, F., "Manipulating the Salt and Thermal Stability of DNA Multilayer Films via Oligonucleotide Length." Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, 3070.
• Yap, H. P.; Hao, X.; Tjipto, E.; Gudipati, C.; Quinn, J. F.; Davis, T. P.; Barner-Kowollik, C.; Stenzel, M. H.; Caruso, F. "Synthesis, Multilayer Film Assembly, and Capsule Formation of Macromolecularly Engineered Acrylic Acid and Styrene Sulfonate Block Copolymers." Langmuir 2008, 24, 8981.
• Zelikin, A. N.; Li, Q.; Caruso, F. "Disulfide-Stabilized Poly(methacrylic acid) Capsules: Formation, Cross-Linking, and Degradation Behavior." Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 2655.
• Johnston, A. P. R.; Caruso, F. "Stabilization of DNA Multilayer Films through Oligonucleotide Crosslinking (p NA)." Small 2008, 4, 612.
• Wang, Y; Angelatos, A. S.; Caruso, F. "Template Synthesis of Nanostructured Materials via Layer-by-Layer Assembly." Chem. Mater. 2008, 20, 848.
• Connal, L. A.; Li, Q.; Quinn, J. F.; Tjipto, E.; Caruso, F.; Qiao, G. G. "'pH-Responsive Poly(acrylic acid) Core Cross-linked Star Polymers: Morphology Transitions in Solution and Multilayer Thin Films." Macromolecules 2008, 41, 2620.
• Quinn, A.; Such, G. K.; Quinn, J. F.; Caruso, F. "Polyelectrolyte Blend Multilayers: A Versatile Route to Engineering Interfaces and Films." Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, 18, 17.

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