Associate Professor Robert Coltrona

Environmental biotechnology and the development of good clinical practice

Associate Professor Robert Coltrona is the Commercialisation Manager with the Environmental Biotechnology Co-operative Research Centre at Murdoch University, and has been involved in the protection of intellectual property and identification of new biotechnology business opportunities across Australia.

A registered pharmacist and member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Professor Coltrona was instrumental in developing the curriculum for the Master of Pharmacy course at Murdoch.

He is currently focusing on developing good clinical practice in clinical trials.

Associate Professor Robert Trengove

Separation science and metabolomics

Associate Professor Trengove is Director of the Separation Science and Metabolomics Laboratory at Murdoch University and node leader for Metabolomiocs Australia. He is an expert in the separation, isolation and mass spectral identification of compounds in complex mixtures.

Professor Trengove’s research spans across many areas, including HIV/AIDS, oil and gas flow assurance, encompassing fungal, bacterial, plant, animal and human metabolomics, food quality, water quality and drug analysis.