Researchers

An internationally renowned pioneer in metabolic phenotyping and systems medicine, Professor Nicholson leads the Australian National Phenome Centre. He is a Highly Cited Scholar who has published more than 600 peer-reviewed papers on molecular aspects of body systems medicine and also holds the appointment of Pro Vice Chancellor for the Health Futures Institute at Murdoch University.

Professor Holmes is Director of the Centre for Computational and Systems Medicine and Deputy Director of the ANPC. As the Western Australian Premier’s Fellow for Phenomics, Professor Holmes pioneers computational approaches to biomarker discovery by integrating multi-modal data associated with gene-environment interactions.

Dr Loo is the Premier’s Early to Mid-Career Fellow. A qualified pharmacist and emerging research leader, she is spearheading research in personalised nutrition to deliver a new knowledge of dietary influence on human metabolism and the microbiome.

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Dr Whiley is Senior Lecturer at the ANPC who is a domain leader in the application of mass spectrometry for metabolic phenotyping. Jointly appointed by the Perron Institute, Dr Whiley’s work is focused on how genetics and lifestyle interactions influence the development of dementia and the maintenance of cognitive health throughout ageing.

Dr Gray is Senior Lecturer at the ANPC focused on mass spectrometry based metabolic phenotyping. Dr Gray’s areas of specialization are diabetes and obesity, where she studies the influence of lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise on health and disease, and the role of the microbiome.

Dr Morillon recently joined the ANPC as Mass Spectrometry Specialist. She has experience in clinical metabolomics research and a background in structural biochemistry, proteomics and metabolomics.

Associate Professor Boughton is the Magnetic Resonance Mass Spectrometry lead with a focus on developing Ultra-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Mass Spectrometry Imaging. He has a background in organic chemistry, metabolomics and has been instrumental in introducing the field of Spatial Metabolomics using MSI approaches to Australia.

Dr Nitschke recently joined the ANPC as an NMR Specialist with a background in organic and medicinal chemistry. He specialises in NMR method development and structural elucidation.

Dr Yang brings more than 20 years of experience in genomics research, working across crop improvement, food quality and safety, molecular virology, immunology, parasitology and microbiology in human and animal health. Dr Yang has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and is now developing new mass spectrometry techniques at the ANPC.

Dr Lawler recently joined the ANPC as a Mass Spectrometry Specialist and brings considerable experience in longitudinal research studies and data analytics. His primary research interests are applied human physiology and exercise performance, and the application of high-resolution mass spectrometry for metabolic phenotyping.

Professor Frost is Professor of Molecular Nutrition at the ANPC and is also the Head of Section for Nutrition Research at the Faculty of Medicine in Imperial College. Professor Frost brings academic leadership in the area of precision nutrition and will drive new research into the complex interactions and influences of diet on the human microbiome and health.