Hanna Evelina Sidjabat
University of Queensland, Australia
Biography
Dr. Sidjabat is an expert in antimicrobial-resistance with 14-year research experience and probiotic development for the past 4-years. She is currently a Research Fellow within the Infectious Diseases Theme at the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), in which her probiotic research work is within the agreement by Uniquest (https://uniquest.com.au/) with probiotic companies. Dr. Sidjabat was the lead microbiologist and molecular microbiologist of the characterisation of microbiome of upper respiratory tract of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis, healthy participants and healthy Australian Indigenous children and children prone to otitis media within Prof. Anders Cervin’s research group. Prior to that, she was a Laboratory Research Leader within Prof. David Paterson, Infection and Immunity Theme, UQCCR for 6.5 years. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow soon after the completion of her Ph.D in 2007, at the Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She is passionate in mentoring young researchers in conducting research as well in the development of research career profiles of junior researchers. She has always been at the forefront in understanding the use of newly developed technologies for infectious diseases. She has worked collaboratively with many leading microbiology laboratories nationally and internationally. To date, she has published 84 peer-reviewed articles mostly in high-impact journals. Dr. Sidjabat has supervised and mentored 35 PhD students, Postdoctoral Research Fellows, Master and Honours students, Microbiology Registrars, local and international Infectious Diseases Visiting Academics
Abstract
Abstract : Advancing technologies and applications of beneficial microbes - one health approac