Dr. Johan Sebastian Basuki

- Fabrication of hydrogel and membrane for versatile photo-responsive drug delivery systems. - Development of injectable, biodegradable, temperature- and photo-responsive hydrogels as therapeutics reservoir for ophthalmic applications. - Training in the translation and commercialisation of biotechnology products. - Project management for animal/pre-clinical study with Wenzhou Medical University Eye Hospital, China and University of Melbourne Centre of Eye Research Australia.

Thesis: Multi-functionalization of superparamagnetic nanoparticles for cancer therapeutics delivery and magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. - Design and synthesis of well-defined block copolymers using controlled radical polymerization. - Surface multi-functionalization of inorganic nanoparticles for the development of theranostic system. - Development of peptide/carbohydrate-polymer conjugates through bio-orthogonal strategy (University of Warwick, UK).

- Design and organic synthesis of heterocyclic-based conjugated polymers for the advancement of oxidative stability, charge carrier mobility and optical absorption in printable electronics. - Modification and scale-up optimization of naphthalene-imide n-type semiconducting copolymers. - Synthesis and structure-property-relationships analysis of thiophene-based conjugated polymers. - Polymer thin film fabrication and characterization for printable organic transistor applications.

- Optimization of inhibitors targeting the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 by synthesis of analogues through a multi-step synthesis to optimise solubility, biochemical binding, and cellular selectivity. - Formulation development of IPI-493, an oral Hsp90 inhibitor and phase I PO pre-clinical candidate for treatment of various cancers. - 'Good Laboratory Practice’ (GLP) synthesis and characterization of drug metabolites and references for development of bioanalytical pharmacokinetic (PK) assays.

- Project management in the development of new chemicals for semiconductor manufacturing processes. - Provided technical support to customers in new chemical qualification processes. - Part of a team to build two production plants for acid etching mixtures and CVD precursors. - Established specifications and procedures for new products introduction according to ISO 9001 quality standards. - Facilitated business development management for winning chemical supply contracts.

Thesis: Reaction conditions in Microreaction systems and their transferability to conventional plants. - Method and pilot plant development to measure the residence time distribution in micro reactors. - Investigation of laminar fluid dynamics and their miscibility in microfluidic channels. - Transferability study of a two-step lithiated carbonyl aryl addition in continuous micro plug-flow reactor to the conventional plant for the synthesis of a liquid crystal intermediate.

Advanced polymer science, Introduction to biomedical engineering, Innovation and commercialisation, and Project management.

Biochemistry, Introduction to Proteomics, and Cancer Biology

Chemical technology, Polymer chemistry,