Dr Rachel Shepherd

Phone: +61 2 9514 4109

Fax: +61 2 9514 8206

Rachel.Shepherd@uts.edu.au

Undergraduate Biotechnology Student Information

Postgraduate Biotechnology Research Student Information (Honours, MSc and PhD students)

Biotechnology@UTS

Academic Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Biochemistry (University of Liverpool, 1985)

MSc Microbial physiology related to Biotechnology (King's College, University of London, 1987)

PhD Novel microbial lipophilic polysaccharide emulsifiers for the food industry (CNAA, 1992)

Other Relevant Qualifications

Certificate in First Aid in the Workplace (St John’s Ambulance, 1997)

Certificate in University Lecturing (Massey University, 1997)

Teaching Activities

Dr Rachel Shepherd is the Biotechnology's Course Director. She coordinates the subjects of Bioreactors and Bioprocessing and Biobusiness and Environmental Biotechnology. She also teaches in the areas of microbiology, biochemistry and molecular biology in other subjects.

Research Interests and Activities

Dr Shepherd's primary area of scientific expertise is in the biosynthesis, biomodification and metabolic function of novel natural chemicals, particularly polysaccharides and proteins. She is interested in structure-function relationships and has studied macromolecule interactions, film properties, natural antimicrobials, enzymes, emulsifiers, fat-mimetics and rheology. Her research has involved work with yeasts molds, algae and bacteria in areas as diverse as the food industry, environmental biotechnology, forensic science and medically-significant antimicrobial agents.

Recent rsearch projects supervised in Molecular Biotechnology