About
Bekka Duffin is a Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry, Monash University, specializing in inorganic and organometallic chemistry with a focus on antimicrobial and antiparasitic agents. Her work addresses antibiotic resistance and leishmaniasis treatment through the design of metal-based compounds such as gallium and bismuth complexes.
- Expertise: Antibacterial/antiparasitic agents, metal-pharmaceutical research, drug delivery systems.
- Key collaborations include studies on Klebsiella pneumoniae and Leishmania parasites.
Recent research highlights gallium reactivation of quinolone antibiotics, bismuth-based antibacterial materials, and leishmanial drug screening using spectroscopic techniques. Over 19 publications since 2018 span topics including nanomaterials, polymer hydrogels, and pathogen-specific therapeutics.
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