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Professor Sally-Ann Poulsen is a distinguished academic at Griffith University, holding roles in the School of Environment and Science and leading Compounds Australia. She earned a PhD in medicinal chemistry from Griffith University (awarded the University Medal) and held prestigious fellowships including the Royal Society/NHMRC Howard Florey Fellowship (Cambridge) and an ARC Future Fellowship. Her research spans medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and native-state mass spectrometry, focusing on drug discovery for cancer and infectious diseases. She directs Compounds Australia, a国家级 compound management facility supporting 150+ biomedical projects.
Education: PhD in Medicinal Chemistry (Griffith University, 2003), BSc (Hons) from Griffith University. Key appointments include Director of Compounds Australia (2022–present), and academic leadership roles in drug discovery institutes. Awards include Fellowships from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (2017) and Royal Society of Chemistry (2023), plus multiple excellence awards for research and industry collaboration.
Research interests include chemical probe development, fragment-based drug discovery, and leveraging mass spectrometry for target validation. Her lab has pioneered technologies like acoustic liquid handling for compound storage and distributed over 1.5M compounds globally. She supervises numerous PhD and Master’s students, with current projects targeting antivirulence agents, cell cycle inhibitors, and imaging probes for malaria.
Grants and collaborations: Secured ARC grants totaling $+6.5M, including infrastructure projects for native-state mass spectrometry and acoustic robotics. Leads international collaborations on drug discovery for cancers and tropical diseases. Editorial roles include Associate Editor of RSC Medicinal Chemistry and series editor for Springer’s Topics in Medicinal Chemistry.
Key labs/teams: Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (2003–present), Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics (2024–present), and Compounds Australia (NCRIS-funded platform). Active in global societies like the International Chemical Biology Society.
