Toby Allen

Professor Toby Allen is a computational biophysicist at RMIT University (School of Science, City Campus Australia). His work focuses on membrane transport phenomena, ion channel mechanisms, and computational modeling of biological systems. He holds an ORCID 0000-0002-3521-7950 and is open to supervising Masters/PhD students.

• PhD, Australian National University (1998)
• Revson Fellow & Keck Fellow, Cornell University (2001-2004)
• Assistant Professor, UC Davis (2004-2009)
• Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University (2011-present)

Research spans Biophysics, Computational Modeling, and Membrane Protein Dynamics. Key areas include:

• Ion channel selectivity mechanisms
• Membrane transport of charged molecules
• Computational pharmacology of ion channels
• Structural dynamics of ATPases
• Role of membrane electrostatics in transport

Scientific contributions recognized through:

• Revson Fellowship, Cornell University
• Keck Fellowship, Cornell University
• NSF Career Award, UC Davis
• Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Davis

His group receives funding from the Australian Research Council, NHMRC, NIH, and supercomputing agencies. Teaching responsibilities include Statistical Physics and Electromagnetism courses.