Christine Bacal
BSc, MSc
Research Associate
Hearing Therapeutics
Christine Bacal is chemistry researcher with eight years of research experience across a wide range of areas, including materials engineering, surface science, biochemistry, and molecular biology. She completed her Master of Chemistry at the University of the Philippines, for work on isolating a novel fungal species from locally sourced mangroves to obtain enzymes for potential applications in degrading lignocellulosic waste.
She obtained her PhD at Deakin University, working on a jointly-funded project at the Institute for Frontier Materials and the Deakin School of Medicine. She fabricated a biocompatible and highly selective haemodialysis filtration membrane for paracetamol capture in overdosed patients.
She joined the Hearing Therapeutics group at Ear Science Institute Australia in 2023 as a Research Associate , working with Dr. Filippo Valente on the continued development of the ClearDrum® medical device.
Areas of research
- Surface Science/Chemistry
- Polymer Chemistry
- Materials Engineering
- Biochemistry
- Tissue Engineering
- Biomaterials
Top publication
Bacal CJO, Maina JW, Nandurkar HH, Khaleel M, Guijt R, Chang Y, … & Dumée LF. Blood apheresis technologies–a critical review on challenges towards efficient blood separation and treatment. Materials Advances. 2(22):7210-7236; 2021
Usman KAS, Yao Y, Bacal CJO, Zhang J, Jarvis KL, Lynch PA, … & Razal JM. Robust Biocompatible Fibers from Silk Fibroin Coated MXene Sheets. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(9):2201634; 2023.
Usman KAS, Bacal CJO, Zhang J, Qin S, Lynch PA, Mota‐Santiago P, … & Razal JM. Tough and fatigue resistant cellulose nanocrystal stitched Ti3C2Tx MXene films. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 43(11):2200114; 2022.
Bacal CJO, Yu ET. Cellulolytic activities of a novel Fomitopsis sp. and Aspergillus tubingensis isolated from Philippine mangroves. Philippine Journal of Science. 146(4):8; 2017.
