Dr Hickey is a Research Fellow in the Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit at The University of South Australia. He is the Senior Organic Chemist in both the Bioinorganic Synthesis and Imaging Group, led by A/Prof Sally Plush and the Mechanisms in Cell Biology and Disease Research Group led by Prof Doug Brooks. He is particuarly interested in the lipid metabolic pathway and how its dysregulation is associated with several disease states. Creating tools to better understand lipid metabolic pathways as well as exploiting these processes from a therapeutic perspective underpins much of Dr Hickey's research. As such, his research can be broadly classified into two areas;
1) Development of organic and inorganic molecules... Read more
About me
Dr Hickey is a Research Fellow in the Clinical and Health Sciences Academic Unit at The University of South Australia. He is the Senior Organic Chemist in both the Bioinorganic Synthesis and Imaging Group, led by A/Prof Sally Plush and the Mechanisms in Cell Biology and Disease Research Group led by Prof Doug Brooks. He is particuarly interested in the lipid metabolic pathway and how its dysregulation is associated with several disease states. Creating tools to better understand lipid metabolic pathways as well as exploiting these processes from a therapeutic perspective underpins much of Dr Hickey's research. As such, his research can be broadly classified into two areas;
1) Development of organic and inorganic molecules suitable for live cellular imaging to better understand mechanisms which underpin disease and;
2) Preparing compounds which demonstrate therapeutic potential for anticancer, antimicrobial and antiviral applications.
He currently supervises several Honours and PhD students who are engaged in a range of projects which fit into the two aforementioned research areas. In 2018 he obtained his Masters of Teaching at the University of Adelaide and since 2018 he has been the course coordinator for the third year course MEDI3014: Current Topics in Medical Research.
About me
Royal Australian Chemical Institute
American Chemical Society
Royal Chemical Society
Royal Society of Victoria
Golden Key Society
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Deakin University
Master of Teaching University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Forensic Science (Honours) Deakin University
Bachelor of Forensic Science Deakin University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Correlative Imaging of Brain Lipids., ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
39
32
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
9
7
2
|
| 2021 |
11
11
9
|
| 2020 |
13
14
9
|
| 2018 |
Open access
23
23
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
|
| 2024 |
|
| 2024 |
Open access
2
|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
6
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
2
|
| 2023 |
Open access
2
1
|
| 2023 |
Open access
4
|
| 2023 |
Open access
7
122
|
| 2023 |
Open access
13
11
84
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
2
|
| 2023 |
Open access
1
8
|
| 2023 |
Open access
4
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
5
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
39
32
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
9
7
2
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
7
42
|
| 2022 |
Open access
4
5
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
20
18
|
| 2021 |
10
9
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
10
10
|
| 2021 |
11
11
9
|
| 2021 |
Open access
12
11
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
50
41
2
|
| 2020 |
13
14
9
|
| 2019 |
Open access
81
81
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
23
23
|
| 2017 |
11
11
3
|
| 2016 |
Open access
33
33
14
|
| 2015 |
9
9
1
|
| 2015 |
14
15
3
|
| 2015 |
Open access
12
16
|
| 2015 |
2
2
6
|
| 2015 |
Open access
3
3
|
| 2012 |
22
21
|
| 2012 |
11
11
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Austin Health | AUSTRALIA |
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Malaghan Institute of Medical Research | NEW ZEALAND |
| Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Pathology | AUSTRALIA |
| Shandong First Medical University | CHINA |
| Shandong University | CHINA |
| The Coombe Hospital | IRELAND |
| Trinity College Dublin | IRELAND |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Bologna | ITALY |
| University of Dublin | IRELAND |
| University of Duisburg-Essen | GERMANY |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2020 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2020 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2020 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2019 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2019 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2019 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2018 |
MemberRoyal Society of Victoria (RSV) |
2018 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2018 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2018 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2017 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2016 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2016 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2016 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2015 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2015 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2015 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| A fibre-optic system for real-time, in-vivo measurement of the metabolic status of tissues | Current |
| DECR1 Inhibition; a novel prostate cancer therapeutic target | Current |
| Defining critical changes in lipid metabolism during prostate cancer progression | Current |
| Developing advanced oral delivery systems for antiviral drugs | Current |
| Lipid prodrugs and delivery systems for improved oral cancer therapy | Current |
| The development of luminescent amphiphilic antimicrobial lipopeptide mimics capable of treating pathogenic multi-drug resistant microbials | Current |
| Design, in silico assessment, and synthesis of quinoxaline platinum complexes as ATPase competitive topoisomerase inhibitors | Completed |
| Development and applications of metal ion complexes as live cellular imaging agents | Completed |
| Development of monoclonal antibody targeted therapeutics for prostate cancer | Completed |
| Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based bioanalysis to assess toxicological and therapeutic aspects in human disease conditions | Completed |
