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. 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.
Dr Hickey is currently involved in a variety of medicinal chemistry-based projects which engage... 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. 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.
Dr Hickey is currently involved in a variety of medicinal chemistry-based projects which engage with national and international collaborators from academia and industry. 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. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
5
5
8
|
| 2018 |
Open access
15
14
|
| 2017 |
9
9
3
|
| 2016 |
Open access
24
25
13
|
| 2015 |
11
12
3
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2022 |
|
| 2021 |
1
1
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
4
4
|
| 2021 |
1
1
9
|
| 2021 |
Open access
1
1
2
|
| 2020 |
Open access
22
22
2
|
| 2020 |
5
5
8
|
| 2019 |
Open access
43
46
1
|
| 2018 |
Open access
15
14
|
| 2017 |
9
9
3
|
| 2016 |
Open access
24
25
13
|
| 2015 |
7
7
1
|
| 2015 |
11
12
3
|
| 2015 |
Open access
10
12
|
| 2015 |
2
2
6
|
| 2015 |
Open access
2
2
|
| 2012 |
20
19
1
|
| 2012 |
9
9
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science | AUSTRALIA |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| SA Pathology | AUSTRALIA |
| Shandong University | CHINA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Bologna | ITALY |
| University of Duisburg-Essen | GERMANY |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2020 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2020 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2020 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2019 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2019 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2019 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2018 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2018 |
MemberRoyal Society of Victoria (RSV) |
2018 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2018 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2017 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2017 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2017 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2016 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2016 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
2016 |
MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS) |
2015 |
MemberRoyal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) |
2015 |
MemberRoyal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
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 |
| Companion diagnostics and therapeutics for effective prostate cancer imaging and treatment | Current |
| DECR1 Inhibition; a novel prostate cancer therapeutic target | Current |
| Development of process specific organometallic phosphorescent probes for analysis of biological processes in live cancer cells. | Current |
| The development of luminescent amphiphilic antimicrobial lipopeptide mimics capable of treating pathogenic multi-drug resistant microbials | Current |
| Development and applications of metal ion complexes as live cellular imaging agents | Completed |
| Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based bioanalysis to assess toxicological and therapeutic aspects in human disease conditions | Completed |
