Associate Professor Cobus Gerber

Associate Professor: Chemistry UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

City East Campus (P1-12)
tel +61 8 830 22568

email cobus.gerber@unisa.edu.au

Research Degree Supervisor

About me

I joined the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences in 2004 and am involved in the teaching of chemistry courses across various programs. My research activities are focussed on analytical techniques, with particular emphasis on extraction, chromatographic methods and sample analysis using mass detectors.

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Research

Research focus

Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Clinical Sciences
Chemical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Analytical Chemistry

Highlights

My current interest is to develop methods for the detection of compounds in wastewater. Through this application, trends in population substance (ab)use over time can be measured. The comparitive levels of use of illicit substances is a good indicator of the scale of drug problems in a population, which are in turn linked to mental health. The prevalence and changes of use of pharmaceutical compounds can also be measured on a population scale to show how prescribing practices change and the effect of policy changes on drug use. The stability and factors affecting stability of target compounds are areas which require investigation for wastewater analysis as it continues to become a routine screening... Read more

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2019	Bade, R, Stockham, P, Painter, B, Celma, A, Bijlsma, L, Hernandez, F, White, JM & Gerber, C 2019, 'Investigating the appearance of new psychoactive substances in South Australia using wastewater and forensic data', Drug Testing and Analysis, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 250-256. Open access 23 17 3
2018	Bade, R, Tscharke, BJ, Longo, M, Cooke, R, White, JM & Gerber, C 2018, 'Investigating the correlation between wastewater analysis and roadside drug testing in South Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 187, pp. 123-126. Open access 10 8 2
2018	Bade, R, White, J & Gerber, C 2018, 'Qualitative and quantitative temporal analysis of licit and illicit drugs in wastewater in Australia using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry', Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol. 410, no. 2, pp. 529-542. 38 33 3
2016	Tscharke, BJ, Chen, C, Gerber, JP & White, J 2016, 'Temporal trends in drug use in Adelaide, South Australia by wastewater analysis', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 565, pp. 384-391. 99 88 55
2016	Tscharke, BJ, White, JM & Gerber, JP 2016, 'Estimates of tobacco use by wastewater analysis of anabasine and anatabine', Drug Testing and Analysis, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 702-707. 28 24 10

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Tscharke, BJ, O'Brien, JW, Ahmed, F, Nguyen, L, Ghetia, M, Chan, G, Thai, P, Gerber, C, Bade, R, Mueller, J, Thomas, K V, White, J & Hall, W 2023, 'A wastewater-based evaluation of the effectiveness of codeine control measures in Australia', Addiction, vol. 118, no. 3, pp. 480-488. Open access
2022	Bade, R, White, JM, Ghetia, M, Adiraju, S & Gerber, C and 20 other authors 2022, 'A taste for new psychoactive substances: wastewater analysis study of 10 countries', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 57-63. 11 9 101
2022	Brett, J, Siefried, KJ, Healey, A, Harrod, ME, Franklin, E, Barratt, MJ, Masters, J, Nguyen, L, Adiraju, S & Gerber, C 2022, 'Wastewater analysis for psychoactive substances at music festivals across New South Wales, Australia in 2019-2020', Clinical Toxicology, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 440-445. Open access 2 1 6
2022	O'Brien, JW, Tscharke, BJ, Bade, R, Chan, G, Gerber, C, Mueller, JF, Thomas, K V & Hall, WD 2022, 'A wastewater-based assessment of the impact of a minimum unit price (MUP) on population alcohol consumption in the Northern Territory, Australia', Addiction, vol. 117, no. 1, pp. 243-249. Open access 4 2 4
2022	Othman, AA, Simpson, BS, Jaunay, EL, White, JM, Bade, R & Gerber, C 2022, 'A method for improved detection of 8-isoprostaglandin F2α/β and benzodiazepines in wastewater', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 851, article no. 158061, pp. 1-10. Open access
2022	Pandopulos, AJ, Simpson, BS, White, JM, Bade, R & Gerber, C 2022, 'Partitioning of phytocannabinoids between faeces and water - implications for wastewater-based epidemiology', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 805, article no. 150269. 1
2022	Peake, B, Ghetia, M, Gerber, C, Costabile, M & Deo, P 2022, 'Role of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids on dicarbonyl-albumin derived advanced glycation end products in vitro', Amino Acids, vol. 54, pp. 721-732. Open access 1 1 1
2022	Simpson, BS, Jaunay, EL, Ghetia, M, Nguyen, L, Bade, R, White, JM & Gerber, C 2022, 'Methcathinone in wastewater: drug of choice, or artefact?', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 836, pp. 1-5. 3 1 18
2022	Yan, J, Gundsambuu, B, Krasowska, M, Platts, K, Facal Marina, P, Gerber, C, Barry, SC & Blencowe, A 2022, 'Injectable Diels-Alder cycloaddition hydrogels with tuneable gelation, stiffness and degradation for the sustained release of T-lymphocytes', Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 10, no. 17, pp. 3329-3343. 6 6 4
2021	Bade, R, Ghetia, M, Chappell, A, White, JM & Gerber, C 2021, 'Pholedrine is a marker of direct disposal of methamphetamine', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 782, pp. 1-5. 3 4 2
2021	Bade, R, Simpson, BS, Ghetia, M, Nguyen, L, White, JM & Gerber, C 2021, 'Changes in alcohol consumption associated with social distancing and self‐isolation policies triggered by COVID‐19 in South Australia: a wastewater analysis study', Addiction, vol. 116, no. 6, pp. 1600-1605. Open access 40 35 20
2021	Bade, R, Tscharke, BJ, O'Brien, JW, Magsarjav, S, Humphries, M, Ghetia, M, Thomas, K V, Mueller, JF, White, JM & Gerber, C 2021, 'Impact of COVID-19 controls on the use of illicit drugs and alcohol in Australia', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 799-804. 11 9 40
2021	Bade, R, White, JM & Gerber, C 2021, 'How the recreational stimulant market has changed: case study in Adelaide, Australia 2016-2019', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 757, article no. 143728. 8 8 5
2021	Bade, R, White, JM, Chen, J, Baz-Lomba, JA, Been, F, Bijlsma, L, Burgard, DA, Castiglioni, S, Salgueiro-Gonzalez, N, Celma, A, Chappell, A, Emke, E, Steenbeek, R, Wang, D, Zuccato, E & Gerber, C 2021, 'International snapshot of new psychoactive substance use: case study of eight countries over the 2019/2020 new year period', Water Research, vol. 193, article no. 116891, pp. 1-12. 17 17 126
2021	Camilleri, A, Alfred, S, Gerber, C, Lymb, S, Painter, B, Rathjen, A & Stockham, P 2021, 'Delivering harm reduction to the community and frontline medical practitioners through the South Australian Drug Early Warning System (SADEWS)', Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 388-394. 5 4 3
2021	Pandopulos, AJ, Bade, R, Tscharke, BJ, O'Brien, JW, Simpson, BS, White, JM & Gerber, C 2021, 'Application of catecholamine metabolites as endogenous population biomarkers for wastewater-based epidemiology', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 763, article no. 142992, pp. 1-8. 8 6 1
2021	Pandopulos, AJ, Simpson, BS, Bade, R, O'Brien, JW, Yadav, MK, White, JM & Gerber, C 2021, 'A method and its application to determine the amount of cannabinoids in sewage sludge and biosolids', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 28, no. 42, pp. 59652-59664. 3 2 1
2021	Sapula, SA, Whittall, JJ, Pandopulos, AJ, Gerber, C & Venter, H 2021, 'An optimized and robust PEG precipitation method for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 785, pp. 1-9. Open access 23 19 7
2021	Verhagen, R, Tscharke, BJ, Clokey, J, Gerber, C, Ghetia, M, Kaserzon, SL, Thomas, K V & Mueller, JF 2021, 'Multisite calibration of a microporous polyethylene tube passive sampler for quantifying drugs in wastewater', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 55, no. 19, pp. 12922-12929. 2 1 1
2020	Bade, R, Abbate, V, Abdelaziz, A, Nguyen, L, Trobbiani, S, Stockham, P, Elliot, S, White, JM & Gerber, C 2020, 'The complexities associated with new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater: the case of 4‐ethylmethcathinone', Drug Testing and Analysis, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 1494-1500. Open access 3 3 15
2020	Bade, R, Abdelaziz, A, Nguyen, L, Pandopulos, AJ, White, JM & Gerber, C 2020, 'Determination of 21 synthetic cathinones, phenethylamines, amphetamines and opioids in influent wastewater using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry', Talanta, vol. 208, article no. 120479, pp. 1-8. 33 30 3
2020	Bade, R, Ghetia, M, White, JM & Gerber, C 2020, 'Determination of prescribed and designer benzodiazepines and metabolites in influent wastewater', Analytical Methods, vol. 12, no. 28, pp. 3637-3644. Open access 18 16 1
2020	Bade, R, White, JM, Nguyen, L, Pandopulos, AJ & Gerber, C 2020, 'What is the drug of choice of young festivalgoers?', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 216, article no. 108315, pp. 1-5. Open access 2 3 6
2020	Bade, R, White, JM, Nguyen, L, Tscharke, BJ, Mueller, JF, O'Brien, JW, Thomas, K V & Gerber, C 2020, 'Determining changes in new psychoactive substance use in Australia by wastewater analysis', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 731, article no. 139209, pp. 1-9. Open access 23 22 79
2020	Bade, R, White, JM, Tscharke, BJ, Ghetia, M, Abdelaziz, A & Gerber, C 2020, 'Anabasine‐based measurement of cigarette consumption using wastewater analysis', Drug Testing and Analysis, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 1393-1398. Open access 7 5
2020	Gerber, C, Bade, R & White, J 2020, 'Amphetamine dependence in Australia', The Lancet, vol. 396, no. 10256, pp. 957. Open access
2020	Leggett, C, Lwin, EMP, Ritchie, U, Song, Y, Gerber, JP, Turner, S, Hague, WM, Stark, M, Upton, R & Garg, S 2020, 'Perindopril in breast milk and determination of breastfed infant exposure: a prospective observational study', Drug Design Development and Therapy, vol. 14, pp. 961-967. Open access 1 1
2020	Pandopulos, AJ, Bade, R, O'Brien, JW, Tscharke, BJ, Mueller, JF, Thomas, K, White, JM & Gerber, C 2020, 'Towards an efficient method for the extraction and analysis of cannabinoids in wastewater', Talanta, vol. 217, article no. 121034, pp. 1-10. 17 18 3
2020	Pandopulos, AJ, Gerber, C, Tscharke, BJ, O'Brien, J, White, JM & Bade, R 2020, 'A sensitive analytical method for the measurement of neurotransmitter metabolites as potential population biomarkers in wastewater', Journal of Chromatography A, vol. 1612, article no. 460623, pp. 1-9. 14 13 1
2020	Zheng, Q, Eaglesham, G, Tscharke, BJ, O'Brien, JW, Li, J, Thompson, J, Shimko, KM, Reeks, T, Gerber, C, Thomas, K V & Thai, PK 2020, 'Determination of anabasine, anatabine, and nicotine biomarkers in wastewater by enhanced direct injection LC-MS/MS and evaluation of their in-sewer stability', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 743, article no. 140551, pp. 1-8. 11 10
2019	Abdelaziz, AM, Diab, S, Islam, S, KC Basnet, S, Noll, B, Li, P, Mekonnen, LB, Lu, J, Albrecht, H, Milne, RW, Gerber, C, Yu, M & Wang, S 2019, 'Discovery of n-phenyl-4-(1h-pyrrol-3-yl)pyrimidin-2-amine derivatives as potent mnk2 inhibitors: design, synthesis, sar analysis, and evaluation of in vitro anti-leukaemic activity', Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 600-621. 5 4
2019	Abdelaziz, AM, MC Basnet, S, Islam, S, Li, M, Tadesse, S, Albrecht, H, Gerber, C, Yu, M & Wang, S 2019, 'Synthesis and evaluation of 2'H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,3'-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine]-1',5'-dione derivatives as Mnk inhibitors', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, vol. 29, no. 18, pp. 2650-2654. Open access 5 5 3
2019	Bade, R, Ghetia, M, Nguyen, L, Tscharke, BJ, White, JM & Gerber, C 2019, 'Simultaneous determination of 24 opioids, stimulants and new psychoactive substances in wastewater', MethodsX, vol. 6, pp. 953-960. Open access 23 24 4
2019	Bade, R, Stockham, P, Painter, B, Celma, A, Bijlsma, L, Hernandez, F, White, JM & Gerber, C 2019, 'Investigating the appearance of new psychoactive substances in South Australia using wastewater and forensic data', Drug Testing and Analysis, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 250-256. Open access 23 17 3
2019	Bade, R, Tscharke, BJ, White, JM, Grant, S, Mueller, JF, O'Brien, J, Thomas, K V & Gerber, C 2019, 'LC-HRMS suspect screening to show spatial patterns of new psychoactive substances use in Australia', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 650, pp. 2181-2187. Open access 47 36 1
2019	González-Mariño, I, Baz-Lomba, JA, Alygizakis, NA, Andrés-Costa, MJ, Bade, R, Gerber, C & Ort, C and 64 other authors 2019, 'Spatio-temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring', Addiction, vol. 115, no. 1, pp. 109-120. Open access 109 105 383
2019	Tscharke, BJ, O'Brien, JW, Ort, C, Grant, S, Gerber, C, Bade, R, Thai, PK, Thomas, K V & Mueller, JF 2019, 'Harnessing the power of the census: characterizing wastewater treatment plant catchment populations for wastewater-based epidemiology', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 17, pp. 10303-10311. Open access 47 43
2019	Yadav, MK, Gerber, C, Saint, CP, Van den Akker, B & Short, MD 2019, 'Understanding the removal and fate of selected drugs of abuse in sludge and biosolids from Australian wastewater treatment operations', Engineering, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 872-879. Open access 10 8 1
2019	Yadav, MK, Short, MD, Gerber, C, Awad, J, van den Akker, B & Saint, CP 2019, 'Removal of emerging drugs of addiction by wastewater treatment and water recycling processes and impacts on effluent-associated environmental risk', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 680, pp. 1-32. 24 23
2019	Yadav, MK, Short, MD, Gerber, C, van Den Akker, B, Aryal, R & Saint, CP 2019, 'Occurrence, removal and environmental risk of markers of five drugs of abuse in urban wastewater systems in South Australia', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 26, pp. 33816-33826. 11 11 18
2018	Bade, R, Tscharke, BJ, Longo, M, Cooke, R, White, JM & Gerber, C 2018, 'Investigating the correlation between wastewater analysis and roadside drug testing in South Australia', Drug and Alcohol Dependence, vol. 187, pp. 123-126. Open access 10 8 2
2018	Bade, R, White, J & Gerber, C 2018, 'Qualitative and quantitative temporal analysis of licit and illicit drugs in wastewater in Australia using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry', Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol. 410, no. 2, pp. 529-542. 38 33 3
2018	Lai, FY, Gartner, C, Hall, W, Carter, S, O'Brien, J, Tscharke, BJ, Been, F, Gerber, C, White, J, Thai, P, Bruno, R, Prichard, J, Kirkbride, KP & Mueller, JF 2018, 'Measuring spatial and temporal trends of nicotine and alcohol consumption in Australia using wastewater-based epidemiology', Addiction, vol. 113, no. 6, pp. 1127-1136. Open access 46 44 5
2018	Lwin, EMP, Gerber, C, Leggett, C, Song, Y, Ritchie, U, Turner, S, Hague, W, Upton, R & Garg, S 2018, 'Estimation of atenolol transfer into milk and infant exposure during its use in lactating women', Journal of Human Lactation, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 592-599. 3 4 1
2018	Lwin, EMP, Leggett, C, Ritchie, U, Gerber, C, Song, Y, Hague, W, Turner, S, Upton, R & Garg, S 2018, 'Transfer of rosuvastatin into breast milk: liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry methodology and clinical recommendations', Drug Design Development and Therapy, vol. 12, pp 3645-3651. Open access 3 6 1
2018	van Nuijs, A, Lai, F, Been, F, Andres-Costa, M, Gerber, C & Ort, C and 37 other authors 2018, 'Multi-year inter-laboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: Development of a quality control system', Trends in Analytical Chemistry, vol. 103, pp. 34-44. Open access 62 51 3
2017	Costabile, M, Bassal, N, Gerber, J & Hughes, B 2017, 'Inhibition of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity by fatty acids and prostaglandins: A structure function analysis', Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, vol. 122, pp. 7-15. 3 2
2017	Lwin, EMP, Gerber, C, Song, Y, Leggett, C, Ritchie, U, Turner, S & Garg, S 2017, 'A new LC-MS/MS bioanalytical method for atenolol in human plasma and milk', Bioanalysis, vol 9, no. 7, pp 517-530. Open access 11 10
2017	Lwin, EMP, Gerber, C, Song, Y, Leggett, C, Ritchie, U, Turner, S & Garg, S 2017, 'A new LC-MS/MS bioanalytical method for perindopril and perindoprilat in human plasma and milk', Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, vol. 409, no. 26, pp. 6141-6148. Open access 6 7 1
2017	Turkanovic, J, Ward, MB, Gerber, JP & Milne, RW 2017, 'Effect of garlic, gingko, and St. John's wort extracts on the pharmacokinetics of fexofenadine: a mechanistic study', Drug Metabolism and Disposition, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 569-575. Open access 6 3
2017	Yadav, MK, Short, MD, Aryal, R, Gerber, C, van den Akker, B & Saint, CP 2017, 'Occurrence of illicit drugs in water and wastewater and their removal during wastewater treatment', Water Research, vol. 124, pp. 713-727. Open access 67 61 2
2016	Tscharke, BJ, Chen, C, Gerber, JP & White, J 2016, 'Temporal trends in drug use in Adelaide, South Australia by wastewater analysis', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 565, pp. 384-391. 99 88 55
2016	Tscharke, BJ, White, JM & Gerber, JP 2016, 'Estimates of tobacco use by wastewater analysis of anabasine and anatabine', Drug Testing and Analysis, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 702-707. 28 24 10
2015	Schroeder, R, Pendleton, P & Gerber, J 2015, 'Physical factors affecting chloroquine binding to melanin', Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 134, pp. 8-16. Open access 12 11
2015	Schroeder, RL, Double, KL & Gerber, JP 2015, 'Using Sepia melanin as a PD model to describe the binding characteristics of neuromelanin: a critical review', Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, vol. 64-65, pp. 20-32. 26 25
2015	Tscharke, BJ, Chen, C, Gerber, JP & White, JM 2015, 'Trends in stimulant use in Australia: a comparison of wastewater analysis and population surveys', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 536, pp. 331-337. 31 32 1
2014	Chen, C, Kostakis, C, Gerber, JP, Tscharke, BJ, Irvine, RJ & White, JM 2014, 'Towards finding a population biomarker for wastewater epidemiology studies', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 487, no. 1, pp. 621-628. 94 82 7
2014	Schroeder, R & Gerber, J 2014, 'Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine binding to melanin : some possible consequences for pathologies', Toxicology Reports, vol. 1, pp. 963-968. Open access 48 44 21
2014	Schroeder, RL & Gerber, JP 2014, 'A reappraisal of Fe(III) adsorption by melanin', Journal of Neural Transmission, vol. 121, no. 12, pp. 1483-1491. 6 9
2013	Wang, L, Christophersen, CT, Sorich, MJ, Gerber, JP, Angley, MT & Conlon, MA 2013, 'Increased abundance of Sutterella spp. and Ruminococcus torques in feces of children with autism spectrum disorder', Molecular Autism, vol. 4, no. 1, article no. 42, pp. 1-4. Open access 248 234 25
2012	Wang, L, Christophersen, CT, Sorich, MJ, Gerber, JP, Angley, MT & Conlon, MA 2012, 'Elevated fecal short chain fatty acid and ammonia concentrations in children with autism spectrum disorder', Digestive Diseases and Sciences, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 2096-2102. 242 224 15
2011	Simpson, BS, Claudie, DJ, Gerber, JP, Pyke, SM, Wang, J, McKinnon, RA & Semple, SJ 2011, 'In vivo activity of Benzoyl ester clerodane diterpenoid derivatives from Dodonaea polyandra', Journal of Natural Products, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 650-657. 27 25
2011	Simpson, BS, Claudie, DJ, Smith, NM, Gerber, JP, McKinnon, RA & Semple, SJ 2011, 'Flavonoids from the leaves and stems of Dodonaea polyandra: a Northern Kaanju medicinal plant', Phytochemistry: The International Journal of Plant Chemistry, Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, vol. 72, no. 14-15, pp. 1883-1888. 19 17
2011	Tan, SL, Gerber, JP, Cosgrove, LJ, Lockett, TJ, Clarke, JM, Williams, DB & Head, RJ 2011, 'Is the tissue persistence of O6-methyl-2'-deoxyguanosine an indicator of tumour formation in the gastrointestinal tract?', Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, vol. 721, no. 2, pp. 119-126. 8 9
2011	Wang, L, Angley, MT, Gerber, JP & Sorich, MJ 2011, 'A review of candidate urinary biomarkers for autism spectrum disorder', Biomarkers, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 537-552. 28 26
2011	Wang, L, Christophersen, CT, Sorich, MJ, Gerber, JP, Angley, MT & Conlon, MA 2011, 'Low relative abundances of the mucolytic bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila and Bifidobacterium spp. in feces of children with autism', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 77, no. 18, pp. 6718-6727. Open access 267 247
2010	Jaisue, S, Gerber, JP & Davey, AK 2010, 'Pharmacokinetics of Fexofenadine following LPS administration to rats', Xenobiotica: The Fate of Foreign Compounds in Biological Systems, vol. 40, no. 11, pp. 743-750. 7 8
2010	Jin, HP, Wang, J, Gerber, JP & Davey, AK 2010, 'Disposition of isosteviol in the rat isolated perfused liver', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, vol. 37, no. 5-6, pp. 593-597. 5 4
2010	Madaras, F, Gerber, JP, Peddie, F & Kokkinn, MJ 2010, 'The Effect of Sampling Methods on the Apparent Constituents of Ink from the Squid Sepioteuthis australis', Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 1171-1179. 11 11
2010	Wang, L, Angley, MT, Sorich, MJ, Young, R, McKinnon, RA & Gerber, JP 2010, 'Is there a role for routinely screening children with autism spectrum disorder for creatine deficiency syndrome?', Autism Research: Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 268-272. 10 10
2009	Wang, L, Angley, MT, Gerber, JP, Young, RL, Abarno, D V, McKinnon, RA & Sorich, MJ 2009, 'Is urinary indolyl-3-acryloylglycine a biomarker for autism with gastrointestinal symptoms?', Biomarkers, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 596-603. 19 18
2008	Jin, HP, Gerber, JP, Wang, J, Ji, M & Davey, AK 2008, 'Oral and i.v. pharmacokinetics of isosteviol in rats as assessed by new sensitive LC-MS/MS method', Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 986-990. 10 9
2008	Ma, Z, Wang, J, Gerber, JP & Milne, RW 2008, 'Determination of colistin in human plasma, urine and other biological samples using LC-MS/MS', Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences, vol. 862, no. 1-2, pp. 205-212. 50 49

Reports

Year	Output
2022	Tscharke, B, O'Brien, J, Bade, R, Reeks, T, Prasad, P, Elisei, G, Sichani, H, Alongi, C, Mueller, J, Thomas, K, Ghetia, M, Jaunay, E, Paxton, S, Simpson, B, Gerber, C & White, J 2022, National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 15, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2021	Tscharke, B, O'Brien, J, Bade, R, Reeks, T, Prasad, P, Elisei, G, Sichani, H, Mueller, J, Thomas, K, Ghetia, M, Adiraju, S, Rillo, J, Simpson, B, Gerber, C & White, J 2021, National wastewater drug monitoring program - report 14, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2019	Tscharke, B, Mackie, R, O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Ghetia, M, Aghera, H, Bade, R, Gerber, C & White, J 2019, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 7, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2019	Tscharke, B, Mackie, R, O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Ghetia, M, Aghera, H, Bade, R, Gerber, C & White, J 2019, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 8, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2018	Tscharke, B, Mackie, R, O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Ghetia, M, Aghera, H, Bade, R, Gerber, C & White, J 2018, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 5, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2018	Tscharke, B, Mackie, R, O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Ghetia, M, Aghera, H, Bade, R, Gerber, C & White, J 2018, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 6, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2017	O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Tscharke, B, Gerber, C & White, J 2017, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 1, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2017	Tscharke, B, Mackie, R, O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Bade, R, Ghetia, M, Gerber, C & White, J 2017, National wastewater drug monitoring program: report 2, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2017	Tscharke, B, Mackie, R, O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Ghetia, M, Aghera, H, Bade, R, Gerber, C & White, J 2017, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 3, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access
2017	Tscharke, B, Mackie, R, O'Brien, J, Grant, S, Mueller, J, Ghetia, M, Aghera, H, Bade, R, Gerber, C & White, J 2017, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program: report 4, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australia. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Allwater	AUSTRALIA
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	GREECE
Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation	AUSTRALIA
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation)	AUSTRALIA
Dalian Maritime University	CHINA
Drug and Alcohol Services SA	AUSTRALIA
ESR - Christchurch Science Centre	NEW ZEALAND
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Forensic Science SA	AUSTRALIA
Institute of Environmental Science and Research	NEW ZEALAND
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri	ITALY
Jaume I University	SPAIN
King's College London	UNITED KINGDOM
KWR Water Research Institute	NETHERLANDS
Lyell McEwin Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Neuroscience Research Australia	AUSTRALIA
Norwegian Institute for Water Research	NORWAY
NSW Users and AIDS Association	AUSTRALIA
Queensland Health	AUSTRALIA
Queensland University of Technology	AUSTRALIA
RMIT University	AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide Hospital	AUSTRALIA
SA Police	AUSTRALIA
St Vincent's Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology	SWITZERLAND
Universitat Jaume I	SPAIN
Universiteit Antwerpen	BELGIUM
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Antwerp	BELGIUM
University of Athens	GREECE
University of Puget Sound	UNITED STATES
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Santiago de Compostela	SPAIN
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Tasmania	AUSTRALIA
University of Valencia	SPAIN
Women's and Children's Hospital	AUSTRALIA

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I enjoy contact with students and discovering the obstacles they face with our courses. My interest is to find solutions which address these difficulties.

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Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
- Non target and suspect screening of compounds of concern in influent and effluent wastewater	Current
Characterisation and potential new treatments of colistin resistant Chryseobacterium spp.isolated from healthcare facilities	Current
Detecting chemical biomarkers of human activity using wastewater-based epidemiology	Current
Development of a pH-responsive implant for the targeted control of feral cats and the protection of native mammals	Current
Development of injectable hydrogels for the delivery of therapeutic agents	Current
Pharmacogenomics to achieve precision dosing of fluoropyrimidines (FP) in cancer patients	Current
Understanding the fate of common psychoactive substances and pharmaceuticals during wastewater treatment operations	Current
Addressing the challenges for measuring population biomarkers and cannabinoids by wastewater-based epidemiology	Completed
An investigation of potential biomarkers in children with autism spectrum disorder	Completed
Chemical and pharmacological investigation of Dodonaea polyandra	Completed
Discovery of novel inhibitors of MAPK-interacting kinases as anti-tumour agents	Completed
Evaluation of drug transfer in human breast milk	Completed
Examining the role of melanin in disease states through its adsorption characteristics and their mechanisms	Completed
Investigations into selected aspects of the chemistry of illicit drugs	Completed
Population-scale drug use in Adelaide, South Australia, by wastewater analysis	Completed
The role of fatty acids on dicarbonyl- induced protein glycation, receptor expression and inflammatory biomarkers	Completed
Understanding the fate of drugs of addiction through wastewater treatment processes	Completed

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Associate Professor Cobus Gerber

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