Group members

Tracey Luu completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry at the University of Melbourne in 2017. Her research project was with Dr. Yuning Hong on the synthesis of a cysteine-reactive fluorescent dye for detecting unfolded proteins in cells. She continued her research under Dr. Yuning Hong at La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science in late 2016. Tracey also went on to complete her Master of Biochemical Engineering degree at the University of Melbourne in 2020, where her focus was on the use of antibodies in current drug delivery systems. Now, she is currently undertaking her PhD in Dr Manuela Jörg’s group at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and is co-supervised by Dr James Knight at Newcastle University. Her research mainly focuses on the development of fluorescently labelled pharmacological tools, specifically the development of bivalent probes. Beyond her academic life, Tracey enjoys listening to music, doing media work and taking scenery photos.

Katie Gristwood received a PhD in 2025 for her research on the ‘Development of Radioimmunoconjugate Probes for Preclinical Cancer Imaging’.

Find out more about Katie’s work here.

Toni Pringle received a PhD in 2024 for her research on ‘The Synthesis and Evaluation of Radioimmunoconjugates for Cancer Imaging and Therapy’.

Inga Sirbu received a PhD in 2024 for her research on the ‘Evaluation of Zirconium-89 Complexes for Spatio-Temporal Imaging of Soil-Water Flow via Positron Emission Tomography’.

Find out more about Inga’s work here.