Prof Robert Ramsay
Scientific Advisor
Prof Ramsay is an Honorary Professor at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac) and ranked by Stanford University in 2024 to be in the top 2% for career citations among the 100,000 most-cited scientists in the world.
He is a globally recognised expert in cancer biology and translational medicine,
with over 40 years of research experience. He has made significant contributions to the development of novel therapies in oncology.
Prof Ramsay has a distinguished academic career, holding professorships in the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology and Department of Clinical Pathology at the University of Melbourne. He is a former President of the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR), National Assoc. of Research Fellows (NARF) and immediate past President of International Society for the Study of the Pleura and Peritoneum (ISSPP) and current board director of the Australasian Gastrointestinal Trials Group (AGITG).
Dr Daniel Garama
Scientific Advisor
Dr Garama is a clinical researcher with expertise and extensive experience in human health and disease.
He specialises in cancer, proteomics, mitochondrial disease biology and protein biochemistry research with a goal of unravelling disease mechanisms and developing treatments directly from the lab to the clinic. He heads proteomics and leads a research team focused on mitochondrial proteomic disease response at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research and has undertaken specialist training and prestigious international facilities in human disease and advanced proteomics and holds affiliate positions at Monash University and University of Melbourne.
Dr Garama has numerous national and international awards and peer reviewed publications, many of which are in high impact journals (Science, Molecular Cell, Nature, Oncogene, Proteomics).
Prof. Sebastian Marcuccio
Chemistry Adviser
Dr Marcuccio is an organic / pharmaceutical chemist with over 30 years’ experience in research and commercial development.
He has extensive career experience in the development of fine chemical products and in drug discovery. He was previously Project Leader of Pharmaceutical Chemicals Research at CSIRO (Australia’s premier public research organisation) where he developed CSIRO’s complex organoboron technology, leading to multiple international patents and the establishment of Boron Molecular Pty Ltd, where he was the founding scientist and R&D Director 2001-2004.
Prof Marcuccio is currently Founder and Director at Advanced Molecular Technologies Pty Ltd (AMT), a contract research organisation specialising in medicinal chemistry and custom organic synthesis.
He has a PhD in Organic chemistry from ANU and is an adjunct professor at La Trobe University.
Alex Bennett
Technical Adviser
Alex is an Applied Physicist-Mathematician BSc(Hons) with over 35 years experience in the research and development, manufacturing and commercialisation of scientific instrumentation.
He has worked on research, analytical, forensic and medical devices, including ISO:9001 and ISO:13485 certifications for forensic and medical light source manufacturing. Alex was General Manager of Forensic Light Sources for Rofin Australia Pty Ltd which won the Australian Small to Medium Business Export Award in 2005. Alex also managed a 3 year Medical Light Source trial for PDT treatment of skin cancers at the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, resulting in medical device certification for Australia and Europe in 2011. He has presented many international papers and seminars on light sources around the world.
Bennett has been a Technical Adviser to Invion on PDT light sources since September 2018.
Louise White
Manufacturing and Quality Adviser
Louise has over 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and has held key roles in leading global organisations.
Her experience includes 13 years in Australia’s leading a sterile vaccine manufacturing company, CSL andover 22 years within SeerPharma. Louise also held senior roles in Virology R&D, Bacterial Vaccines Production, Quality Control and Production Planning.
Further, she is a registered auditor for the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary
Manufacturing Authority (APVMA) and is a current Partner at SeerPharma.