Shanlin Fu

Biography

Shanlin graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1982 from Nanjing Normal University and a Master of Science degree in phytochemistry in 1985 from Peking Union Medical College, China. He was a visiting scientist at Division of Animal Health, CSIRO, Parkville, VIC (1988) and at the Department of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Hobart, (1989), working on isolation and structural characterisation of natural products. Shanlin obtained his PhD degree in pharmaceutical chemistry from University of Sydney in 1993. He then spent 6 years at the Heart Research Institute Sydney, studying free radical damage to biomolecules such as proteins and its role in atherosclerosis, diabetes and cataracts. In 2000 he was appointed Senior Scientist at the Toxicology Unit, PaLMS (Pacific Laboratory Medicine Services), Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health. He was in charge of the confirmatory drug testing department, performing drug testing of therapeutic drugs and illicit drugs in biological fluids for clinical as well as medico-legal purposes. In February 2008, Shanlin took up an academic position at the University of Technology Sydney.

Research Interest

Analytical and forensic toxicology Forensic chemistry Mechanism and significance of free radical damage to bio-molecules Herbal medicine and natural product chemistry