Key Research Interests

• Vaccinology

• Immunology

• Protein Engineering

•  Antibody Discovery

• Infectious Diseases

• Nanotechnology 

• Immunoengineering

Future Research Focus (Laboratory of Christian Dzuvor)

1. Investigating Bacterial and Viral Immunopathogenesis to propel Vaccine and Therapeutics Discovery

2. Vaccine Design and Evaluation against Respiratory Viral and Bacterial Pathogens 

3. Antibody Discovery against Respiratory Viral and Bacterial Pathogens

4. Combating Bacterial Infections with Nanoantimicrobials  

On Going Research Projects (Corbett Lab)

1. Pandemic Preparedness: Universal Vaccine Design for Coronaviruses (MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2)

2. Endemic Preparedness: Nanoparticle Vaccine Design for Endemic Human Coronaviruses (HKU1, OC43, 229E, NL63)

Completed Research Projects 

1. Engineering bifunctional protein nanoparticle as antibiotics 

2. Engineering supramolecular protein-based nanomaterials as alternative antibacterial agents

3. Engineering multivalent therapeutics (Nanobodies, Antibodies, ACE2 and Aptamers) and vaccines against Coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases

4. Production of ethanol gel fuel from molasses and sugarcane bargasse

5. Conversion ( pyrolysis ) of waste plastics into fuel

6. Process Development for Characterisation of Waste Vegetable Oil

7. Production of bio diesel from Waste vegetable oil

8. Co - pyrolysis of waste plastics and biomass into fuel

9. Production of biochar from bamboo