Elena P. Ivanova

Elena P. Ivanova
Occupation(s)	Nanobiotechnologist/biophysicist, academic, and author
Academic work
Institutions	RMIT University

Elena P. Ivanova is a nanobiotechnologist/biophysicist, academic, and author. She is a Distinguished Professor at RMIT University. She has conducted research on biomaterials and bioengineering. ^[1]

Ivanova has authored/co-authored books, including New Functional Biomaterials for Medicine and Healthcare,Antibacterial Surfaces, and Superhydrophobic Surfaces. As of 2025, her work has been cited 19,000 times.

Career

Between 1998 and 2001, Ivanova was a senior scientist at Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. In 2001, she joined Swinburne University of Technology as a senior lecturer, becoming associate professor and professor later. She left Swinburne to joined RMIT in 2019 as distinguished professor. ^[2]

Research

Ivanova works in the fields of nanobiotechnology, material science, and microbiology. As of 2025, her work has been cited 19,000 times. ^[3]

She led a research project on biomimetic mechano-bactericidal nanostructured surfaces. In her studies focused on mechanical rupture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial cells by cicada Psaltoda claripennis wings, she demonstrated that upon being incubated on cicada wings, Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells are stretched and ruptured by the nanopillar arrays present on the wing surface, resulting in bacterial cell death. ^[4] Her studies further showed that cicada wings are highly effective antibacterial. ^[5]

Awards and honors

• 2016 - Women of Swinburne, Swinburne University of Technology ^[6]
• 2017 - Australian Museum Eureka for Scientific Research ^[7]
• 2019 - Distinguished Professor, RMIT University ^[2]

Bibliography

Books

• Marine Proteobacteria of the Family Alteromonadaceae. 2001.
• Ivanova, Elena P. (2007). Nanoscale Structure and Properties of Microbial Cell Surfaces. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN   9781600212420.
• Ivanova, Elena P.; Bazaka, Kateryna; j Crawford, R. (2014). New Functional Biomaterials for Medicine and Healthcare. Woodhead. ISBN   9781782422662.
• Ivanova, Elena; Crawford, Russell (2015). Antibacterial Surfaces. Springer. ISBN   9783319185934.
• Superhydrophobic Surfaces. 2015. ISBN   9780128011096.

Selected articles

• Vu, B.; Chen, M.; Crawford, R. J.; Ivanova, E. P. (2009). "Bacterial extracellular polysaccharides involved in biofilm formation". Molecules. 14 (7): 2535–2554. doi: 10.3390/molecules14072535 . PMC   6254922 . PMID   19633622.
• Ivanova, E. P.; Hasan, J.; Webb, H. K.; Truong, V. K.; Watson, G. S.; Watson, J. A.; Crawford, R. J. (2012). "Natural bactericidal surfaces: mechanical rupture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells by cicada wings". Small. 8 (16): 2489–2494. doi:10.1002/smll.201200528. PMID   22674670.
• Webb, H. K.; Arnott, J.; Crawford, R. J.; Ivanova, E. P. (2012). "Plastic degradation and its environmental implications with special reference to poly(ethylene terephthalate)". Polymers. 5 (1): 1–18. doi: 10.3390/polym5010001 . hdl: 1959.3/356234 .
• Hasan, J.; Crawford, R. J.; Ivanova, E. P. (2013). "Antibacterial surfaces: the quest for a new generation of biomaterials". Trends in Biotechnology. 31 (5): 295–304. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.01.017. PMID   23434154.
• Ivanova, E. P.; Hasan, J.; Webb, H. K.; Gervinskas, G.; Juodkazis, S.; Truong, V. K.; Crawford, R. J. (2013). "Bactericidal activity of black silicon". Nature Communications. 4 (1): 1–7. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.2838I. doi:10.1038/ncomms3838. PMC   3868328 . PMID   24281410.
• Linklater, D. P.; Baulin, V. A.; Le Guével, X.; Fleury, J. B.; Hanssen, E.; Nguyen, T. H. P.; Ivanova, E. P. (2020). "Antibacterial action of nanoparticles by lethal stretching of bacterial cell membranes". Advanced Materials. 32 (52): 2005679. Bibcode:2020AdM....3205679L. doi:10.1002/adma.202005679. PMID   33179362.
• Linklater, D. P.; Baulin, V. A.; Juodkazis, S.; Crawford, R. J.; Stoodley, P.; Ivanova, E. P. (2021). "Mechano-bactericidal actions of nanostructured surfaces". Nature Reviews Microbiology. 19 (1): 8–22. doi:10.1038/s41579-020-0414-z. PMID   32807981.
• Linklater, D. P.; Ivanova, E. P. (2022). "Nanostructured antibacterial surfaces–What can be achieved?". Nano Today. 43: 101404. doi:10.1016/j.nantod.2022.101404.

References

1. "Elena Ivanova". RMIT University. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
2. "Dist. Professor Elena Ivanova". RMIT Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
3. "Elena Ivanova - Scopus". Scopus. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
4. Cheng, Yifan; Ma, Xiaojing; Franklin, Trevor; Yang, Rong; Moraru, Carmen I. (27 March 2023). "Mechano-Bactericidal Surfaces: Mechanisms, Nanofabrication, and Prospects for Food Applications". Annual Review of Food Science and Technology. 14 (1): 449–472. doi: 10.1146/annurev-food-060721-022330 . PMID   36972158.
5. van Nieuwenhoven, Richard W.; Bürger, Alexander M.; Mears, Laura L. E.; Kienzl, Philip; Reithofer, Manuel; Elbe-Bürger, Adelheid; Gebeshuber, Ille C. (March 2024). "Verifying antibacterial properties of nanopillars on cicada wings". Applied Nanoscience. 14 (3): 531–541. Bibcode:2024ApNan..14..531V. doi: 10.1007/s13204-024-03030-5 .
6. "Swinburne Commons". Swinburne University of Technology. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
7. "Eureka Prize for SNAL Partner Elena Ivanova". SNAL. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

External links

• Elena P. Ivanova publications indexed by Google Scholar