Ms Angie Davina Tjandra

Angie commenced her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2019 at the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW under the supervision of A/Prof Chandrawati (Nanotechnology for Food and Medicine (NanoFAM) Laboratory). Angie is a Scientia PhD candidate and her work focuses on developing colorimetric sensors for early cancer detection from the breath. During her first two years of PhD, Angie has also completed various courses from MIT, Harvard and RMIT to support her research. In addition, she has completed 8 professional development courses from 2020 - 2021 at UNSW AGSM and The University of Sydney CCE.

Angie is actively involved in community engagement and has over 10 years of experience. She is currently the founding member & president of the Chemical Engineering Research Society (CERS) at the School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW. Angie is the postgraduate student ambassador in the NSW Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Joint Chemical Engineering Committee (JCEC), Industry Advisory Board UNSW, and delegate in the RACI Women in Chemistry division. Angie is also an experienced graphic designer and science illustrator, having completed over 15 projects in the last 5 years. 

Prior to coming to UNSW, Angie worked in various industry and start-ups as product development engineer, process engineer and wastewater engineer. She has acquired experience in diverse fields including 3D cell culture and bioprinting, yeast manufacturing & fermentation, membrane technology, wastewater treatment and others. During her work experience, she successfully developed an efficient end-to-end manufacturing process & QC methods for product commercialisation. She authored documentations such as safety data sheet (SDS), certificate of analysis (CoA) and specification sheets, in accordance to the Model Code of Practice and industry best practices. She led the new website project, which won 6 accumulated awards from CSS Design Awards and awwwards, including Honors, Innovation Design Award, Special Kudos Award, Mobile Excellence, User Interface Design Awards and User Experience Design Awards. She was the director and producer of product photoshoot and videography.

Angie Davina Tjandra graduated with a B.Eng (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering) from University of Sydney with Hons I & The University Medal, and was a recipient of "The NSW IChemE and Joint Chemical Engineering Committee of NSW Prize for the Best Undergraduate Thesis" by the Faculty of Engineering & IT. Angie was an academic tutor from 2015 - 2017 at the University of Sydney, and acquired UNSW Taste of Research Scholarship from UNSW in 2015 to work under the supervision of Scientia Professor Rose Amal. In 2017, Angie received the Sydney Industrial Placement Scholarship from The University of Sydney to undertake her Hons Thesis at AB Mauri STC, North Ryde, Sydney for 6 months (full-time). Throughout her undergraduate degree, she was actively involved in student society, school and state organisations including Engineers Australia, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), SUCES, PPIA USYD.