Dr Dulama Richani

Dr Dulama Richani is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Women’s and Children’s Health, and Fertility & Research Centre, at UNSW. 

Dulama is an emerging research leader in the areas of oocyte maturation and assisted reproductive technologies. Through basic research, she has made advances in our fundamental understanding of the endocrine and local factors which regulate oocyte quality and is using these new insights to develop modern approaches to fertility treatments for women (with a particular focus on the reproductive technology IVM).

KEY ACHEVEMENTS:

• Publications: She has published over 20 peer reviewed publications in the last 6 years; 88% of them are in top quartile of journals. The impact of her research is reflected by her excellent FWCI of 2.89 (SciVal, 2019), meaning that her research receives almost triple the expected citations across all disciplines in which she publishes.
• Scientific Presentations: She has delivered 10 oral presentations at major national and international conferences and 4 invited institute talks. Additionally, she has been the presenting author of 15 conference presentations.
• Funding: Attained $210,612 in funding (Project, industry & equipment grants with 75% as CIA, 2 scholarships, & 12 travel awards).
• Academic Excellence: Awarded Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis of Excellence (2014); Awarded the School Best Publication Award (UNSW, 2019).
• Contributions to Scientific Community: Elected Early Career Research Representative for the Australian Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB); Member of 3 university committees, peer-reviewer for several multi-disciplinary scientific journals, Conference Convener & Chair of the 2018 NSW Reproduction Forum (Australia).
• Research Leadership: She has been primary supervisor to 4 Honours students, and supervisor to 3 visiting international postdoctoral fellows.