Rate My Professor Amandeep Kaur

Dr. Amandeep Kaur is a Lecturer and ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University. She leads the Kaur Group within the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, focusing on the Medicinal Chemistry theme. Kaur completed her PhD in 2016 at the University of Sydney under the supervision of Professor Elizabeth New. She subsequently undertook a postdoctoral position in biological imaging at the University of New South Wales. In 2018, she received the University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor’s Fellowship to establish her independent research career. Her research specializes in the design and synthesis of advanced fluorescent probes and sensors for super-resolution microscopy. These tools enable the nanoscale imaging of protein aggregates, such as amyloids and tau proteins, implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Key projects include developing photoswitchable fluorophores for amyloid architecture visualization, non-invasive functional imaging of the digestive lymphatic system, and molecular innovations to decode tauopathies at the nanoscale. She contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being through her work in synthetic organic chemistry, fluorescence microscopy, and molecular imaging of biological molecules and processes.