PhD Students

	Laura Cortes Castrillon Laura received her Masters degree from the Department of Chemistry, National University of Colombia, Bogata, Colombia. She is married to civil engineer Carlos Castelblanco. Laura likes ultimate frisbee and swimming and also parques (a South American table game) and dancing. She is working initially on the expression and isolation of cuprous oxidase enzymes. Email: l.cortescastrillon@student.unimelb.edu.au
	Chathuri Wijekoon Chathuri is an international student from Sri Lanka. She obtained her BSc(Hons) degree in chemistry from the University of Peradeniya. She is engaged to Kasun Wettasinghe who is a civil engineer. Chathuri enjoys swimming and has been a competitive swimmer in the past. She is working on expression and purification of membrane copper pumps and their soluble partners. Email: cwijekoon@student.unimelb.edu.au
	Tessa Young In 2013, Tessa completed her Bachelor of Science (Hons)/Diploma of Mathematics at the University of Melbourne. She is now undertaking a PhD degree with us, concentrating on fluorescent probes for bio-metals. Email: tryoung@student.unimelb.edu.au
	Ashwinie Ukuwela Ashwinie is an international student from Sri Lanka. She completed her B.Sc (Honours) degree in Chemistry at the University of Peradeniya. Ashwinie joined the group in March 2014 and she is currently working on redox sulfur chemistry of protein thiol groups. She likes listening to music and watching movies. Email: aukuwela@student.unimelb.edu.au