Biography
Dr Aaron Schultz completed his PhD at Deakin University in 2011 and held several Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions in Canada and Australia before commencing his Lecturer in Animal Biology position at Deakin University in 2017. Dr Schultz’s multidisciplinary research program is split into two main areas: (1) environmental animal physiology – this program includes the study of solute transport mechanisms involved in osmoregulation, acid-base balance and nutrient uptake in aquatic animals; (2) environmental and human toxicology – this program assesses the behavior, transformation, fate, bioavailability and potential toxicity of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) including nanomaterials and micro/nanoplastics on biological systems. Dr Schultz also serves as the Deputy Chair of the Deakin University Nanosafety Committee, which he led the development of in recent years, and is the HDR coordinator in his School for off campus and international HDR students. During his time as HDR coordinator, he has been actively finding ways to improve off-campus and international student engagement with the University and their overall HDR experience. Dr Schultz’s passion for science also extends beyond research and tertiary education, into schools and the community, where he promotes science through a variety of platforms.
Read more on Aaron's profileAwards
2018 - Vice Chancellors Award for International Research Collaboration (Laboratory without Borders team)
2015 - Disease Models and Mechanisms Travelling Fellowship (http://dmm.biologists.org/site/about/fellowships/TF2015.xhtml)
2012 - Recieved “Presidents' Award”, CSZ 2012 Meeting in Sackville, NB, Canada (see link https://csz-scz.ca/wp/award/presidents-award/)
2011 - Canadian Society of Zoologists Travel Award
Helped fund attendance at the ICCPB 2011 Conference in Nagoya, Japan
2011 - Canadian Society of Zoologists Travel Award
Helped fund attendance at the CSZ Meeting in Ottawa, Canada
2007 - Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship from SEB
Helped fund a research trip to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, BC, Canada
Projects
HDR Student Projects:
Primary supervisor
- Ms Ayushi Priyam: In vitro and in vivo toxicological analysis of agriculturally useful nanohydroxyapatite and nanophosphorus
- Ms Shweta Gehlout: In vitro and in vivo Toxicology Analysis of Agriculturally Useful Nanoparticles
- Ms Natasha Yadav: Life cycle analysis of agricultural relevant nanoparticles in marine water
- Mr Anurag Nath: Life cycle analysis of agriculturally relevant nanomaterials in marine environment
- Mr Kamal Poudel: Do micro and nanoplastics pose a threat to human health?
Associate supervisor
- Ms Georginal Bramwell: Transmissible cancers within bivalves across Australia
- Mr Lalinka Priyashan Bandara Herath Herath Mudiyanselage: Heavy metal sensitive biosensors and common heavy metal toxicity
- Ms Anne-Lise Pascale F. Gerard: Competition, ecological and evolutionary interactions of two transmissible cancers
Other Collaborative Projects:
- Assessing the potential application of copper containing nanomaterials as cancer therapeutics
- Investigating the risks of Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) to environmental and human health
- Physiology associated with smoltification in Atlantic Salmon
- Using zebrafish embryos to screen the bioavailability and safety of novel new cancer therapeutic compounds.
- Team member of CANECEV: Cancer ecology and evolution; investigating links between pollution and cancer in the environment (please see link for further details: https://canecev.org/)
Publications
G Bramwell, A Schultz, C Sherman, M Giraudeau, F Thomas, B Ujvari, A Dujon
(2021), Vol. 775, pp. 1-13, Science of the total environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Ayushi Priyam, Luis Afonso, Aaron Schultz, Pushplata Singh
(2021), Vol. 23, pp. 1-12, NanoImpact, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Rare and unique adaptations to cancer in domesticated species: an untapped resource?
Frédéric Thomas, Mathieu Giraudeau, Nolwenn Dheilly, Flora Gouzerh, Justine Boutry, Christa Beckmann, Peter Biro, Rodrigo Hamede, Jerome Abadie, Sophie Labrut, Margaux Bieuville, Dorothée Misse, Georgina Bramwell, Aaron Schultz, Guillaume Le Loc’H, Orsolya Vincze, Benjamin Roche, François Renaud, Tracey Russell, Beata Ujvari
(2020), Vol. 13, pp. 1605-1614, Evolutionary applications, Chichester, Eng., C1
Van Ortega, Melissa Cameron, James Stafford, Greg Goss, John Donald, Aaron Schultz
(2020), pp. 1912-1926, Environmental science: nano, London, Eng., C1
Transmissible cancers in an evolutionary perspective
A Dujon, R Gatenby, G Bramwell, N MacDonald, E Dohrmann, N Raven, A Schultz, R Hamede, A Gérard, M Giraudeau, F Thomas, B Ujvari
(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 1-12, iScience, Cambridge, Mass., C1
C van Rijn, P Jones, A Schultz, B Evans, S McCormick, L Afonso
(2020), Vol. 529, pp. 1-13, Aquaculture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Ecological and evolutionary consequences of anticancer adaptations
Justine Boutry, Antoine Dujon, Gerard Anne-Lise, Sophie Tissot, Nick Macdonald, Aaron Schultz, Peter Biro, Christa Beckmann, Rodrigo Hamede, David Hamilton, Mathieu Giraudeau, Beata Ujvari, Frédéric Thomas
(2020), Vol. 23, pp. 1-13, iScience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Priyam, R Das, A Schultz, P Singh
(2019), Vol. 9, pp. 1-14, Scientific Reports, London, ENg., C1
A Clifford, N Bury, A Schultz, J Ede, B Goss, G Goss
(2017), Vol. 247, pp. 107-115, General and comparative endocrinology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Quijada-Rodriguez, A Schultz, J Wilson, Y He, G Allen, G Goss, D Weihrauch
(2017), Vol. 220, pp. 3270-3279, Journal of Experimental Biology, C1
Uptake and toxicity of copper oxide nanoparticles in C6 glioma cells
A Joshi, W Rastedt, K Faber, A Schultz, F Bulcke, R Dringen
(2016), Vol. 41, pp. 3004-3019, Neurochemical research, Berlin, Germany, C1
The role of acid-sensing ion channels in epithelial Na+ uptake in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio)
A Dymowska, D Boyle, A Schultz, G Goss
(2015), Vol. 218, pp. 1244-1251, Journal of experimental biology, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1
A Schultz, P Jones, T Toop
(2014), Vol. 37, pp. 219-228, Journal of Fish Diseases, C1
Phosphate absorption across multiple epithelia in the Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii)
A Schultz, S Guffey, A Clifford, G Goss
(2014), Vol. 307, pp. R643-R652, American journal of physiology : regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, Bethesda, Md., C1-1
Aaron Schultz, David Boyle, Danuta Chamot, Kimberly Ong, Kevin Wilkinson, James McGeer, Geoff Sunahara, Greg Goss
(2014), Vol. 11, pp. 207-226, Environmental chemistry, Clayton, Vic, C1-1
A Dymowska, A Schultz, S Blair, D Chamot, G Goss
(2014), Vol. 307, American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, C1-1
Silver nanoparticles inhibit sodium uptake in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
A Schultz, K Ong, T MacCormack, G Ma, J Veinot, G Goss
(2012), Vol. 46, pp. 10295-10301, Environmental science & technology, Easton, Pa., C1-1
A Schultz, S Shigdar, P Jones, A Ward, T Toop
(2011), Vol. 312, pp. 19-25, Aquaculture, C1
C Wood, A Schultz, R Munger, P Walsh
(2009), Vol. 212, pp. 684-692, Journal of Experimental Biology, C1
A Schultz, J Healy, P Jones, T Toop
(2008), Vol. 280, pp. 45-52, Aquaculture, C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
The battle of tumours: growth kinetics and competition of DFT1 and DFT2
A/Prof Beata Ujvari, Dr Matthew McKenzie, Dr Aaron Schultz
- 2021: $25,000
Industry and Other Funding
Contagious diseases in Australian bivalves
Ms Georgina Bramwell, A/Prof Beata Ujvari, Dr Aaron Schultz, Dr Antoine Dujon, A/Prof Craig Sherman
- 2021: $6,695
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report