Dr. Evelyne Deplazes is a Senior Lecturer and Director of Higher Degree by Research in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences at the University of Queensland. She earned a double degree in Chemistry and Computer Science from 2003 to 2007 and a PhD in Computational Biophysics from the University of Western Australia in 2012, focusing on combining molecular modelling, simulations, and fluorescence spectroscopy experiments to study mechanosensitive ion channels. After her doctorate, she served as an Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Queensland for four years and at Curtin University for two years, funded by Early Career Fellowships from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.

In 2019, Deplazes established her independent research group at the University of Technology Sydney under a UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellowship before returning to the University of Queensland as a Senior Lecturer in 2021. Her research in biophysical and computational chemistry employs computer simulations and biophysical experiments to explore biomolecular systems, with emphasis on small molecule interactions with biological membranes, membrane permeation, protein structure and function, antifungal peptides, haemolytic activity of antimicrobial peptides, and steroid-membrane interactions. She has produced over 70 publications, including 'Phenolic compounds alter the ion permeability of phospholipid bilayers via specific lipid interactions' (2021), 'A charge-neutral organic cage selectively binds strongly hydrated sulfate anions in water' (2024), 'Structural Characterization of a Cation-Selective, Self-Assembled Peptide Pore in Planar Phospholipid Bilayers' (2020), and 'The effect of hydronium ions on the structure of phospholipid membranes' (2017). Notable awards include NHMRC and Swiss NSF Early Career Fellowships, UTS Chancellor's Fellowship, and the 2021 Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Anti-Fungals award. Deplazes advocates for mental health in academia, promotes critical thinking in teaching and supervision, and practices mindful leadership. She has obtained grants such as National Computing Merit Allocation Schemes and Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering beam-time.

Professional Email: e.deplazes@uq.edu.au