Morphy Dumlao

Dr. Morphy Dumlao is a Lecturer in the School of Science at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. He earned his PhD in Chemistry from UNSW Sydney under the supervision of Professors William Alexander Donald and Justin Gooding, with research focused on plasma-based ionisation techniques integrated with functional materials to enhance mass spectrometric performance. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Dumlao was an Academic Guest at ETH Zurich funded by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, working under Prof. Dr. Renato Zenobi on the detection of chemical warfare agent simulants using advanced mass spectrometry techniques. He held research fellowships at the National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in collaboration with Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation, concentrating on metabolite structural elucidation and molecular pathway analysis, and at the ARC Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production in partnership with Charles Sturt University and UNSW Sydney, developing ambient ionisation sources for detecting wine taints and faults. Dr. Dumlao also served as a Forensic Expert and Adviser for the United Nations Directorate for Peacekeeping Operations in Sudan in 2008 and Timor-Leste in 2011, supporting national police forensic capacity-building, developing standard operating procedures, securing funding, and delivering training programs.

Dr. Dumlao's research specializes in advanced analytical technologies, including ambient ionisation mass spectrometry source development, single particle mass spectrometry, and integration of smart materials with sample enrichment for rapid detection of biomarkers and socially relevant molecules. His projects address applications in forensic science, food safety, environmental monitoring, and clinical diagnostics. Notable publications include 'Direct Ambient Mass Spectrometry for Food, Beverage, and Agricultural Sample Analysis and Research' (Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2026), 'Discrimination of Healthy and Botrytis cinerea-Infected Grapes Using Untargeted Metabolomic Analysis with Direct Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry' (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2025), 'Three-Dimensional Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-8 as Sorbent Integrated with Active Capillary Plasma Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Assessment of Low-Level Wine and Grape Quality-Related Volatiles' (Molecules, 2024), 'Nanosecond Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharge Ionization Mass Spectrometry' (Analytical Chemistry, 2020), and 'Solid-phase microextraction low temperature plasma mass spectrometry for the direct and rapid analysis of chemical warfare simulants in complex mixtures' (Analyst, 2016). An active member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Singapore Society for Mass Spectrometry, Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry, and Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society, Dr. Dumlao fosters international collaborations with institutions in Germany, Singapore, and Australia to advance analytical chemistry and forensic science through research and teaching.