Dr. Alyssa Van Dreumel is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Molecular Sciences within the Faculty of Science at the University of Western Australia. She currently holds the position of International Program Coordinator for WESTA College in the School of Molecular Sciences. Prior to joining UWA, she served as an Associate Lecturer in Biomedical Science at Deakin University from July 2017, where she acted as Campus Coordinator at the Waurn Ponds campus and taught core units including SLE115 - Essentials in Bioscience, SLE206 - Cell Biology, SLE211 - Principles of Physiology, SLE221 - Systems Physiology, and SLE346 - Molecular Basis of Disease.

Van Dreumel earned her Doctor of Philosophy from Deakin University in 2016, with a thesis titled 'Design and Development of Pan-serodiagnostics for Foot-and-mouth disease,' conducted through the School of Medicine in partnership with the CSIRO Australian Animal Health Facility. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Learning and Teaching (Deakin University, 2017), Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences (Honours) focusing on Detection of Wallal virus (Deakin, 2012), and Bachelor of Science (Forensic Biology) (Deakin, 2012). Her research specializations encompass application-based development of diagnostic reagents, such as isolation of native or recombinant proteins/antigens, antibody production, and validation of assays for domestic and exotic viruses impacting animal and human health. Expertise includes immunohistochemistry, immunoblotting, protein purification, cloning and protein expression, ELISA, assay development, bioinformatics, PCR, statistical modelling, viral amplification, cell culture, and work with endemic and exotic viruses. Additionally, she pursues educational research to enhance teaching and learning in higher education through flipped-classroom approaches, active learning, accessible digital materials, and models for best practice, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education. A notable publication is 'Pan-serotype diagnostic for foot-and-mouth disease using the consensus antigen of nonstructural protein 3B' (Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2015). She received the Excellent Award in Recognition of Extraordinary Achievement in the 2018 Teaching Visit Program in China (2019).

Professional Email: alyssa.vandreumel@uwa.edu.au