CURRICULUM VITAE

Name :                    Peter William Darben

Date of Birth :       23 October, 1969

Contact Details :   PO Box 48
                                Acacia Ridge,
                                Queensland, 4110
                                Australia

                                (W)     61 7 3394 0754
                                (fax) 61 7 3394 0700
                            (email) pdarb4@eq.edu.au

Qualifications :   B. App. Sc. (Medical Laboratory Science) 1989
                                PhD (QUT) 1996 - Development of a Nematode Ovicide
                                Grad. Dip. Ed. (Secondary) 1997

Professional Experience (Teaching) :

   Senior Teacher, Cavendish Road SHS 2004 – present
   Teacher, Mount Isa SHS and Spinifex State College 1998 – 2003
   Acting Head of Department (Science) terms :
       Cavendish Road SHS : 25 March – 4 April, 2008
       Cavendish Road SHS : 29 August – 1 September, 2007
       Spinifex State College : 14 July – 25 July, 2003

Other Professional Experience :

   Laboratory Scientist (Part Time) – Meat Hygiene Testing Laboratory, Wild Game Resources 1992 - 1997
   Associate Lecturer (Part Time) – School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology 1995
   Practical Demonstrator (Casual) – School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology 1990 – present

Professional Membership and Activities :

   Queensland Studies Authority

Member, Science 21 District Review Panel, Southern District (current)
Member, Science 21 State Review Panel (2005-2008)
Member, Multistrand Science Review Panel – Townsville District, 2000-2003
Member, Science Syllabus Advisory Committee
Member (Corresponding), Science 21 Subcommittee

Queensland Teachers Union of Employees

Member of QTU Executive 2004 – present
Branch President Leichhardt (1998-2003) and Camp Hill (2004-present)
Chair, Social Issues Committee (2005-present)
Associate Chair Gandu Jarjum Committee (2004)
Member, Legal Issues Committee
State Council Representative Leichhardt Branch (2001-2003), Camp Hill Branch (2004 – present)
Biennial Conference Delegate 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Workplace Representative Mount Isa SHS (1998-2002), Spinifex State College – Senior Campus (2003), Cavendish Road SHS (2004 – present)
QTU representative on selection panels for staff at Queensland Smart Academy for Science and Technology, 2006-2007

Other

Participation in National Curriculum Board consultancy for the National Science Curriculum, including attendance at meetings in Brisbane in July, 2008 and Melbourne in October, 2008

Professional Presentations & Publications :

Microbiology without Microbes – workshop at Cutting Edge Science Professional Learning Day, Griffith University December 2008
Getting the Most Out of Your Scientist in Schools – presentation at STAQ Senior Sciences Workshop, University of Queensland, November 2008 and Professional and P-12 Sharing Practice Conference, Bardon Conference Centre October, 2008
Recipient – CSIRO Plant Industry Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Area of Public Communication of Science, 2006
Professional Partnerships in Teaching Senior Biology – presentation at CONASTA 55, Adelaide 2006
Return to Parasitology – workshop at Australian Institute of Medical Scientists State Scientific Meeting, Queensland University of Technology, August 2004
Parasitology Revisited - workshop presented at South Pacific Congress, Gold Coast, October 2003
Bartley, J.P., Bennett, E.A. and Darben P.W. (1996) Structure of the Ascarosides from Ascaris Suum. J. Nat. Prod. 59, 921-6.
Darben, P.W. (1991) “Should threadworm be considered as a human pathogen ?” Paper delivered at the 4th ASEAN Conference in Medical Laboratory Technology, Bangkok, 1-5 April, 1991.

Grants Received :

September, 1995 - Co-recipient (with Prof. John Welch) of an industry grant from Pharmacia (Australia), Pty Ltd of $3000, for the investigation of the efficacy of a post-treatment headlouse ovicide
December 1994 - Co-recipient (with Megan Hargreaves and Russell Luke) of a QUT Teaching and Learning Development Small Grant for $4750, entitled "Development of a multimedia teaching package for Clinical Parasitology"
1990 - 1991 - Co-recipient (with Prof. John Welch) of a research grant from Pfizer Australia, Pty Ltd for $60,000 directed at the investigation of an ovicidal treatment effective against the eggs of human threadworm (Enterobius vermicularis).

Professional Referees :

   Mr Alan Sampson
   Principal, Cavendish Road SHS
   PO Box 156
   Holland Park,
   Queensland, 4121
   Ph.    61 7 3394 0711
   Fax. 61 7 3394 0700
   Email : asamp1@eq.edu.au

   Mr Junn Kato
   Deputy Principal, Cavendish Road SHS
   PO Box 156
   Holland Park,
   Queensland, 4121
   Ph.    61 7 3394 0772
   Fax. 61 7 3394 0700
   Email : jkato1@eq.edu.au

   Dr Judy Felton
   Head of department - Science, Cavendish Road SHS
   PO Box 156
   Holland Park,
   Queensland, 4121
   Ph.    61 7 3394 0756
   Fax. 61 7 3394 0700
   Email : jfelt1@eq.edu.au