Dr. Shane Austin
Lecturer in Biochemistry, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
Shane Austin is a lecturer in Biochemistry and Deputy Dean of Graduate Research and Outreach in the Faculty of Science and Technology at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He completed his PhD studies at the Medical University of Vienna on a collaborative project with the Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Shane is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, where he serves on the Maximizing Access Committee (MAC). The MAC seeks to improve opportunities for biochemistry and molecular biology scientists from marginalised backgrounds. Shane chairs the awards task force on that committee, which is responsible for awarding scholarships, travel awards and society prizes. Shane is also actively involved with the SEB Outreach Education and Diversity group, where he chairs the Awards nomination taskforce, an initiative to improve diversity in the SEB awards scheme. Shane supervises five research students on topics from snail metabolism to circular bioeconomies using anaerobic digestion. He also explores research topics of biochemical education and uterine fibroids in Afro-Caribbean women.
