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Specialist Areas

AINSE Specialist Committees

AINSE specialist committees give a strong focus in the following disciplines by providing ongoing advice on research, evaluation of applications for AINSE awards, and review of progress reports. 

Archaeology and Geosciences Committee

Applications in this area would be expected to advance knowledge in any of the branches of archaeology or geosciences. Applications may be made for AMS studies or PIXE/PIGE characterisation of materials to support the aims of the project.

Professor Patrick De Deckker - Convenor Australian National University
Dr Sean Ulm University of Queensland
Dr Jamie Shulmeister University of Queensland
Dr Paul Hesse Macquarie University
Dr David Fink ANSTO
Dr Quan Hua

ANSTO

Biomedical Science and Biotechnology Committee

Applications in this area would be expected to support research into diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine, radiobiology, experimental radiation oncology, and radiation effects on biological materials.

Dr Michael Hay - Convenor University of Auckland
Professor Michael Davies University of Sydney
A/Professor Michael Kassiou University of Sydney
A/Professor Laurence Gahan University of Queensland
Professor Les Copeland University of Sydney
Dr Andrew Katsifis ANSTO
Dr Ivan Greguric ANSTO

 

Environmental Sciences Committee

Applications in this area would be expected to be concerned with understand problems based in environmental science. This could include dating using 210Pb, and 14C, and the analysis of natural processes, and experiments on organic or inorganic materials, or the biota.

Professor Eric Bestland - Convenor Flinders University
Professor David Bowman University of Tasmania
Dr Scott Nichol Geoscience Australia
Professor Peter Gell (c) University of Ballarat
Dr Dioni Cendon Sevilla ANSTO
Dr Andrew Smith ANSTO

 

Materials - Structures and Dynamics Committee

Applications in this area would be expected to involve the study of the structure of materials at an atomic or molecular level involving instruments including x-ray scattering and reflectometry and electron microscopy.

Dr Chris Ling - Convenor University of Sydney/ANSTO
Professor Anton Middelberg (c) University of Queensland
Professor John White Australian National University
Professor Peter Healy Griffith University
Professor Don Kearley ANSTO
Dr Shane Kennedy ANSTO

 

Materials - Properties and Engineering Committee

Applications in this area would typically involve the study of the properties and composition of engineering and inorganic materials; surface modification, surface characterisation and surface properties; advanced materials processing; specialist techniques in materials characterisation; materials testing, bulk and local materials properties; and effects of radiation on materials.

Dr Rachel Caruso - Convenor University of Melbourne
Professor Andrejs Atrens University of Queensland
Professor Robert Burford (c) University of New South Wales
Dr David Cohen ANSTO
Professor Lyndon Edwards ANSTO

 

 Plasma Science

This group is primarily interested in conducting research at the National Plasma Fusion Facility H-1NF at ANU and in promoting Australian involvement in ITER the newest and largest plasma fusion experiment.
 
 
c = AINSE Council Member