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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.

Dr Jamie Shulmeister - Convenor  University of Queensland 
Professor Keith Fifield (c) Australian National University
Dr David Fink ANSTO
Dr Paul Hesse Macquarie University
Dr Quan Hua ANSTO 
Dr Sean Ulm University of Queensland

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.

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

 

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
Dr Dioni Cendon ANSTO
Professor Peter Gell (c) University of Ballarat
Dr Pauline Grierson  University of Western Australia
Dr Scott Nichol Geoscience Australia
Dr Rainer Siegele  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.

Professor Anton Middelberg - Convenor University of Queensland 
Professor Roland De Marco Curtin University
Professor Peter Healy Griffith University
Professor Don Kearley ANSTO 
Dr Shane Kennedy  ANSTO 
Professor John White Australian National University

 

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.

Professor Robert Burford (c) - Convenor   University of New South Wales
Dr David Cohen  ANSTO 
Professor Michael Cortie University of Technology, Sydney 
Professor Lyndon Edwards ANSTO
Professor Roger Lewis  University of Wollongong 
Dr Leigh Sheppard   University of Western Sydney  

 

 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