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 Sean Ulm - Convenor                                                                  James Cook University
Dr Paul Hesse Macquarie University
Professor Keith Fifield The Australian National University
Dr Judith Field The University of New South Wales
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.

Professor Michael Davies - Convenor The University of Sydney
Professor Michael Kassiou The University of Sydney
Professor Les Copeland The University of Sydney
A/Professor Damian Myers The University of Melbourne
Dr Danielle Meyrick (c) Murdoch University
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 Peter Gell (c) - Convenor University of Ballarat
Dr Scott Nichol Geoscience Australia
Dr Pauline Grierson (c) University of Western Australia
Dr Stephen Gale University of Sydney
Dr Dioni Cendon ANSTO
Dr Rainer Siegele ANSTO

 

Materials - Structures and Dynamics Committee

Applications in this area will involve the study of the structure of materials at an atomic or molecular level involving instruments including x-ray scattering and reflectometry, electron microscopy and NMR. Applications concerning the study of soft condensed matter e.g. proteins and membranes are considered by this committee, as are those concerning hard condensed matter e.g. magnetic materials.

Professor Anton Middelberg - Convenor The University of Queensland 
Professor John White The Australian National University
Professor Roland De Marco (c) Curtin University
A/Professor Gary Bryant RMIT 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.

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

Research Fellowship Committee

Professor Richard Keene, James Cook University

Professor Bruce King, University of Newcastle

Professor Andrew Cheetham, University of Western Sydney

Professor Brendan Kennedy, University of Sydney

Dr Robert Robinson Head, ANSTO Bragg Institute

Professor John Dodson, ANSTO Head, IER

Professor Lyndon Edwards, ANSTO Head, IME

 
 
c = AINSE Council Member