10 June 2021
Australia/Sydney timezone
Registrations are now open

Speakers

Dr Miles Apperley Dr Jamie Schulz Dr Ceri Brenner
     
Dr Tamim Darwish Dr Michael James Dr Therese Donlevy
     

Biography

Dr Miles Apperley | Head of Research Infrastructure

Miles is responsible for ANSTO’s portfolio of Landmark and National Research Infrastructure which includes the Australian Synchrotron, Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Centre for Accelerator Science, National Deuteration Facility and National Research Cyclotron Facility as well as Institutional based infrastructure supporting bioimaging, materials characterisation, isotope tracing, radionuclide metrology and environmental monitoring capabilities. He has more than twenty-five years planning, operating and leading research and development collaborations between industry and universities as well as multi-node, multi-disciplinary collaborative research infrastructure for the characterisation of matter (chemical, mineral, biological) across a broad range of resolution and sensitivity scales.

Miles has a Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering and a PhD from the University of New South Wales and extensive industry based R&D experience in collaboration with universities and national laboratories. He has completed an Advanced Certificate in Management, Innovation and Technology from MIT and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr Jamie Schulz | Leader Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering

Jamie Schulz is the Leader of the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering (ACNS) at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).

The ACNS utilises neutrons from Australia’s multi-purpose research reactor, OPAL, to solve complex research and industrial problems for Australian and international users via merit-based access and user-pays programs. Neutron scattering techniques provide the research community and industry with unique tools to study the structure, dynamics and properties of a range of materials, helping scientists understand why materials have the properties they do, and helping tailor new materials.

As Leader of the ACNS he is responsible for the strategic direction and management of the research, scientific infrastructure, facilities, equipment through an asset management framework and improvement program to ensure high reliability of assets, productivity and availability to users.

Dr Ceri Brenner | Leader Centre for Accelerator Science

Dr Ceri Brenner is a physicist, innovator, public speaker, and leader with experience that spans research, national facility operations, and industry engagement. She leads the Centre for Accelerator Science - ANSTO’s research infrastructure facility dedicated to applications of ion beam accelerators. She oversees a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians who work together with academic and industry user communities to deliver a wide range of ultra-sensitive techniques that enable discovery, insight, and innovation in environment, climate and health sciences, space technologies and advanced materials, and cultural heritage.

Ceri is a plasma physicist with expertise in novel and emerging accelerator technology designs, such as laser-plasma accelerators that use petawatt lasers to establish accelerating gradients 1000’s time stronger than any conventional approaches. Previous to ANSTO, she was the Industry Partnerships and Innovation Group Leader for UK’s Central Laser Facility – a government user facility within the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus.

In 2017 she was awarded Institute of Physics Clifford-Paterson medal for exceptional early career contributions to the application of physics in an industrial or commercial context. In 2018 she was appointed as the Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics lecturer and delivered a series of public talks in NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, SA, ACT and TAS.

Dr Tamim Darwish | Leader National Deuteration Facility

Dr Tamim Darwish is the Leader of the National Deuteration Facility (NDF) at ANSTO. He obtained his PhD degree in Chemistry from The University of New South Wales (2006). He undertook postdoctoral appointments at UNSW, University of Sydney and ANSTO. Currently, he oversees the capability development, scientific activities, research outcomes and user/industry engagement for the NDF. He has co-authored >70 peer-reviewed publications in the field of deuteration and molecular characterisation using neutron, NMR, IR and MS spectrometry. He is a JSPS fellow and currently holds the role of the secretary of the executive committee of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Alumni Association in Australia (JSPSAAA).

Dr Michael James | Senior Principal Scientist Australian Synchrotron

Michael has a Bachelor of Science with Honours and the University Medal from the University of Sydney, and a PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Cambridge, UK.  Prior to joining the Australian Synchrotron as Head of Science in January 2013, he was a Senior Principal Research Scientist at ANSTO, team leader of the Chemical Deuteration Laboratory and instrument scientist for the PLATYPUS Time-of-Flight neutron reflectometer, which he designed and built at ANSTO's OPAL research reactor.

Michael currently leads a team of more than 50 staff and Postdoctoral Fellows that operate the 10 operational beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron.  These world-class synchrotron facilities currently host more than 5,600 user visits each year and generate more than 600 peer-reviewed journal articles annually.  He also leads a growing team Scientists that are building the next generation of beamlines at the Australian Synchrotron as part of the BRIGHT Program.

His research interests include numerous areas of neutron and X-ray scattering; predominantly relating to instrument and technique development, and the study atomic and molecular structures of technologically advanced materials.  He has published more than 150 scientific peer-reviewed publications.

Dr Therese Donlevy | Manager User Office

Therese is responsible for the the ANSTO User Office, which operates at Lucas Heights, NSW and Clayton, VIC. The User Office manages all requests to access ANSTO’s research infrastructure, including the Australian Synchrotron, the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, the Centre for Accelerator Science and the National Deuteration Facility. The User Office team provides numerous services to its User Community, including administration and management of all access proposals, ongoing communication with users on submitted and approved proposals, administration of travel programs under which eligible users may be reimbursed accommodation and travel costs, and arrangement of physical access and security approvals (as required) to ANSTO sites.

Therese has a Bachelor of Science Hons (I) and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Queensland. During her time at ANSTO, she has worked on radiopharmaceutical research and process improvement; strategic projects in waste management and spent fuel transport; and, represented ANSTO as the Nuclear Counsellor in the Australian Embassy in Washington DC, USA (2005-2007). Therese is passionate about ANSTO’s Diversity and Inclusion program and led the successful effort resulting in a SAGE Athena SWAN Bronze Award in 2018.

 

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