Dr Chris Garvey
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Dr Garvey is a research scientist who applies advanced physical characterisations at the interface between biology and materials science. As well as his role as an instrument scientist on the small-angle neutron scattering instrument QUOKKA, Chris’ research explores an underlying theme which is the difference between the behaviour of molecules singly, and as ensembles, or in more complicated mixtures such as cells and their components (e.g. organelles, walls, membranes).
The differences are due to the intermolecular interactions, and interactions between molecules and the host matrix. A particular focus has been cell walls of plants, and the industrially important group of materials called cellulosics. Small-angle scattering and contrast variation are important tools for his research. Chris develops novel measurement environments which further extend the utility of the small-angle scattering technique.
Expertise
Scattering techniques, solid-state NMR, biomacromolecules, diffusion, soft-condensed matter physics, science education.
Qualifications & Achievements
- Co-supervisor of 2 Ph.D. students at various Australian Universities.
- 4 successful supervisions of Ph.D. students.
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Monash University.
- M.Sc. In Physical Chemistry, University of Sydney.
Committees, Affiliations & Memberships
- Associate Professor Applied Physics RMIT University
- Adjunct positions at the University of Sydney and Curtin University of Technology.
- Instrument advisory team for the SANS instrument Bilby, and the new low-q neutron instrument Kookaburra at the Bragg Institute.
- Membership of: Australian Institute of Physics, Australian Society for Biophysics, Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance; Groupment Ampere; Australasian Neutron Beam Users Group.
- Reviewer for: Advanced Materials, Langmuir, Biomacromolecules, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biophysical Journal, European Biophysics Journal, Physica B, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Cryptogamie Algologie.
Publications
Stadler A.M., Garvey C.J., Bocahut A., Sacquin-Mora S., Digel I. ,Schneider G.J., Natali, F., Artmann, G. M., and Zaccai, G., Thermal fluctuations of haemoglobin from different species: adaptation to temperature via conformational dynamics, J. R. Soc. Interface. 9, 2845-55 (2012).
Kent, B., Garvey, C.J., Lenn , T., Porcar, L., Haramus, V., and Bryant, G., "Measurement of glucose exclusion from the fully hydrated DOPE inverse hexagonal phase", Soft Matter 6, 1197 (2010).
Lenne , T., Garvey, C.J., Koster, K.L., and Bryant, G., "Effects of Sugars on Lipid Bilayers during Dehydration - SAXS/WAXS Measurements and Quantitative Model", J. Phys. Chem. B. 113, 2486 (2009).
Martinschitz, K.J., Boesecke, P., Garvey, C.J., Gindl, W. and Keckes, J., "Structural changes in cyclically deformed dry coir fibers studied by in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction", J. Mat. Sci. 43, 350 (2008).
Garvey, C.J., Simon, G.P., and Parker, I.H., "On the interpretation of paper x-ray diffraction powder patterns in terms of the nanostructure of cellulose I fibres", Macromol. Chem. Phys. 206, 1568 (2005).
Garvey, C.J., Knott, R.B., Drabarek, E., and Kuchel, P.W., "Shear-induced alignment of self-associated hemoglobin in human erythrocytes: small angle neutron scattering studies", Euro. Biophys. J. 33, 589 (2004).
Garvey, C.J., Parker, I.H., Knott, R.B., and Simon, G.P., "Small-angle scattering in the Porod Region from hydrated paper sheets at varying humidities", Holzforschung 58, 473 (2004).
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