Mr Andrew Jenkinson
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Andrew is a member of the Isotopes in Climate Change and Atmospheric Systems Project and the Accelerator Science Project where he works in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry specialising in radiocarbon dating. He is responsible for the analysis and interpretation of 14C data from both the STAR and ANTARES tandem accelerators as well as being an Accelerator Operator for the measurement of samples on STAR. Since joining ANSTO in 1985 Andrew's roles have included work as an organic chemist developing radio-iodinated pharmaceuticals, salinity research in the Murray-Darling Basin using 36Cl & 3H, analysis of soil erosion using 137Cs & 198Au and in geochronology and climate change studies with 210Pb & U/Th.
Expertise
Radiocarbon, Carbon-14, Chlorine-36, Tritium, Lead-210, Caesium-137, U/Th, AMS, Dating, Geochronology, Salinity, Groundwater, Radiochemistry, Gamma-Ray Spectrometry.
Qualifications & Achievements
- Master of Science Management, University of Technology Sydney (2007)
- Graduate Certificate in Adult Education and Training, University of New England (2003)
- Diploma of Financial Markets, Securities Institute (2000)
- Master of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales (1992)
- Bachelor of Science (Hons), Monash University (1984)
- Managed the Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Facility of the Environmental Radiochemistry Laboratory Developed an exchange-labelling procedure for the preparation of 131I meta-iodobenzylguanidine sulphate (mIBG) for the portrayal of neural crest tumours and prepared the submission for clinical use.
Publications
Harle, K.J., Britton, K., Heijnis, H., Zawadzki, A., Jenkinson, A.V., Jacobsen, G. & Head, L. (2002). Mud, mines and rainforest: a short story of human impact in western Tasmania using pollen, trace metals and lead-210. Australian Journal of Botany Issue 50, 481-497.
Matthai, C., Birch, G. F., Jenkinson, A. & Heijnis, H. (2000). Physical resuspension and vertical mixing of sediments on a high energy continental margin (Sydney, Australia). J. Environmental Radioactivity Vol 52 (2001) 67-89.
Chague-Goff, C., Nichol, S.L., Jenkinson, A.V. & Heijnis, H. (2000). Signatures of natural catastrophic events and anthropogenic impact in an estuarine environment, New Zealand. Marine Geology Vol 167, 285-301.
Gardner, C., Jenkinson, A. & Heijnis, H. (2001). Estimating Intermoult Duration in Giant Crabs Pseudocarcinus gigas. CRAB2001, 19th Lowell Wakefield Symposium January 17-20, Anchorage, Alaska; Crabs in Cold Water Regions: Biology, Management & EconomicsAlaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-02-01, 2002.
Williams, P.W., Marshal A., Ford, D.C. and Jenkinson, A.V. (1999). Palaeoclimatic interpretation of stable isotope data from Holocene speleothems of the Waitomo district, North Island, New Zealand. Holocene 9(6): 649-657.