Dr Kia Wallwork
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Kia joined the IER team in June 2013, her primary responsibilities include providing operational support and strategic leadership to the Institute for Environmental Research. Kia’s expertise includes project management and the application of synchrotron powder diffraction; Kia was responsible for the construction and operation of the Australian Synchrotron powder diffraction beamline from 2005 to 2011.
In 2003 Kia received a PhD from Flinders University of South Australia, having applied synchrotron powder diffraction to the elucidation of the crystal structures of various minerals. Upon completing her PhD, Kia was appointed as an Australian Synchrotron Research Program Fellow, based in the Bragg Institute at ANSTO. During this post-doctoral period she studied the structure and properties of a range of different functional materials, including potential radioactive waste forms, and metal oxides with electronic and magnetic properties.
Expertise
Project management, Synchrotron beamline instrumentation, X-ray scattering techniques, powder diffraction.
Qualifications & Achievements
- Certificate IV in Applied Project Management (2013)
- Project manager for the development of the Medical and Imaging Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron ($13.2m budget) (2012-2013)
- Manager of Beamline Projects and Operations at the Australian Synchrotron
- Project manager and Principal Scientist for the Powder Diffraction Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron ($6m budget) (2005-2011)
Publications
H. E. Maynard-Casely, H. E. A. Brand and K. S. Wallwork, Structure and thermal expansion of sulfuric acid octahydrate, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 45, 1198-1207, (2012).
J. Plasil, K. Fejfarova, K. S. Wallwork, M. Dusek, R. Skoda, J. Sejkora, J. Cejka, F. Veselovsky, J. Hlousek, N. Meisser, and J. Brugger, Crystal structure of pseudojohannite, with a revised formula, Cu3(OH)2[(UO2)4O4(SO4)2](H2O)12, American Mineralogist 97, 1796-1803, (2012).
L.-E. Owe, M. Tsypkin, K. Wallwork, R. G. Haverkamp, and S. Sunde, Iridium-ruthenium single phase mixed oxides for oxygen evolution: Composition dependence of electrocatalytic activity, Electrochimica Acta, 70, 158-164, (2012).
W. W. Sun, X. W. Chen, Q. F. Gu, K. S. Wallwork, Y. B. Tan, Z. W. Tang, and X. B. Yu, A New Ammine Dual-Cation (Li, Mg) Borohydride: Synthesis, Structure, and Dehydrogenation Enhancement, Chemistry-a European Journal, 18, 6825-6834, (2012).
H. A. Li, T. Baikie, S. S. Pramana, J. F. Shin, P. R. Slater, F. Brink, J. Hester, K. Wallwork, and T. J. White, Synthesis and characterisation of vanadium doped alkaline earth lanthanum germanate oxyapatite electrolyte, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 22, 2658-2669, (2012).
Y. Lauw, T. Rüther, M. D. Horne, K. S. Wallwork, B. W. Skelton, I. C. Madsen, and T. Rodopoulos, Structural Studies on the Basic Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octanium Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide and Its Bromide Precursor, Crystal Growth & Design, 12, 2803-2813, (2012).
Q. F. Gu, L. Gao, Y. H. Guo, Y. B. Tan, Z. W. Tang, K. S. Wallwork, F. W. Zhang, and X. B. Yu, Structure and decomposition of zinc borohydride ammonia adduct: towards a pure hydrogen release, Energy & Environmental Science, 5, 7590-7600, (2012).