Dr Richard Garrett
Facility Director for the Australian Synchrotron Research Program
Phone +61 (0)2 9717 3657
E-Mail Richard.Garrett@ansto.gov.au
Dr Richard Garrett is the Facility Director for the Australian Synchrotron Research Program, and is responsible for the ongoing operation and continuing development of the Australian Government program that enables Australian researchers to access overseas synchrotron facilities.
He is also a Senior Principal Research Scientist with the Bragg Institute located at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in Sydney.
With 20 years of post-doctoral experience working at major synchrotron facilities in the United States and Japan, Dr Garrett is one of Australia's foremost experts on synchrotron techniques and the research applications for which the capabilities of a synchrotron offer unique technical advantages.
He has provided expert technical advice to the Australian Synchrotron Project most recently on synchrotron instrumentation and technology and is a member of the Steering Committee for the project.
Dr Garrett also holds guest appointments at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, USA.