Dr Elliot Gilbert
Project Leader, Quokka (Small-Angle Neutron Scattering); 
Project Leader, Food Science
Phone +61 (0)2 9717 9470
Email Elliot.Gilbert@ansto.gov.au
Dr Elliot Gilbert leads the project for the design, construction, commissioning of the state-of-the-art SANS instrument (Quokka) at the OPAL reactor. Elliot is also leader of the of the Food Science project that seeks to apply a materials science approach to the study of structure and dynamics in food-based systems.
He received his PhD in chemistry from the Australian National University in 1998. Following an ARC/SPIRT Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowship, he joined the Small-Angle Scattering Group at the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at Argonne National Laboratory in 1999 where he provided scientific and technical assistance to users of the small-angle scattering instruments.
Elliot's interests lie in soft condensed matter science and he has investigated such diverse areas as emulsion stabilisation, polymers in confined geometry and phase separation in paraffins but now has an increasing focus on naturally occurring materials. He has recently written a review on the application of neutron scattering in food science. Read paper.
Qualifications and achievements
- Attracted over $4.7 m of research funding (incl. ARC Discovery, ARC LINKAGE, Flagship Funding and Access to Major Research Facilities)
- Visiting fellow at the Australian National University
- Currently co-supervising 4 PhD students
- Registered Project Manager (RPM) to the Australian Institute of Project Management
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Diploma in Project Management
- Diploma in Frontline Management
Committee memberships and affiliations
- Beamline Advisory Panel for the SAXS/ WAXS Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron
- International Advisory Team member for the 40 m SANS instrument at the HANARO reactor in South Korea
- Instrument Advisory Team member for small-angle scattering instrument at the SNS
- Instrument Advisory Team member for the liquids' reflectometer at the SNS
Publications since 2006
"Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study of the Effect of pH and Salts on 11S Soy Glycinin in the Freeze-Dried Powder and Solutions States" Sokolova, A., Kealley, C.S., Hanley, T., Rekas, A. and Gilbert E.P., J. Agric. Food Chem (2010) 58, 967-974 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf902349q
"The effect of acid dextrinisation on enzyme-resistant starch content in extruded maize starch" Htoon A.K, Uthayakumaran S., Piyasiri U., Appelqvist I.A.M., Lopez-Rubio A., Gilbert E.P., Mulder R.J., Food Chemistry 120(1), 140-149 (2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.09.094
"NEUTRON SCATTERING: A NATURAL TOOL FOR FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH", Amparo Lopez-Rubio and Elliot Paul Gilbert, Trends in Food Science and Technology (2009).
"Structure of High Internal Phase Aqueous-in-Oil Emulsions and Related Inverse Micelle Solutions. 3. Variation of Surfactant", P. A. Reynolds, E. P. Gilbert, M. J. Henderson, and J. W. White, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113(36), 12231-12242 (2009).
"Structure of High Internal Phase Aqueous-in-Oil Emulsions and Related Inverse Micelle Solutions. 4. Surfactant Mixtures", P. A. Reynolds, E. P. Gilbert, M. J. Henderson, and J. W. White, J. Phys. Chem. B, 113(36), 12243-12256 (2009).
"Novel Relaxation in Hydrated Solid-State Globular Protein", C.S. Kealley, G.J. Kearley, E. Kemner, M. Russina, A. Faraone, W.A. Hamilton, E.P. Gilbert, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics (2009).
"High Internal Phase Water-in-Oil Emulsions studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering: III. Surfactant molecular weight changes and mixing.”, P.A. Reynolds, E.P. Gilbert and J.W. White, J. Phys. Chem. B (2009).
"High Internal Phase Water-in-Oil Emulsions studied by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering: IV. Changing the oil and aqueous phases.", P.A. Reynolds, E.P. Gilbert and J.W. White, J. Phys. Chem. B (2009).
"STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS OF GRANULAR STARCH UPON ACYLATION WITH SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS." Amparo López-Rubio, Julie M. Clarke, Ben Scherer, David Topping and Elliot P. Gilbert, Food Hydrocolloids 23 (2009) 1940-1946.
"Structure-Function Relationships in A and B Granules from Wheat Starches of Similar Amylose Content", Hayfa Salman, Jaroslav Blazek, Amparo Lopez-Rubio, Elliot P. Gilbert, Tracey Hanley and Les Copeland, Carbohydrate Polymers 75(2009) 705-711.
"STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS OF WHEAT STARCH GRANULES DIFFERING IN AMYLOSE CONTENT AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS STUDIED BY SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING.", Jaroslav Blazek, Hayfa Salman, Amparo Lopez Rubio, Elliot Gilbert, Tracey Hanley, Les Copeland, Carbohydrate Polymers 75(2009) 420-427.
"Effects of processing high amylose maize starches under controlled conditions on structural organization and amylase digestibility.", A. Htoon, A. K. Shrestha, B. M. Flanagan, A. Lopez-Rubio, S. Uthayakumaran, H. Chanvrier, A.R.Bird, E.P. Gilbert and M. J. Gidley, Carbohydrate Polymers 75 (2009) 236–245.
"Solid-State Structure and Molecular Mobility of Native 11S Soy Glycinin as a Function of Moisture Content", Catherine S. Kealley, Manoj K. Rout, Mahshid Roohani Dezfouli, Ekaterina Strounina, Andrew K. Whittaker, Ingrid A.M. Appelqvist, Peter J. Lillford, Elliot P. Gilbert and Michael J. Gidley, Biomacromolecules 9 (2008) 2937-2946.
"A NOVEL APPROACH FOR CALCULATING STARCH CRYSTALLINITY AND ITS CORRELATION WITH DOUBLE HELIX CONTENT: A COMBINED XRD AND NMR STUDY.", Amparo Lopez-Rubio, Bernadine M. Flanagan, Elliot P. Gilbert and Michael J. Gidley, Biopolymers 89 (2008) 761-768.
"MOLECULAR REARRANGEMENT OF STARCH DURING IN-VITRO DIGESTION: TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ENZYME RESISTANT STARCH FORMATION IN PROCESSED STARCHES", AMPARO LOPEZ-RUBIO, BERNADINE M. FLANAGAN, ASHOK K. SHRESTHA, MICHAEL J. GIDLEY, ELLIOT P. GILBERT Biomacromolecules 9 (2008) 1951-1958
"In-situ rapid heat – quench cell for small angle neutron scattering", Stewart A Pullen, Elliot P Gilbert, Scott R Olsen, Edward A Lang and Kenneth R Doolan, Measurement Science and Technology 19 (2008) 65707-65714.
"NOVEL CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR THE NEW AUSTRLIAN RESEARCH REACTOR OPAL.", S.R. Olsen, S.J. Kennedy, S. Kim, J.C. Schulz, R. Thiering, E.P. Gilbert, W. Lu, M. James, and R.A.Robinson, CP985, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, Volume 53A, edited J.G. Weisend II, (2008), American Institute of Physics, 299 - 306.
"Application of Small Angle Scattering to Study the Effects of Moisture Content on a Native Soy Protein", Catherine S. Kealley, Margaret M. Elcombe, Richard Wuhrer and Elliot P. Gilbert, J. Appl. Cryst. 41 (2008) 628-633.
"Healthy Food Through Neutrons", Elliot Gilbert, Neutrons & Health, European Spallation Source (2008) p.21.
"HYDRATION STUDY OF SOY PROTEIN IN THE 'DRY STATE", Catherine Kealley, Manoj Rout, Ingrid Appelqvist, Ekaterina Strounina, Andrew Whittaker, Michael Gidley, Elliot Gilbert and Peter Lillford in Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry 14, Springer-Verlag New York, October 2008, p. 87.
"Processing of novel elevated amylose wheats: Functional properties and starch digestibility of extruded products", Hélène CHANVRIER, Ingrid A.M. APPELQVIST, Anthony R. BIRD, Elliot GILBERT, Aung HTOON, Zhongyi LI, Peter J. LILLFORD, Amparo LOPEZ-RUBIO, Matthew K. MORELL, David L. TOPPING, J. Agriculture and Food Chemistry 55 (2007) 10248-10257
"Influence of storage conditions on the structure, thermal behavior, and formation of enzyme-resistant starch in extruded starches ", Hélène Chanvrier, Surjani Uthayakumaran, Ingrid A.M. Appelqvist, Michael J. Gidley, Elliot P. Gilbert, Amparo López-Rubio, J. Agriculture and Food Chemistry 55 (2007) 9883-9890.
"Influence of extrusion and digestion on the nanostructure of high-amylose maize starch." A. Lopez Rubio, A. Htoon and E. Gilbert, Biomacromolecules, 8 (2007) 1564-1572.
"Measurement of Particle Size Distribution of Magnetic Nanoparticles", Robert C Woodward, Jason Heeris, Tim G St.Pierre, Martin Saunders, Elliot P Gilbert, Metha Rutnakornpituk, Qian Zhang and Judy S Riffle, J. Appl. Cryst., 40 (2007) s495-s500.
"Neutron Depolarization Studies of Pd-Ni-Fe-P alloy", D.H. Yu, M. Fitzsimmons, E.P. Gilbert, R. Woodward, S.H. Kilcoyne and R.A. Robinson, Physica B, 397 (2007) 30-32.
"Superstructure phase in the binary C28H58:C36H/D74 system", Lydon Chandra, C.E. Buckley, Joan Connolly, Lasse Norén, Gordon Lockhart and Elliot Gilbert, J. Appl. Cryst. 40 (2007) 51-55.
"Novel 5-Tesla Cryogen-Free High-Temperature BSCCO (2223) Superconducting Magnet for Neutron Science", S.R. Olsen, S.J. Kennedy, E.P. Gilbert, M. James, R.A. Robinson, J.L. Tallon, D. Pooke, V. Chamritski, Proceedings of the 18th Meeting of the International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources, April 25-29, 2007, Dongguan, Guangdong, P R China
"Food Science Goes Nuclear.” What's New in Food Technology and Manufacturing, Jan/Feb 2007, p.69-70.
"STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ACYLATED STARCHES WITH INCREASED DELIVERY OF SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS", A. López-Rubio, E.P. Gilbert, D.L. Topping, A.R. Bird, L. Cobiac, J.M. Clarke, Cereals 2007, Proceedings of the 57th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, in press.
"Modified porous Nafion®: Membrane characterization and two-phase separations" Jamie A. Hestekin, Elliot P. Gilbert, Michael P. Henry, Rathin Datta, Edward J. St. Martin, Seth W. Snyder, J. Membrane Science 281 (2006) 268-273.
"Digestibility of starches: effects of polymer conformation and food structure." MJ Gidley, BM Flanagan, A Shrestha, A Lopez Rubio, E Gilbert, A Htoon, H Chanvrier, S Uthayakumaran, PJ Lillford, XK Zhou, AR Bird, DL Topping, Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 15 (2006) S44.
""Quokka" - the Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Instrument at OPAL.", E.P. Gilbert, J.C. Schulz and Terry J. Noakes, Physica B, 385-386 (2006) 1180-1182.
“Application of X-ray Small-Angle Scattering and Diffraction to the Determination of Resistant Starch Structure.” A. Lopez-Rubio, T. Hanley, A. Nelson and E.P. Gilbert, Cereals 2006, Proceedings of the 56th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference, 345-348.
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