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I have a Bsc. in Chemical Engineering and Ms. In Mechanical Engineering. I am working as Mechanical Project Engineer at ANSTO. My role at ANSTO involves delivering projects while instituting process improvements and sustainable practices.

Reconstructing Australia’s fire history from cave stalagmites
Research is being undertaken through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project "Reconstructing Australia’s fire history from cave stalagmites", led by Professor Andy Baker at UNSW Sydney and Dr. Pauline Treble at ANSTO. The project aims to calibrate the fire-speleothem relationship and develop coupled fire and climate records for the last millennium in southwest Australia.

An in-situ experiment on Maple saplings
The sap extracted from Sugar Maple trees, is used to produce maple syrup. There are many conflicting theories and an absence of experimental evidence, regarding the mechanisms involved in maple sap exudation.

Local Environmental Monitoring
ANSTO is committed to monitoring its environmental performance and providing the community with accurate information about it. We also publish live meteorological data from our 49m Lucas Heights weather tower every 15 minutes.

Mark Maley is a Senior Hydrometallurgist within the ANSTO Minerals Business Unit.

Dr. Sue Brown is a Senior Radiochemist within the ANSTO Minerals business unit.

Role at ANSTO

Role at ANSTO

Andrew Peele was appointed Group Executive for ANSTO Nuclear Science and Technology in July 2021 and was Director of the Australian Synchrotron from 2013 -2021. He is an adjunct Professor of Physics at La Trobe University.

Role at ANSTO

Role at ANSTO

What are radioisotopes?
Radioisotopes are widely used in medicine, industry, and scientific research. New applications for radioisotopes are constantly being developed.

Bushfires can generate hazardous chromium in soil
Bushfires heat soil to extreme temperatures and this causes oxidation of chromium to a highly toxic and carcinogenic form.

Role at ANSTO

Before taking up her appointment at the Australian Synchrotron, Dr Cathy Harland was the ASRP (Australian Synchrotron Research Program) beamline scientist at XOR at the Advanced Photon Source in Chicago.

Role at ANSTO

Role at ANSTO

Originating from regional NSW, Thom moved to Melbourne in 2006 to commence studies at Swinburne University. In 2008 he undertook an exchange at Kunsthochschule Weißensee, Berlin before graduating with first-class honours in 2009.
