Fields of Research

Separation science
Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes
Analytical spectrometry
Other chemical sciences
Atmospheric aerosols
Chemical oceanography
Electrochemistry
Physical oceanography
Biomaterials
Analytical biochemistry
Synthetic biology
Instrumental methods (excl. immunological and bioassay methods)

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Atmospheric composition (incl. greenhouse gas inventory)
Air quality
Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition
Understanding climate change
Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences
Other environmental management
Fisheries - aquaculture
Scientific instruments
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Horticultural crops
Aquaculture rock lobster
Water services and utilities
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Fine chemicals
Nutraceuticals and functional foods

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A simple and sensitive method for the determination of iodide and iodate in raw, ultraviolet- and ozone-treated aquacultural seawater samples using ion chromatography coupled to an ultraviolet detector; Analytical Methods
Accelerated method development using a modular, reagent-free ion chromatography system
Analysis of levoglucosan and its isomers in atmospheric samples by ion chromatography with electrospray lithium cationisation - triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry; Journal of Chromatography A
Analyzing Antarctic Ice Cores Using Capillary IC
Antarctic ice is 'core' to climate change research
Application of capillary ion chromatography and capillary ion chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry to determine methanesulfonate and inorganic anions in microliter sample volumes of Antarctic snow and ice; Analytical Methods
Applications of nanomaterials in ambient ionization mass spectrometry; Trac-Trends in Analytical Chemistry
Capillary ion chromatography with on-column focusing for ultra-trace analysis of methanesulfonate and inorganic anions in limited volume Antarctic ice core samples; Journal of Chromatography A
Essential role of ion chromatography in constructing ice core paleoclimatic records; Chromatography Today
Multi-lumen capillary based trypsin micro-reactor for the rapid digestion of proteins; Analyst
Nanomaterial-assisted thread-based isotachophoresis with on-thread solute trapping; Analyst
Origin, transport and deposition of aerosol iron to Australian coastal waters; Atmospheric Environment
Rapid screening of inorganic and organic anions in liquid by-products from hydrothermal treatment of biomass by capillary electrophoresis; Electrophoresis
Recent advances in open tubular capillary liquid chromatography; Analyst
Reversed-phase functionalised multi-lumen capillary as combined concentrator, separation column, and ESI emitter in capillary-LC-MS; Chromatographia
Selective capillary electrophoresis separation of mono and divalent cations within a high-surface area-to-volume ratio multi-lumen capillary; Analytica Chimica Acta
Sub-1 mL sample requirement for simultaneous determination of 17 organic and inorganic anions and cations in Antarctic ice core samples by dual capillary ion chromatography; Analytica Chimica Acta
Thread-based isoelectric focusing coupled with desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; Analyst
Thread-based isotachophoresis coupled with desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for clean-up, preconcentration, and determination of alkaloids in biological fluids; Analytica Chimica Acta
Trace elements and nutrients in wildfire plumes to the southeast of Australia; Atmospheric Research
Ultra-trace determination of oxyhalides in ozonated aquacultural marine waters by direct injection ion chromatography coupled with triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry; Heliyon
Using pattern recognition entropy to select mass chromatograms to prepare total ion current chromatograms from raw liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data; Journal of Chromatography A
Wall modified photonic crystal fibre capillaries as porous layer open tubular columns for in-capillary micro-extraction and capillary chromatography; Analytica Chimica Acta
Widespread phytoplankton blooms triggered by 2019–2020 Australian wildfires; Nature

Research Projects

ARC Training Centre for Hyphenated Analytical Separation Technologies; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Creating an ice core record from Antarctic samples using Capillary-Ion Chromatography coupled mass-spectrometry ; Ian Potter Foundation (IPF)
Development and application of new highly sensitive low volume capillary ion chromatography techniques to deliver higher resolution ice core derived paleoclimatic records; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Micro-electrofluidic platforms for monitoring 3D human biological models; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Quarantined ion chromatography mass spectrometry (IC-MS) facility; Australian Research Council (ARC)

Research Candidate Supervision