2007-2008: Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship
Membership of professional bodies
Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineering (FIChemE)
Chartered Engineer (CEng)
Former Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust)
Founding Chair of the Australian Carbon Society and Carbon Division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
1998-present: Member of the EPSRC's Peer Review College
2011-2014: Board Member of the Chemical College of Engineers Australia
2011-2012: Board Member of the Centre for Engineering Leadership and Management (South Australia) of Engineers Australia (now known as the College of Leadership and Management)
2010-2013: Member of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts
External appointments
2014-2020: Visiting Professor at the University of Adelaide
Former Member of the Editorial Boards of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) and Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier)
Guest editor for a range of other international journals, including twice for Powder Technology (Elsevier)
Education
1996: PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide
1987: Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (Honours), University of New South Wales
Career history
1994-1996: Academic, Middlesex University
1996-2000: Academic, Surrey University
2000-2007: Visiting lectureship, University of Stuttgart
2001-2008: Academic, University of Edinburgh
2008-2014: Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide
2010-2013: Head of the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Adelaide
2014-2018: Dean of Science, Loughborough University
2018-2020: Pro Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
Areas of research
Interfacial science and engineering
Mathematical modelling
Experimental work, including in the areas of carbon materials for energy applications (secondary batteries and solar cells) and granular materials
Has supervised PhD students and postdoctoral fellows
