Research Associate (SEM-based Imaging & Microanalysis)
Facility:
Category: Academic Staff
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Biography
Role
Major responsibility for managing research and training on the JEOL JXA-8500F Hyperprobe (EPMA), training and support across SEM & EDS platforms, and additional support for various instruments.
Interests
Archaeological Science - palaeodietary & palaeoenvironmental reconstruction via stable isotope analysis of floral and faunal remains; chemical analysis of artefacts using microscopy-based techniques (e.g. EPMA).
Additional active collaborations in Geology and Materials Science & Engineering
Public outreach and integration of art & science - participation in Ku-ring-gai Art+Science project and exhibition at Manly Art Gallery & Museum (December 2016-February 2017)
My Research Activities
Archaeological Science:
- EPMA analysis of glass vessels to investigate raw materials, manufacturing techniques, and trade/exchange mechanisms
- SEM (& EDS) examination of ceramic vessel body and glaze morphology and composition to examine firing methodology, raw material sourcing and manufacturing logistics
- Palaeodietary and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction via light stable isotope analysis of faunal and floral remains
Geology:
- Reconstruction of formation processes and investigation of economic viability of deposits via EPMA analysis (collaborations with Graham group, UNSW School of BEES)
Materials Science & Engineering:
- Development and characterisation of new industrial materials using waste streams as source components (collaborations with UNSW SMaRT Centre)
- Mentor, SEM-EDS trainer and collaborator with students from Bassman group (Harvey Mudd College, USA) via US National Science Foundation IRES grant scheme
Publications
Book Chapters
, 2018, 'Excavation and palaeodietary analysis of Bronze Age human remains from Boyanovo, Yambol province', in Ross S; Sobotkova A; Tzvetkova J; Nekhrizov G; Connor S (ed.), The Tundzha Regional Archaeology Project Surface Survey, Palaeoecology, and Associated Studies in Central and Southeast Bulgaria, 2009-2015 Final Report, Oxbow Books Limited, pp. 182 - 190, https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/the-tundzha-regional-archaeology-project.html
, 2008, 'Blood residue analysis', in Encyclopedia of Archaeology, pp. 927 - 931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-012373962-9.00035-2
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, 2005, 'Fermented dairy product analysis and palaeodietary repercussions : is stable isotope analysis not cheesy enough?', in Mulville J; Outram A (ed.), The zooarchaeology of fats, oils, milk and dairying, Oxbow Books Ltd
, 2002, 'Preliminary report of palaeodietary analysis of human and faunal remains from Bolshekaragansky kurgan 25', in Zdanovich D (ed.), Аркаим Некрополь (по материалам кургана 25 больщекараганского могильника)., Iuzhno-Ural’skoe Knizhnoe Izdatel’stvo, Chelyabinsk, pp. 166 - 171
Conference Papers
, 2021, 'Hera: Evidence for Multiple Mineralization Events and Remobilization in a Sediment-Hosted Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Central New South Wales, Australia', in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, MDPI, presented at IECMS 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecms2021-09345
, 2021, 'The Ore and Gangue Mineralogy of the Newly Discovered Federation Massive Sulfide Deposit, Central New South Wales, Australia', in The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Mineral Science, MDPI, presented at IECMS 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/iecms2021-09348
, 2014, 'Analysis of molded and coreformed glass from 1st millennium BC gordion, anatolia', in Microscopy and Microanalysis, pp. 2016 - 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1431927614011817
, 2013, 'Materials design considerations involved in the fabrication of implantable bionics by metallization of ceramic substrates', in Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, IEEE, Osaka, Japan, pp. 759 - 762, presented at Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Osaka, Japan, 03 July 2013 - 07 July 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609611
Journal articles
, 2024, 'Unveiling the Role of Ge in CZTSSe Solar Cells by Advanced Micro-To-Atom Scale Characterizations', Advanced Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202305938
, 2023, 'Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe', Nature, 620, pp. 358 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06334-8
, 2023, 'The Microscopy Australia Staff Shadowing Scheme: Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Exchange Building a Connected Microscopy Community', Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada, 29, pp. 2056 - 2057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad067.1064
, 2023, 'Application of Spectral Cathodoluminescence to Multi-Modal Research at the Nano-Scale: Case Studies from the UNSW Electron Microscope Unit', Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada, 29, pp. 1946 - 1948, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/micmic/ozad067.1008
, 2022, 'Unveiling microscopic carrier loss mechanisms in 12% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells', Nature Energy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01078-7
, 2022, 'Gold and aurostibite from the metaturbidite-hosted Au-Zn-Pb-Ag Hera deposit, southern Cobar Basin, central NSW, Australia: Geochemical and textural evidence for gold remobilisation', Mineralogical Magazine, 86, pp. 619 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2022.46
, 2022, 'Polymer/Reduced Graphene Oxide/Lignosulfonate Nanocomposite Films as Pseudocapacitor Cathodes', ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, pp. 3686 - 3700, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c04358
, 2022, 'Frontier Lapita interaction with resident Papuan populations set the stage for initial peopling of the Pacific', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6, pp. 802 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01735-w
, 2022, 'In-situ fines migration and grains redistribution induced by mineral reactions – Implications for clogging during water injection in carbonate aquifers', Journal of Hydrology, 614, pp. 128533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128533
, 2022, 'Thermally stable high numerical aperture integrated waveguides and couplers for the 3 μ m wavelength range', APL Photonics, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0119961
, 2022, 'Designer Glasses—Future of Photonic Device Platforms', Advanced Functional Materials, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202103103
, 2021, 'High performing designer glass platform to host versatile photonic devices', APL Materials, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0063788
, 2021, 'Raman spectroscopic and elemental analysis of bone from a prehistoric ancestor: Mrs Ples from the Sterkfontein cave', Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 52, pp. 2272 - 2281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jrs.6226
, 2021, 'Rapid transformation of the metal-polymer laminated packaging materials into ceramic carbide reinforced Al-alloy', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, pp. 105374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105374
, 2021, 'Characterization of Waste-Integrated Multi-hybrid Structure for Enhancing Corrosion Resistance of High-Carbon Steel', Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 7, pp. 166 - 177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40831-020-00330-2
, 2020, 'Revisiting ultrafast laser inscribed waveguide formation in commercial alkali-free borosilicate glasses', Optics Express, 28, pp. 10153 - 10164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.387790
, 2020, 'Record-high positive refractive index change in bismuth germanate crystals through ultrafast laser enhanced polarizability', Scientific Reports, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72234-w
, 2020, 'Smallest Late Pleistocene inhabited island in Australasia reveals the impact of post-glacial sea-level rise on human behaviour from 17,000 years ago', Quaternary Science Reviews, 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106522
, 2020, 'Behaviour of Sulphide and Non-alumina-Based Oxide Inclusions in Ca-Treated High-Carbon Steel', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 51, pp. 1384 - 1394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-020-01872-2
, 2020, 'Mineral distribution and provenance of heavy mineral sands (zircon, ilmenite, rutile) deposits from the NW Murray Basin, far western NSW, Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 67, pp. 575 - 590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08120099.2020.1703813
, 2019, 'Innovative Surface Engineering of High-Carbon Steel through Formation of Ceramic Surface and Diffused Subsurface Hybrid Layering', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, pp. 9228 - 9236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b00051
, 2019, 'From Waste to Multi-Hybrid Layering of High Carbon Steel to Improve Corrosion Resistance: An In-Depth Analysis Using EPMA and AFM Techniques', Surfaces, 2, pp. 485 - 496, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/surfaces2030036
, 2019, 'Effect of selective-precipitations process on the corrosion resistance and hardness of dual-phase high-carbon steel', Scientific Reports, 9, pp. 15631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52228-z
, 2018, 'Ore and Gangue Minerals of the Hera Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Cobar Basin, NSW', ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2018, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aseg2018abm1_3d
, 2018, 'Functionalisation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)- Microfluidic Devices coated with Rock Minerals', Scientific Reports, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33495-8
, 2018, 'Bronze Age diet and economy: New stable isotope data from the Central Eurasian steppes (2100-1700 BC)', Journal of Archaeological Science, 97, pp. 14 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.06.006
, 2018, 'Biochar aging in contaminated soil promotes Zn immobilization due to changes in biochar surface structural and chemical properties', Science of the Total Environment, 626, pp. 953 - 961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.157
, 2018, 'Engulfment Behavior of Inclusions in High-Carbon Steel: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11663-018-1394-5
, 2017, 'Rethinking cultural hybridity and technology transfer: SEM microstructural analysis of lead glazed ceramics from early colonial Peru', Journal of Archaeological Science, 82, pp. 17 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.04.007
, 2017, 'Reconstructing atmospheric circulation over southern New Zealand: Establishment of modern westerly airflow 5500 years ago and implications for Southern Hemisphere Holocene climate change', Quaternary Science Reviews, 159, pp. 77 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.12.017
, 2017, 'Ophiolitic chromitites of Timor Leste: Their composition, platinum group element geochemistry, mineralogy, and evolution', Canadian Mineralogist, 55, pp. 875 - 908, http://dx.doi.org/10.3749/canmin.1500032
, 2016, 'Enhancing steel properties through in situ formation of ultrahard ceramic surface', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 38740, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38740
, 2016, 'Chemical characterisation of archaeological glasses from the hellenistic site of jebel khalid, Syria by electron probe microanalysis', Heritage Science, 4, pp. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40494-016-0084-3
, 2014, 'Subsistence and social change in central Eurasia: Stable isotope analysis of populations spanning the Bronze Age transition', Journal of Archaeological Science, 42, pp. 525 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.012
, 2014, 'The Ojolali region, Sumatra, Indonesia: Epithermal gold-silver mineralisation within the Sunda Arc', Gondwana Research, 26, pp. 218 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2013.08.013
, 2013, 'Materials design considerations involved in the fabrication of implantable bionics by metallization of ceramic substrates', Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference, 2013, pp. 759 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609611
, 2011, 'Technology and Trade at Ancient Gordion: Insights from Microanalysis of First Millennium BCE Glass', Microscopy and Microanalysis, 17, pp. 1780 - 1781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927611009779
, 2010, 'The three dimensional structure of Mg-rich plates in as-cast Mg-based bulk metallic glass composites', Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Journal, 41A, pp. 1691 - 1698
, 2008, 'Comparing rates of recrystallisation and the potential for preservation of biomolecules from the distribution of trace elements in fossil bones', Comptes Rendus - Palevol, 7, pp. 145 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2008.02.006
, 2008, 'Why do crystallinity values fail to predict the extent of diagenetic alteration of bone mineral?', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 266, pp. 160 - 167
, 2008, 'Stable-isotope microprofiling of wombat tooth enamel records seasonal changes in vegetation and environmental conditions in eastern Australia', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 269, pp. 66 - 77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.004
, 2007, 'The distinction between freshwater- and terrestrial-based diets: methodological concerns and archaeological applications of sulphur stable isotope analysis', Journal of Archaeological Science, 34, pp. 1197 - 1204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.10.008
, 2005, 'Economy and diet at the late bronze age-iron age site of Čiča: Artefactual, archaeozoological and biochemical analyses', Eurasia Antiqua, 11, pp. 419 - 447
, 2002, 'Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery and Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications', Journal of Archaeological Science, 29, pp. 779 - 790, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0785
Preprints
, 2022, Unveiling microscopic carrier loss mechanisms in 12% efficient Cu2ZnSnSe4 solar cells, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1274090/v1
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Location
Electron Microscope Unit
Chemical Sciences Building (F10), Basement
Kensington Campus, UNSW
Chemical Sciences Building (F10), Basement
Kensington Campus, UNSW
