Gary is Associate Dean (Physics) in the School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.He has a broad range of research interests in soft matter, biological physics and biophysics. His major focus is cryobiology – in particular, understanding mechanisms of damage during freezing and dehydration. This has included the development of models to understand the role of cryoprotectants in ameliorating membrane damage and designing and conducting subtle and complex experiments using neutron and X-ray scattering to validate these models. He has also applied this expertise to problems in ecology and protection of endangered species.More recently he has focused on the development of novel cryoprotectants which has resulted in some very promising new cryoprotectants. He has extensive international collaborations and has been a visiting researcher in the USA (Cornell University), Germany (RWTH, Aachen), France (École Normale Supérieure, Paris) and the UK (University of Edinburgh).