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Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Synthesis of inorganic and organic energetic chemicals, development of rocket motors and other energetic materials for the Defence Industry

Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Developed innovative froth flotation chemicals for the mining industry

Melbourne, Australia

Research and Development of Polyurethane Materials, Polymer Bonded Explosives, Gun Propellants and calcium nitrate products

Geelong, Victoria

Provided instruction to groups of 20 university students in Biochemistry Laboratory Techniques, including UV-visible Spectrophotometry, SDS-PAGE, Gel Chromatography, Enzyme Chemistry. Responsible for student assessment and marking.

Lara, Victoria

Completed the design and development of an emulsifier which led to the establishment of a new international customer for Clariant in the mining explosives market.Developed a new laboratory analysis methods using FTIR to detect small levels of un-reacted starting material in a major product. This allowed optimisation of a manufacturing process earning over $10 million per year.

Mt Thorley, Nsw

I investigated and discovered the root cause of a problem with a high explosives product, which assisted the company to retain sales of over $1 million to a key gold mining customer.I developed a model for determining the density of emulsion explosives under pressure in deep boreholes. This was important to ensure that the explosives would reliably detonate for customers at their mine sites.

Mulwala, Nsw

I designed a method to remove a metal ion from a liquid fertiliser product, which saved our market share of over $4 million against competing imported products. I designed and developed an award-winning nitrocellulose based gun propellant, marketed as “IMR Trail Boss” in the USA.

Altona

I analysed Polyethylene (LDPE, LLDPE and HDPE) and Polypropylene (PP) plastics by melt flow analysis, Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), tensile strength (Instron) and Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (ESCR).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd) Candidate, Enzyme Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Student member of the Master of Biotechnology Advisory Board. President of Deakin Swing Dancing Society. I.

Masters Of Biotechnology, Biotechnology, High Distinction

Extraction of bioactive enzymes from animals to make compounds with potential use as pharmaceuticals and functional foods.

Bachelor Of Science (Honours), Chemistry, First Class Honours