As far as we are aware, the first Mössbauer spectroscopy research laboratories in Australia were established in the Physics Department at Monash University in Melbourne and the Physics Department of the University of Melbourne in 1963. While the University of Melbourne group closed after about eight years, the Monash group has operated continuously since these early days. Indeed, staff members and PhD graduates from the Monash group have in turn led to the establishment of several Mössbauer groups throughout the country.
Other than Monash University, the main Mössbauer research laboratories have been located at the University of New South Wales in Sydney and its offshoot campus, UNSW@ADFA at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra. Among the other centres which have operated Mössbauer spectrometers for extended periods include: the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University in Perth and, in former years, the Australian National University, Canberra, and CSIRO, Lindfield, Sydney. Several other centres have also operated research spectrometers on a regular basis over the years, including: Capricornia IAE (now Central Queensland University) and Latrobe University, with industrial applications of Mössbauer spectroscopy being carried out at the BHP Research Laboratories.
The activities of the current groups are reflected by the list of 31 scientists in Australia who have published 5 or more Mössbauer papers in the 10 years from 1997 to 2007 (this list of active Mössbauer researchers was provided by the MEDC). Much of the research work involving Mössbauer spectroscopy in Australia is carried out as collaborative projects with researchers at the main centres, although, as indicated above, some groups have their own spectrometer for occasional research projects.
|
Name
|
Institution
|
Number of Publications
|
| Prof. John M. Cadogan | The University of New South Wales |
65
|
| Prof. Stewart J. Campbell | UNSW@ADFA |
42
|
| A/Prof. John D. Cashion | Monash University |
33
|
| A/Prof. Glen A. Stewart | UNSW@ADFA |
17
|
| Dr. Harold A. Goodwin | The University of New South Wales |
16
|
| Dr. Timothy G. St. Pierre | The University of Western Australia |
16
|
| Dr. Boujemaa Moubaraki | Monash University |
15
|
| Prof. Keith S. Murray | Monash University |
15
|
| Prof. John Webb | Murdoch University |
15
|
| Dr. Kiyonori Suzuki | Monash University |
13
|
| Dr. W. A. Kaczmarek | The Australian National University / UNSW@ADFA |
13
|
| Dr. Stephen J. Harker | The University of New South Wales |
12
|
| Dr. Wanida Chua-anusorn | The University of Western Australia |
12
|
| Dr. A. M. Mulders | Monash University |
10
|
| Dr. L. Joan Brown | Monash University |
9
|
| Dr. Donald C. Craig | The University of New South Wales |
9
|
| Dr. David J. Macey | Murdoch University |
9
|
| Dr. Edward R. T. Tiekink | The University of Adelaide |
9
|
| Dr. A. V. J. Edge | UNSW@ADFA |
8
|
| Dr. Marcia L. Scudder | The University of New South Wales |
8
|
| Dr. Leone Spiccia | Monash University |
8
|
| Dr. Paul G. McCormick | Advanced Nano Technologies Pty Ltd |
7
|
| Dr. Sarah A. Walton | Murdoch University |
7
|
| Dr. Bradley J. Childs | The University of New South Wales |
6
|
| Dr. S. J. Kennedy | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization |
6
|
| Dr. Hong-Shuo Li | The University of New South Wales |
6
|
| Dr. Brian W. Skelton | The University of Western Australia |
6
|
| Dr. Allan H. White | The University of Western Australia |
6
|
| Dr. W. D. Hutchison | UNSW@ADFA |
5
|
| Prof. Hugh St. C. O'Neill | The Australian National University |
5
|
| Prof. R. Street | The University of Western Australia |
5
|
This concentration of Mössbauer research effort over the years in the three centres is also reflected by the fact that Australia’s three members of the MEDC’s Mössbauer Century Club are based at these centres. They are Stewart Campbell (144 publications; UNSW@ADFA); Sean Cadogan (131 publications; UNSW); and John Cashion (122 publications; Monash) (data to August 2006 <http://www.medc.dicp.ac.cn>).
This information has been prepared by Stewart Campbell and John Cashion. We realise the material is likely to be incomplete and look forward to learning of updated information with further details from colleagues in Australia.