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Members

Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry team

Professor Clare Murphy
P: 02 4221 5065
E: clare_murphy@uow.edu.au
Remote sensing of atmospheric composition using ground-based Fourier-transform spectroscopy. Atmospheric impacts of bushfires. Understanding sources and fates of trace gases in the atmosphere and impacts on air quality.
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Associate Professor Nicholas Deutscher
P: 02 4221 4104
E: nicholas_deutscher@uow.edu.au
Column and surface measurements of greenhouse gases. Novel profiling applications of greenhouse gases measurement techniques. Atmospheric transport modeling of greenhouse gases. Combining multiple scales and multiple tracers to optimise flux estimates within atmospheric transport models. Greenhouse gas emissions quantification.
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Professor Jenny Fisher
P: 02 4221 5484
E: jenny_fisher@uow.edu.au
Chemical transport modeling of atmospheric composition and mercury biogeochemistry. Integration of model output with observational datasets including surface, airborne, and satellite. Focus on atmospheric impacts of human activity, natural processes, and their interactions.
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Associate Professor Nicholas Jones
P: 02 4221 5808
E: nicholas_jones@uow.edu.au
Remote sensing of atmospheric composition using ground-based methods (NDACC). Validation of satellite data relevant to atmospheric chemistry (e.g. ACE, GOME, SCIAMACHY, ENVISAT). Mathematical inverse methods as applied to analysis of spectroscopic data. Development of analysis code from spectroscopic data (SFIT4).
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Emeritus Professor David Griffith
P: 02 4221 3515
E: david_griffith@uow.edu.au
Atmospheric composition, especially greenhouse gases and their isotopic variations. Solar remote sensing, in situ measurements using optical (infrared) techniques. Sources and sinks of greenhouse gas emissions, especially in agriculture. Validation of satellite measurements of greenhouse gases.
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Associate Professor Stephen Wilson
P: 02 4221 3505
E: stephen_wilson@uow.edu.au
Spectroscopic studies of atmospheric chemistry, including irradiance measurements, aerosol optical depth and differential optical absorption spectroscopy. Studies of regions from the clean marine through to urban atmospheres.
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Dr Frances Phillips
P: 02 4221 4104
E: frances_phillips@uow.edu.au
Quantifying local sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, with focus on agricultural systems and methods for mitigating emissions. Interest in developing methods to measure fugitive emissions from coal mining and coal seam gas production.
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Dr Paolo Sebastianelli   
P: 02 4239 4606
E: paolo_sebastianelli@uow.edu.au
Conducting research in different fields of Physics and Chemistry applying my interdisciplinary skills for the understanding of relevant processes in Environment and Earth Science, Atmospheric Physics, Material Science and Computational Chemistry.
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Dr Maximilien Desservettaz
P: 02 4239 3356
E: maximilien_desservettaz@uow.edu.au
Studying bushfire smoke emission, chemistry and health impacts, as well as the use of backburns as fire management.
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Dr Scott Chambers
ANSTO
Honorary Fellow, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, UOW

Dr Alan Griffiths
ANSTO
Honorary Fellow, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, UOW

 

Dr Ann Stavert
CSIRO
Honorary Fellow, UOW

Dr Alastair Williams
Research Leader, ANSTO
Honorary Fellow, School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, UOW

Travis Naylor
Research Assistant
P: 02 4221 8195
E: travis_naylor@uow.edu.au 
Supporting the research of all members with a general focus on instrument support, safety and fieldwork planning and operations.

PhD Students

Brittany Walker
Measurement and Modelling of Atmospheric Constituents in the Southern Hemisphere
Supervisors: Nicholas Deutscher, Clare Murphy

Hasan Nawaz
Remote sensing of methane and its major sources in Australia
Supervisors: Clare Murphy, Nicholas Deutscher

Bakhat Rawat
Long-term Monitoring of Atmospheric Hg in Australia: Insights into Sources, Distributions, and Variability
Supervisors: Jenny Fisher, Nicholas Deutscher, Jenny Powell

Justin Takacs
Understanding Changing Concentrations of Atmospheric Ozone in Australia
Supervisors: Nicholas Jones, Clare Murphy

Stephen Rigney
Variation and physicochemical drivers of greenhouse gas fluxes in the intertidal wetlands of southeast Australia under sea-level rise
Supervisors: Jeff Kelleway, Nicholas Deutscher

Stephen MacFarlane
Impacts of aromatic chemistry on the global atmosphere
Supervisors: Jenny Fisher, Clare Murphy

Dominique Bally Kpokro
Contaminated Networks: Mercury Contamination, Supply and Informal Entrepreneurial Gold Mining Networks in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
Supervisors: Jenny Fisher, Clare Murphy and Larissa Schneider. University of Surrey (UK): Gavin Hilson and Richard Murphy

Beth Killen
Study of HFOs degradation in the troposphere through atmospheric models to better understand their contribution to climate change
Supervisors: Jenny Fischer

 

Master of Science (Research) Student

Samantha Lee
Investigate the impact of large-scale bushfires in terms of the downstream smoke aging and aerosol loads using WRF weather simulation techniques and readily available datasets to help identify hazards in the Australian context
Supervisors: Clare Murphy, Jason Evans (UNSW)


Honours Students

Juliana Avtarovski 
Verification of Methane Emissions using Ground-based FTIR Spectroscopy
Supervisors: Nicholas Jones, Nicholas Deutscher

Jesse Paton
Supervisors: Jeff Kelleway, Nicholas Deutscher, Tanya Mason (NSW DCCEEW)

Jarred Inzinger
Sky-diving with aircores: a novel approach for vertical profiling of atmospheric methane concentrations
Supervisors: Nicholas Deutscher, Damon Roddis, Amy Wilson (Zephyr Environmental)

Alumni from the Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry have gone on to a wide range of roles:

PhD Alumni

MSc/MRes/MPhil Alumni  

  • Neil Page (2018 - MRes, 2021 - MPhil) - now at Air Labs Environmental
  • Christopher Roulston (2018) - now at CSIRO