Role at ANSTO
Gordon is a Senior Research Leader in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research at ANSTO. He is currently assigned to the Nuclear Fuel and Waste Forms group and has been involved with Nuclear Materials research at ANSTO since 1989. While at ANSTO he has conducted research in solid-state chemistry/physics with a focus on radionuclides produced via the nuclear fuel cycle.
Expertise
His expertise is in solid-state chemistry, crystallography, X-ray diffraction, neutron diffraction, surface science, superconductors, nuclear waste forms, radionuclides and their production and hard condensed matter physics.
Qualifications and achievements
- BAppSci in Applied Physics from the University of Technology, Sydney 1989.
- MSc in Surface Science from the University of Technology, Sydney 1994.
- PhD in Chemistry from the University of Sydney 2009.
30 years of research experience in solid-state chemistry/physics with an emphasis on nuclear waste forms and their subsequent characterisation.
Contributions to approximately 100 publications in refereed journals with 1500 citations, two book chapters and two patents.
Committees, affiliations and memberships
Editor of the Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 2013 – present
Overseas editor of Materials Transactions 2015-2019
Guest Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry 2020-2022
Associate Editor (Solid State Chemistry) Frontiers in Chemistry 2021- present
Review Editor (Nuclear Materials) Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering 2021 – present
Adjunct Professor at the Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan, Graduate School of Engineering (Master's Program) Nuclear System Safety Engineering, 2016 – present
Visiting Professor at the University of Wollongong, Faculty of Engineering, and Information Sciences, 2022 – present