Role at ANSTO
Elliot Gilbert is an instrument scientist for the QUOKKA small-angle neutron scattering instrument and led the project for its design, construction and commissioning. Elliot also devised, initiated and leads the Food Science project that applies materials science approaches to examine structure-property-process relationships in food-based systems; He has written recent reviews on the application of neutron scattering, as well as small-angle scattering more broadly, to food science and technology Neutron techniques for food hydrocolloids and Small-angle X-Ray and neutron scattering in food colloids
He received his PhD in chemistry from the Australian National University in 1998. Following a successful ARC Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowship, he joined the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at Argonne National Laboratory in the United States where he provided scientific and technical support to researchers using small-angle neutron scattering and neutron reflectometry as well as developing teaching resources for the National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering.
Elliot's interests lie in condensed matter science and he has investigated such diverse areas as colloids, polymers, phase separation, emulsion stabilisation, membranes, magnetic spin glasses, skyrmions, biocompatible ferrofluids and nanocomposites. More recently, his focus has been on the application of neutron and X-ray scattering to systems with an intrinsic health-related and/or industrial application; this has resulted in multiple reports in domestic and international media. He received the ANBUG Neutron Award for outstanding research in neutron science and leadership promoting the Australian neutron scattering community in 2021.
He has also sought to develop unique and specialised sample environments to extend the use of scattering instrumentation into new scientific areas. Such devices include the first differential scanning calorimeter capable of enabling the simultaneous measurement of SANS and a Rapid ViscoAnalyser that enables SANS to be measured during a small-scale emulated food process. Such approaches enable structure-process-property relationships to be revealed in real-time. Recent developments in sample environments for neutron scattering have been described in a recent review.
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Qualifications & Achievements
- Attracted over $11 m of research funding (incl. ARC Discovery, ARC LINKAGE, Industrial Transformation Training Centre)
- Honorary Professor, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland
- Diploma in Project Management
- Diploma in Frontline Management
Committees, Affiliations & memberships
- Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Crystallography
- Editorial Board, Food Structure
- Vice Chair, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) Commission on Small-Angle Scattering
- Chair, International Conference on Small-Angle Scattering 2012
- Chair, Neutrons and Food (Sydney, 2010) and Neutrons and Food 5 (Sydney, 2018)
- International Advisory Committee, International Small-Angle Scattering Conference, SAS2009 (Oxford), SAS2015 (Berlin), SAS2018 (Traverse City) and SAS 2024 (Taipei).
- International Advisory Committee / International Advisory Board Chair, Neutrons and Food (Delft, Netherlands, 2012); Japan, 2022; Newark, USA 2024; Munich, Germany 2026
- International Scientific Programme Committee, Asia-Oceania Neutron Scattering Association Conference, Kenting, (Taiwan, Nov 17-21 2019)
Publications
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Selected publications
“Advances in Sample Environments for Neutron Scattering for Colloid and Interface Science”, Anton Le Brun and Elliot Paul Gilbert*, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 327 (2024) 103141.
“Neutron Techniques for Food Hydrocolloids”, Elliot Paul Gilbert, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 67 (2023) 101730.
“Building blocks of β-sitosterol-γ-oryzanol gels revealed by small-angle neutron scattering and real space modelling”, Elliot Paul Gilbert, Food and Function 13 (2022) 7123–7131.
“Small-angle neutron scattering reveals basis for composition dependence of gel behaviour in oleic acid - sodium oleate oleogels”, Steven Cornet, Liliana de Campo, Marta Martinez-Sanz, Elke Scholten and Elliot Paul Gilbert* Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 73 (2021) 102763.
“Small Angle X-Ray and Neutron Scattering in Food Colloids”, Elliot Paul Gilbert, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 42 (2019) 55-72.
“MULTI-SCALE MODEL FOR THE HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURE OF NATIVE CELLULOSE HYDROGELS”, Marta Martínez-Sanz, Deirdre Mikkelsen, Bernadine Flanagan, Michael J. Gidley and Elliot P. Gilbert*, Carbohydrate Polymers, 147 (2016) 542-555.
“Design and Implementation of a Differential Scanning Calorimeter for the Simultaneous Measurement of Small Angle Neutron Scattering”, Pullen S.A., Booth N., Olsen S.R., Day B., Franceschini F., Mannicke D. and Gilbert E.P.*, Measurement Science Technology, 25 (2014) 055606.
“Structural Changes during Starch Pasting using Simultaneous Rapid Visco Analysis and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering.”, James Doutch, Mark Bason, Ferdi Franceshcini, Kevin James, Douglas Clowes, Elliot P. Gilbert, Carbohydrate Polymers, 88, 15 April 2012,1061–1071.
“Application of small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering techniques to the characterisation of starch structure: A review”, Jaroslav Blazek and Elliot Paul Gilbert*, Carbohydrate Polymers 85 (2011) 281-293.
“The effect of enzymatic hydrolysis on native starch granule structure”, Jaroslav Blazek and Elliot Paul Gilbert, Biomacromolecules 11 (2010) 3275-3289.
"NEUTRON SCATTERING: A NATURAL TOOL FOR FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH", Amparo Lopez-Rubio and Elliot Paul Gilbert, Trends in Food Science and Technology 20 (2009) 576-586.
Book and Book Chapters
“Application of Small‐angle X‐ray scattering and Small‐angle neutron scattering to Fat Mimetics”, Elliot Paul Gilbert, in “Fat mimetics for food applications”, editors Miguel Cerqueira, Lorenzo Castro, John Wiley & Sons (2023), ISBN 1119780012, 9781119780014.
“Food Structure Characterisation using Small-Angle Scattering Methods”, Elliot Gilbert, Marta Martinez-Sanz, and Amparo Lopez-Rubio in Handbook of Food Structure Development; Food Chemistry, Function and Analysis No. 18, Editors: Fotis Spyropoulos, Aris Lazidis & Ian T. Norton, The Royal Society of Chemistry (2020).
“Characterisation Techniques in Food Materials Science”, Elliot Paul Gilbert, Amparo Lopez-Rubio and Mike Gidley in Food Materials Science And Engineering, Edited by Bhesh Bhandari and Yrjo Roos, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 9781405199223 (2012).
“Time-Resolved Small Angle Neutron Scattering: Application to Non-equilibrium Kinetic Studies” Elliot P. Gilbert, Jitendra P. Mata and William A. Hamilton in Dynamics of Soft Matter, Sakai, Victoria García; Alba-Simionesco, Christiane; Chen, Sow-Hsin (Eds.), Chapter 11, p. 289-318, ISBN 978-1-4614-0726-3, Springer, New York (2012).
Review and assessment activities
- Australian Research Council Discovery Programme, Early Career Researcher Award and National Competitive Grants Program (Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities)
- Australian Research Council Discovery Programme and National Competitive Grants Program (Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities)
- Vinnova (the Swedish government research and development agency)