Prof David Cohen, Leader of the Centre for Accelerator Science at ANSTO, will highlight the contributions that research using accelerator techniques have made to materials, environmental and life sciences in a Distinguished Lecture on 12 August at 11am.
Recipient of the ANSTO Nuclear Science and Technology Award for a Sustained Contribution in 2015, Prof Cohen has undertaken environmental research for more than 20 years, specifically focussing on fine particle pollution.
He has also been part of the evolution of accelerator science at ANSTO from 1989 to the present day. He will share a brief history of the accelerator facilities and its people since 1964 with a focus on the Ion Beam Techniques (IBT) developed at ANSTO.
Today the Centre for Accelerator Science operates four accelerators for IBA and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS), which are used for a vast array of applications.
Prof Cohen has a BSc (Hons), MSc and PhD in Physics and over 36 years research experience in nuclear and atomic physics, materials science, archaeometry, biology, and environmental studies.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics and the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand and an honorary professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Wollongong.
In November 2009 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE). He has over 200 refereed journal and 380 conference and report publications and is recognised nationally and internationally as an expert in accelerator-based ion beam analysis.
Event details
Location: AINSE Theatre (in front of the cafe), ANSTO, New Illawarra Rd, Lucas Heights
Date: 12 August
Time: 11am (morning tea will be provided at 10:30am)
Cost: Free
Published: 25/07/2016