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• Internationally recognised research leader in (a) Environmental contaminants, including per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminants, and environmental��impacts and policy; (b) Fluid mechanics and hydraulics, including conservation laws, Lie symmetries and dimensional analysis; and��(c) Probabilistic inference and data science, including applications of maximum entropy analysis and Bayesian inference.��These��include:
  • PFAS contaminants in soils, water and other media, including entrapment mechanisms��and their remediation by foam fractionation and in situ fluidization. This includes major intellectual property commercialisation��and laboratory facility development.
  • Other emerging contaminants in soils, water and other media, including tyre waste antioxidants and breakdown products.
  • Non-aqueous phase liquid��(NAPL), heavy metal and inorganic contaminants in surface waters, groundwater, potable water supplies and soil.
  • Environmental impacts, sustainability and environmental management.
  • Dimensionless groups based��on entropic similarity, and applications to fluid mechanics, hydraulics, heat transfer,��chemical engineering and environmental systems.
  • Spatial and parametric��analogues of the Reynolds transport theorem and resulting conservation laws, and connections to Lie scaling.
  • Maximum entropy analysis, Bayesian inference and machine learning applied to networked flow systems (such as��water and energy distribution networks), hydrological��systems,��groundwater vulnerability assessment and geological mineralisation.
  • The combinatorial basis of entropy��and its applications,��including to the analysis of graphs and flow networks.

• Success in research funding, with a career total of A$3.98 million in grants and fellowships from Australian, European, French, German, Japanese, UK and U.S. sources. This includes ARC Discovery Project grants for 2010-12 and 2014-16, an��ARC SRI PFAS grant over 2019-24, industry grants and a recurring NESP-funded project.

• Leadership of a research group and major project on the remediation of PFAS contaminants in water and soil across UNSW Canberra and Macquarie University, funded by an ARC SRI grant (total��A$1.364 million)��with industry partner OPEC Systems Pty Ltd. This has involved��significant IP commercialisation, including new manufacturing plants in Emu Plains, NSW, and North Carolina, USA.

• Success in competitive research fellowships, including Churchill (1998), Fulbright (2003),��JSPS (2006), Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship, Denmark (2007-08), Endeavour (2010) and Isaac Newton Institute (2010).

• Several paid Visiting Professor research positions��at��Institute PPrime CNRS / Region Poitou-Charentes, France (2014-15, 2018 and 2023) and��CentraleSupélec / CNRS / Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France (2018).

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Teaching��

• Course coordinator and lecturer for undergraduate courses in��environmental engineering, fluid mechanics, hydraulic engineering, geology, soil��mechanics, materials engineering, hydrology, contaminant hydrogeology and (from 2023) nuclear engineering, across BE degree��programs in��Aeronautical, Civil, Mechanical and Naval Architecture Engineering, and BTech degree programs��in Aeronautical Engineering and Aviation.
• Delivery of Masters-level workshops and short courses in Bayesian inference, including to the AFMC Summer School (Dec 2019).
• Postgraduate teaching in Maximum Entropy Analysis, including a Masters / PhD course at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and delivery of numerous Masters-level short courses and workshops in Australia and internationally.
• Past and��present supervisor of a number of BE thesis, Masters and PhD students.

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Academic Engagement and Leadership:

• Elected Council Member of the Australasian Fluid Mechanics Society, from 2021, and��Founding Chair��of the ACT Chapter, from 2019.
• Editorial Board Member of the journal Entropy��since 2007, and Stat since 2019.
• Undergraduate Aeronautical Coordinator, SEIT, UNSW Canberra, 2016-2018.
• Research Development and Mentoring Coordinator, SEIT, UNSW Canberra, 2016-2018.
• Host or member of��the organising committee of international conferences: AFMC 2024 (Treasurer), to be held Canberra, Dec 2024; AFMC 2022, to be held Sydney, Dec 2022;��MODSIM, Canberra, Dec 2019; MaxEnt 2018, The Alan Turing Institute, London, UK, Jul 2018; MaxEnt 2017, Sao Paulo,��Brazil, Jul 2017; MaxEnt 2015, Potsdam, NY USA, Jul 2015;��BayesianControl 2015, Poitiers, France, Apr 2015; MaxEnt 2013, Canberra, Dec 2013 (the first time held in Australia);��MaxEP Workshop, ANU, Canberra, Australia, Sep 2011; and Facets of Entropy, Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct 2007.��
• Host of numerous visiting scholars and PhD students to SEIT, UNSW Canberra.
• Past or present research grant assessor for funding agencies in Australia, Romania, Chile and USA.

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External Engagement and Leadership:

• Public commentary on PFAS contamination in Australia, including to an inquiry of��the Parliament of Australia, since 2018.
• Expert Opinion services in major disputes concerning soil and groundwater contamination, including cases to��the Supreme Court of NSW.
• Founder and President (since 2013) of The MaxEnt and Bayesian Association of Australia, Inc., a scientific association and registered charity to support research and teaching in probabilistic inference.

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