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Career Summary

Biography

I work within the Discipline of Chemistry which sits within the School of Environmental & Life Sciences.

I arrived at the University of Newcastle as a lecturer in Chemistry in December 1996 after a two year postdoc at the University of Otago in New Zealand. While employed at the University of Newcastle I have also enjoyed the privilege of overseas sabbatical periods at the Universities of Sussex (UK), Bordeaux (France), Sheffield (UK) and Durham (UK).

In 2009 I was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.

Qualifications

PhD (Surface Sciences), Australian National University, 29/09/1995
Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)(Honours), Australian National University, 14/04/1990

Research

Research keywords

adsorption
atomic force microscopy
characterisation of the solid-liquid interface
colloid and interface science
functional interfaces
particle technology
polymers

Research expertise

I am an active researcher in both fundamental and applied colloid and surface chemistry. I have built an international reputation for my contributions to the nanometre-scale understanding of the solid-liquid interface in the presence of surfactant or polymer molecules. I was one of the first researchers to use soft-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM) to reveal detail of the lateral structure of adsorbed surfactant layers on the molecular scale. Through this I have developed highly specialised skills in soft-contact AFM imaging in water. By combining measurements of adsorption kinetics and adsorbed amounts, in 2003 we published the most thorough understanding of surfactant adsorption kinetics to date. In the last decade I have performed extensive fundamental research on the behaviour of stimulus responsive polymer molecules and polymeric colloids adsorbed at the solid-aqueous solution interface (funded by the Australian Research Council). Additionally, I have applied my fundamental knowledge & skills to a variety of industrial research problems including projects concerned with mining emulsion explosives, water-based paints, powder coatings, plastic solar cells, mineral flotation, smulsions & foams.

My research is highly cited and I have an H-index of 22.

Languages

English

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
030603	Colloid And Surface Chemistry	70
030399	Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified	20
091499	Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy Not Elsewhere Classified	10

Memberships

ARC Committee member

Member - ERA Research Evaluation Committee

Body relevant to professional practice.

Fellow - Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

Member - RACI Division of Colloid and Surface Science
Member - • European Colloid and Interface Society
Member - International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists

Awards

Recognition.

2006	Faculty research excellence award for research training University of Newcastle (Australia) For great effort & valuable contribution as a Principal Supervisor in achieving some excellent outcomes with respect to the number of RHD completions and/or thesis submissions

Research Award.

2012	Tokyo University of Science President’s Award Tokyo University of Science (Japan) For my research on polymers at interfaces
2012	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship Japan Society for the Promotion of Science/Australian Academy of Science (Japan) Bilateral award for exchange visit to Japanese University
2012	Lectureship Award Annual Meeting of the Japanese Research Institute of Material Technology (Japan) Annual Meeting of the Japanese Research Institute of Material Technology lectureship award

Invitations

International Conference on Nanoscopic Colloid and Surface Science The Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry The Chemical Society of Japan, Japan (Keynote Address)	2010
Capturing Colloids Royal Microscopical Society, United Kingdom (Invited Presenter)	2009
Pacifichem 2005 Pacific Basin Chemical Societies, United States (Invited Presenter)	2005

Collaboration

The nature of my research lends itself to collaboration, a mode of research that I particularly enjoy, whether it be with colleagues at this university, elsewhere in Australia and indeed internationally. I have an excellent record of collaborative research coupled with successful research higher degree supervision. In the past decade I have collaborated with the following scientists:

Prof. Steve Armes (University of Sheffield)

Prof. Simon Biggs (University of Leeds)

Prof. Vince Craig (Australian National University)

Dr Steve Edmondson (University of Loughborough)

Dr Syuji Fujii (Osaka Institute of Technology)

Prof. George Franks (University of Melbourne)

Dr Seher Ata (University of New South Wales)

Dr Stuart Prescott (University of New South Wales)

and at this University with Dr Grant Webber, Prof. Graeme Jameson, Dr Roberto Moreno-Atanasio, A/Prof. Rob Atkin

Administrative

Administrative expertise

In 2012 I served on the national ERA Research Evaluation Committee for Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences.

I was the Assistant Dean Research Training in the Faculty of Science & Information Technology 2009-2010.

I have an outstanding track record of leadership and national service to the Australian Colloid and Surface Science community including membership of 5 conference organising committees since 2003 & national secretary from 1999-2009. I was Chair of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute Colloid and Surface Science Division from 2011-2012.

I undertake a range of research assessment roles including reviewer for the top international journals in colloid and interface science, regular PhD thesis examiner and ARC Discovery grant assessor (IntReader).

Teaching

Teaching keywords

colloid and interface science
physical chemistry

Teaching expertise

My research informs my teaching and vice versa.

I teach in an average of five 10cp courses per year to all undergraduate years from level 1000 through to 3000 in the form of lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions. These are predominantly in Physical, Colloid or Surface Chemistry

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Publications

No publications.

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants	57
Total funding	$5,379,359

For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.

- Indicates that the researcher may be seeking students for this project.

Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.

2012 (1 grants)

Particle-Stabilised Bubble and Droplet Interfaces$315,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Seher Ata
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$315,000	2012	2014
GNo:G1100202

2011 (5 grants)

Next-generation polymer films for control of material interactions$300,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Grant Webber, Dr Steve Edmondson
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$300,000	2011	2013
GNo:G1000042

Interfacial Mapping Facility$180,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Grant Webber, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Professor Ewa Goldys, Professor Deborah Kane, Dr James Downes, Dr Gregory Wilson, Doctor Chris Fell
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$180,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1000635

Interfacial Mapping Facility$90,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Grant Webber
Scheme		Role
Equipment Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$90,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1000466

Interfacial Mapping Facility$40,000
Funding Body: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Grant Webber, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Professor Ewa Goldys, Professor Deborah Kane, Dr James Downes, Dr Gregory Wilson, Doctor Chris Fell
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$40,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1100411

Interfacial Mapping Facility$30,000
Funding Body: Macquarie University

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Grant Webber, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Professor Ewa Goldys, Professor Deborah Kane, Dr James Downes, Dr Gregory Wilson, Doctor Chris Fell
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$30,000	2011	2011
GNo:G1100872

2010 (2 grants)

Soft matter and responsive materials characterisation facility$135,535
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Dr Raymond Dagastine, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Doctor Grant Webber, Associate Professor Rob Atkin, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$135,535	2010	2010
GNo:G1000397

Polymer-surfactant complexes: Microstructure and Micromechanics$86,935
Funding Body: CSIRO - Molecular and Health Technologies

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Postgraduate Research Scholarship		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$86,935	2010	2013
GNo:G1000562

2009 (2 grants)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$650,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0189120

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Professor Scott Donne, Doctor Vicki Keast, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor Robert Melchers, Conjoint Professor Christina Offler, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Reza Moheimani, Emeritus Professor John Patrick, Professor Dirk Van Helden, Professor Bruce King, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Hugh Dunstan, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Associate Professor Yong-Ling Ruan, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Minjie Lin, Professor Christopher Grof, Doctor Silvia Frisia, Doctor Rebecca Lim, Doctor Heber Sugo, Doctor Jennifer Forrester, Doctor Olivier Buzzi, Doctor Andrew Fleming, Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$70,000	2009	2009
GNo:G0190441

2007 (3 grants)

Two dimensional organisation of solid polymeric particles$6,934
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Pilot Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$6,934	2007	2007
GNo:G0187880

2007 Research Development Fellowship$2,735
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Research Development Fellowship		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,735	2007	2007
GNo:G0188232

9th Australia-Japan Colloid and Interface Science Gakkai/60th Divisional meeting on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shinshu University, 19/9/2007 - 23/9/2007$1,460
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,460	2007	2007
GNo:G0188098

2006 (7 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Advanced Particle Processing$549,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Kevin Galvin, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Professor Mark Jones, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Emeritus Professor Alan Roberts, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Priority Research Centre		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$549,282	2006	2013
GNo:G0186920

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Organic Electronics & OrganoBiosensors$549,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Adam McCluskey, Professor Erica Wanless, Professor Scott Donne, Doctor John Holdsworth
Scheme		Role
Priority Research Centre		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$549,282	2006	2013
GNo:G0186946

Nanostructure Deposition Facility$180,240
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Professor Erica Wanless, Associate Professor Marian Radny, Professor Robert Lamb, Dr Paul Meredith, Assoc. Prof Michael Ford, Dr Gerard Gadd, Dr Peter Evans, Professor Gordon Wallace, Associate Professor Peter Innis, Dr Andrew Minett, Dr Jeffrey Reimers, Professor Maxwell Crossley, Emeritus Pr Noel Hush, Dr Kostya Ostrikov, Professor David McKenzie
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$180,240	2006	2006
GNo:G0185533

Active polymeric thin films$27,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Scheme		Role
PhD Scholarship Funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$27,000	2006	2007
GNo:15373437

Determination of adsorbed polymer thin film thickness and water content$18,045
Funding Body: AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering)

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless, Dr Paul Fitzgerald, Dr Grant Webber
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$18,045	2006	2006
GNo:G0186536

Surfactant adsorption on latex particles$15,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Scheme		Role
ORICA - DULUX Collaborative Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	2006	2006
GNo:15373609

12th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, 15-20 October 2006$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,500	2006	2006
GNo:G0186971

2005 (9 grants)

Microgel thin films for controlled release$225,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless, Professor S Armes
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$225,000	2005	2007
GNo:G0184321

Dynamics at interfaces: A facility for the characterisation of the dynamics of structural reorganisation and adsorption at interfaces$187,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$187,000	2005	2005
GNo:15373621

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$70,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Scheme		Role
ORICA - DULUX Collaborative Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$70,000	2005	2007
GNo:15373589

Electrostatic Behaviour of Polyester Powder Particles$60,000
Funding Body: UNICHE - Joint Program with Orica

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Erica Wanless, Associate Professor George Franks
Scheme		Role
PhD Scholarship Funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$60,000	2005	2007
GNo:G0185343

Domain structure in adsorbed surfactant bilayers from neutron reflectometry$19,760
Funding Body: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering

Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$19,760	2005	2005
GNo:15373646

2005 RIBG allocation - Faculty LIEF contribution$15,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	2005	2005
GNo:G0185851

Chemical Spacers for Fine Powder Particles$10,551
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Associate Professor George Franks, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,551	2005	2005
GNo:G0184727

ECIC-XVII: European Chemistry at Interfaces Conference, 27 June - 1 July 2005$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,400	2005	2005
GNo:G0185384

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$0
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Scheme		Role
PhD Scholarship Funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$0	2005	2007
GNo:15373452

2004 (5 grants)

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$445,124
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Associate Professor Anh Nguyen, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Associate Professor George Franks, Professor Kevin Galvin, Professor Erica Wanless, Associate Professor David Smith
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$445,124	2004	2004
GNo:G0183028

Improving stability and reducing viscosity of ceramic glaze suspensions via surfactant addition$15,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Associate Professor George Franks, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	2004	2004
GNo:G0183392

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Project Team
Associate Professor Anh Nguyen, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Associate Professor George Franks, Professor Erica Wanless, Associate Professor David Smith
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	2004	2004
GNo:G0183832

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000
Funding Body: University of New South Wales

Project Team
Associate Professor Anh Nguyen, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Professor Geoffrey Evans, Associate Professor George Franks, Professor Kevin Galvin, Professor Erica Wanless, Associate Professor David Smith
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	2004	2004
GNo:G0183831

Chemical Society of Japan's 57th Divisional Meeting on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, 8-10 September 2004, Japan$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,500	2004	2004
GNo:G0184436

2003 (4 grants)

Nanoscale interaction forces in particulate and molecular systems$300,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$300,000	2003	2003
GNo:15373659

Self-Organised 3-D Arrays of Stimulus Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles.$114,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless, Professor S Armes, Professor Simon Biggs
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$114,000	2003	2004
GNo:G0182053

Creating Repulsion Between Fine Particles in Air for Inhaled Drug Delivery Systems$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Associate Professor George Franks, Associate Professor Anh Nguyen, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$14,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0182486

Nanorheology: Hydrodynamic Slip in Newtonian fluids.$11,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless, Professor Vincent Craig, Dr C Neto
Scheme		Role
Discovery Projects		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$11,000	2003	2004
GNo:G0182054

2002 (5 grants)

Active Polymer Research Facility.$424,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor Simon Biggs, Professor Bruce King, Professor John O'Connor, Emeritus Professor Neil Page, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$424,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0181516

The behaviour of froth forming surfactants in the flotation process$15,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Scheme		Role
Collaborative - ORICA Mining Chemicals		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	2002	2002
GNo:15373548

The use of atomic force microscopy to identify APE replacement surfactants.$14,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
ORICA - DULUX Collaborative Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$14,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0181659

Stimulus Responsive Molecular Transport and Release Systems: Novel Layer-by-Layer Polymer Composites$8,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Simon Biggs, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$8,000	2002	2002
GNo:G0181364

14th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (Biennial) Barcelona, 9-14 June 2002$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,400	2002	2002
GNo:G0181713

2001 (4 grants)

Speciation and equilibria in metal sulfate solutions employed in commercial manganese dioxide electrodeposition.$66,876
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrance
Scheme		Role
Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$66,876	2001	2003
GNo:G0179631

Speciation and equilibria in metal sulfate solutions employed in commercial manganese dioxide electrodeposition.$15,000
Funding Body: Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
SPIRT Partner funding		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$15,000	2001	2003
GNo:G0181497

The search for APE replacement surfactants$14,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Scheme		Role
ORICA - DULUX Collaborative Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$14,000	2001	2001
GNo:15373524

Protein Fouling of Biomaterial Surfaces.$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	2001	2001
GNo:G0180120

2000 (3 grants)

Polymer-Surfactant Adsorption at the Solid/Liquid Interface.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Simon Biggs, Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	2000	2000
GNo:G0178833

The Fouling of Model Biomaterials.$8,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$8,000	2000	2000
GNo:G0178831

10th Triennial Meeting of the international Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists., Bristol, UK.$2,193
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$2,193	2000	2000
GNo:G0180329

1999 (3 grants)

Characterisation of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide.$10,000
Funding Body: Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	1999	1999
GNo:G0179157

73rd ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium Boston, Massachusetts, USA.$1,775
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,775	1999	1999
GNo:G0180525

Travel Grant to attend an international conference.$1,500
Funding Body: Ian Potter Foundation

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,500	1999	1999
GNo:G0178414

1998 (2 grants)

The Influence of Polymers on Surfactant Surface Aggregation$9,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,000	1998	1998
GNo:G0177305

12th International Smposium on Surfactants in Solution, Stockholm, Sweden$1,455
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,455	1998	1998
GNo:G0180626

1997 (2 grants)

High resolution force microscopy of surfactant aggregation at the solid/liquid interface$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
New Staff Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$12,000	1997	1997
GNo:G0177492

9th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, Bulgaria, 6-12 July 1997$1,877
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Professor Erica Wanless
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,877	1997	1997
GNo:G0179596

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions	5
Total current UoN Masters EFTSL	0.1
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL	1.3

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced	Proposed Completion	Program	Supervisor Type	Research Title
2013	2017	PhD (Chemistry)	Co-Supervisor	Effect of Variation in Inter-Ion Forces on the Adsorbed and Near Surface Structure of Ionic Liquids at Solid Interfaces
2013	2017	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Next-Generation Polymer Films for Control of Material Interactions
2012	2014	M Philosophy (Chemical Eng)	Co-Supervisor	Simulation of Particle-Bubble Interactions Using Discrete Element Method
2010	2014	PhD (Chemistry)	Co-Supervisor	Bulk and Interfacial Structure in Ionic Liquids
2009	2013	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Processable Star Polymers

Past Supervision

Year	Program	Supervisor Type	Research Title
2013	PhD (Chemistry)	Co-Supervisor	Surfactant Adsorption and Structure at Ionic Liquid Interfaces
2012	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Triboelectric Charging and Particle Separation
2011	PhD (Chemistry)	Co-Supervisor	Nanoparticle Based Organic Photovoltaic Devices
2009	PhD (Chemical Engineering)	Co-Supervisor	The Influence of Nanoparticle and Surfactant Interactions on Foam Stability
2009	PhD (Chemical Engineering)	Co-Supervisor	Aggregate/Sediment Bed Property Relationships
2008	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Organised Layers of Adsorbed Block Copolymer Micelles
2006	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Ionic Liquids for Explosive Technologies
2006	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Calcium Sulfate Speciation and Equilibria in Acidic Manganese Sulfate Solutions
2006	PhD (Chemical Engineering)	Co-Supervisor	Aggregate Structure and Strength in Heteroaggregation
2006	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Modification of a Commercial AFM for Dynamic Force Measurements of Polymeric Stabilisers
2005	M Sc (Chemistry) [R]	Principal Supervisor	Characterisation of Ultrasonically Initiated Emulsion and Microemulsion Polymerisation Reactions
2005	PHD Chem Sc Not Elsewhere Classifd University of Sydney	Co-Supervisor	Structure and physical properties of surfactant and mixed surfactant films at the solid-liquid interface
2004	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	Self-Ordered Thin-Films of Diblock Copolymer Micelles
2003	PhD (Chemistry)	Co-Supervisor	Ionic Surfactant Adsorption at the Solid-Aqueous Interface
2002	PhD (Chemistry)	Principal Supervisor	The Adsorption of Surfactants and Polymers at the Solid/Solution Interface

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Professor Erica Wanless

Work Phone	(02) 4921 8846
Fax	(02) 4921 5472
Email	Erica.Wanless@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Professor School of Environmental and Life Sciences Faculty of Science and Information Technology The University of Newcastle, Australia
Focus Area	Chemistry
Office	C321, Chemistry, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
URL:	www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/erica-wanless

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2012 (1 grants)

Particle-Stabilised Bubble and Droplet Interfaces$315,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

2011 (5 grants)

Next-generation polymer films for control of material interactions$300,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Interfacial Mapping Facility$180,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Interfacial Mapping Facility$90,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Interfacial Mapping Facility$40,000Funding Body: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Interfacial Mapping Facility$30,000Funding Body: Macquarie University

2010 (2 grants)

Soft matter and responsive materials characterisation facility$135,535Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Polymer-surfactant complexes: Microstructure and Micromechanics$86,935Funding Body: CSIRO - Molecular and Health Technologies

2009 (2 grants)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

2007 (3 grants)

Two dimensional organisation of solid polymeric particles$6,934Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2007 Research Development Fellowship$2,735Funding Body: University of Newcastle

9th Australia-Japan Colloid and Interface Science Gakkai/60th Divisional meeting on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shinshu University, 19/9/2007 - 23/9/2007$1,460Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2006 (7 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Advanced Particle Processing$549,282Funding Body: University of Newcastle

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Organic Electronics & OrganoBiosensors$549,282Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Nanostructure Deposition Facility$180,240Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Active polymeric thin films$27,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Determination of adsorbed polymer thin film thickness and water content$18,045Funding Body: AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering)

Surfactant adsorption on latex particles$15,000Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

12th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, 15-20 October 2006$1,500Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2005 (9 grants)

Microgel thin films for controlled release$225,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Dynamics at interfaces: A facility for the characterisation of the dynamics of structural reorganisation and adsorption at interfaces$187,000Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$70,000Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Electrostatic Behaviour of Polyester Powder Particles$60,000Funding Body: UNICHE - Joint Program with Orica

Domain structure in adsorbed surfactant bilayers from neutron reflectometry$19,760Funding Body: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering

2005 RIBG allocation - Faculty LIEF contribution$15,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Chemical Spacers for Fine Powder Particles$10,551Funding Body: University of Newcastle

ECIC-XVII: European Chemistry at Interfaces Conference, 27 June - 1 July 2005$2,400Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$0Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2004 (5 grants)

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$445,124Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Improving stability and reducing viscosity of ceramic glaze suspensions via surfactant addition$15,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000Funding Body: University of New South Wales

Chemical Society of Japan's 57th Divisional Meeting on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, 8-10 September 2004, Japan$2,500Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2003 (4 grants)

Nanoscale interaction forces in particulate and molecular systems$300,000Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Self-Organised 3-D Arrays of Stimulus Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles.$114,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Creating Repulsion Between Fine Particles in Air for Inhaled Drug Delivery Systems$14,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Nanorheology: Hydrodynamic Slip in Newtonian fluids.$11,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

2002 (5 grants)

Active Polymer Research Facility.$424,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

The behaviour of froth forming surfactants in the flotation process$15,000Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

The use of atomic force microscopy to identify APE replacement surfactants.$14,000Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Stimulus Responsive Molecular Transport and Release Systems: Novel Layer-by-Layer Polymer Composites$8,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

14th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (Biennial) Barcelona, 9-14 June 2002$2,400Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Particle-Stabilised Bubble and Droplet Interfaces$315,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Next-generation polymer films for control of material interactions$300,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Interfacial Mapping Facility$180,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Interfacial Mapping Facility$90,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Interfacial Mapping Facility$40,000
Funding Body: CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Interfacial Mapping Facility$30,000
Funding Body: Macquarie University

Soft matter and responsive materials characterisation facility$135,535
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Polymer-surfactant complexes: Microstructure and Micromechanics$86,935
Funding Body: CSIRO - Molecular and Health Technologies

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$650,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Two dimensional organisation of solid polymeric particles$6,934
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

2007 Research Development Fellowship$2,735
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

9th Australia-Japan Colloid and Interface Science Gakkai/60th Divisional meeting on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shinshu University, 19/9/2007 - 23/9/2007$1,460
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Advanced Particle Processing$549,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Organic Electronics & OrganoBiosensors$549,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Nanostructure Deposition Facility$180,240
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Active polymeric thin films$27,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Determination of adsorbed polymer thin film thickness and water content$18,045
Funding Body: AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering)

Surfactant adsorption on latex particles$15,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

12th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, 15-20 October 2006$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Microgel thin films for controlled release$225,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Dynamics at interfaces: A facility for the characterisation of the dynamics of structural reorganisation and adsorption at interfaces$187,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$70,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Electrostatic Behaviour of Polyester Powder Particles$60,000
Funding Body: UNICHE - Joint Program with Orica

Domain structure in adsorbed surfactant bilayers from neutron reflectometry$19,760
Funding Body: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering

2005 RIBG allocation - Faculty LIEF contribution$15,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Chemical Spacers for Fine Powder Particles$10,551
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

ECIC-XVII: European Chemistry at Interfaces Conference, 27 June - 1 July 2005$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$0
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$445,124
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Improving stability and reducing viscosity of ceramic glaze suspensions via surfactant addition$15,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000
Funding Body: University of New South Wales

Chemical Society of Japan's 57th Divisional Meeting on Colloid and Interface Chemistry, 8-10 September 2004, Japan$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Nanoscale interaction forces in particulate and molecular systems$300,000
Funding Body: Australian Research Council

Self-Organised 3-D Arrays of Stimulus Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles.$114,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Creating Repulsion Between Fine Particles in Air for Inhaled Drug Delivery Systems$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Nanorheology: Hydrodynamic Slip in Newtonian fluids.$11,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Active Polymer Research Facility.$424,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

The behaviour of froth forming surfactants in the flotation process$15,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

The use of atomic force microscopy to identify APE replacement surfactants.$14,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Stimulus Responsive Molecular Transport and Release Systems: Novel Layer-by-Layer Polymer Composites$8,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

14th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (Biennial) Barcelona, 9-14 June 2002$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Speciation and equilibria in metal sulfate solutions employed in commercial manganese dioxide electrodeposition.$66,876
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Speciation and equilibria in metal sulfate solutions employed in commercial manganese dioxide electrodeposition.$15,000
Funding Body: Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd

The search for APE replacement surfactants$14,000
Funding Body: ORICA Australia Pty Ltd

Protein Fouling of Biomaterial Surfaces.$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Polymer-Surfactant Adsorption at the Solid/Liquid Interface.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

The Fouling of Model Biomaterials.$8,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

10th Triennial Meeting of the international Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists., Bristol, UK.$2,193
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Characterisation of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide.$10,000
Funding Body: Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd

73rd ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium Boston, Massachusetts, USA.$1,775
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Travel Grant to attend an international conference.$1,500
Funding Body: Ian Potter Foundation

The Influence of Polymers on Surfactant Surface Aggregation$9,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

12th International Smposium on Surfactants in Solution, Stockholm, Sweden$1,455
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

High resolution force microscopy of surfactant aggregation at the solid/liquid interface$12,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

9th International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, Bulgaria, 6-12 July 1997$1,877
Funding Body: University of Newcastle