A/Prof. Erica Wanless

Work Phone	(02) 4921 8846
Fax	(02) 4921 5472
Email	Erica.Wanless@newcastle.edu.au
Office	C321, Chemistry

Funding

Summary

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

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2012 (1 grants)

Particle-Stabilised Bubble and Droplet Interfaces$315,000

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

2011 (5 grants)

Next-generation polymer films for control of material interactions$300,000

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

Interfacial Mapping Facility$180,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Associate 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
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$180,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2011
GNo:G1000635

Interfacial Mapping Facility$90,000

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

Interfacial Mapping Facility$40,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Associate 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
Funding Body
CSIRO - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$40,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2011
GNo:G1100411

Interfacial Mapping Facility$30,000

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson, Associate 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
Funding Body
Macquarie University
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$30,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2011	2011
GNo:G1100872

2010 (2 grants)

Soft matter and responsive materials characterisation facility$135,535

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

Polymer-surfactant complexes: Microstructure and Micromechanics$86,935

Project Team
Associate Professor Erica Wanless
Funding Body
CSIRO - Molecular and Health Technologies
Scheme
Postgraduate Research Scholarship
Total Amount	Role
$86,935	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
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

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate 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, Associate 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, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$650,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0189120

Electron Microscopes for Nanometer-scale Imaging/Microanalysis in the Materials, Biological, Physical, Engineering and Chemical Sciences$70,000

Project Team
Professor Erich Kisi, Associate 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, Associate 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, Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Doctor Clovia Holdsworth, Doctor Russell Drysdale, Professor Stephen Fityus, Associate Professor David McCurdy, Doctor De Zhu
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$70,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2009	2009
GNo:G0190441

2007 (3 grants)

Two dimensional organisation of solid polymeric particles$6,934

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

2007 Research Development Fellowship$2,735

Project Team
Associate Professor Erica Wanless
Funding Body
University of Newcastle
Scheme
Research Development Fellowship
Total Amount	Role
$2,735	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
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

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

2006 (7 grants)

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Advanced Particle Processing$549,282

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

PRC - Priority Research Centre for Organic Electronics & OrganoBiosensors$549,282

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

Nanostructure Deposition Facility$180,240

Project Team
Professor Paul Dastoor, Professor John O'Connor, Associate 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
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$180,240	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0185533

Active polymeric thin films$27,000

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

Determination of adsorbed polymer thin film thickness and water content$18,045

Project Team
Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Dr Paul Fitzgerald, Dr Grant Webber
Funding Body
AINSE (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering)
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$18,045	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2006	2006
GNo:G0186536

Surfactant adsorption on latex particles$15,000

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

12th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, 15-20 October 2006$1,500

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

2005 (9 grants)

Microgel thin films for controlled release$225,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Erica Wanless, Professor S Armes
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Scheme
Discovery Projects
Total Amount	Role
$225,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
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
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Total Amount	Role
$187,000	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:15373621

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$70,000

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

Electrostatic Behaviour of Polyester Powder Particles$60,000

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

Domain structure in adsorbed surfactant bilayers from neutron reflectometry$19,760

Funding Body
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering
Scheme
Research Grant
Total Amount	Role
$19,760	Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2005	2005
GNo:15373646

2005 RIBG allocation - Faculty LIEF contribution$15,000

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

Chemical Spacers for Fine Powder Particles$10,551

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

ECIC-XVII: European Chemistry at Interfaces Conference, 27 June - 1 July 2005$2,400

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

Chemical spacers for fine powder particles$0

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

2004 (5 grants)

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$445,124

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

Improving stability and reducing viscosity of ceramic glaze suspensions via surfactant addition$15,000

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

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000

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

Atomic Force Microscopy Facility for Soft Interfaces$5,000

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

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

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

2003 (4 grants)

Nanoscale interaction forces in particulate and molecular systems$300,000

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

Self-Organised 3-D Arrays of Stimulus Responsive Block Copolymer Micelles.$114,000

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

Creating Repulsion Between Fine Particles in Air for Inhaled Drug Delivery Systems$14,000

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

Nanorheology: Hydrodynamic Slip in Newtonian fluids.$11,000

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

2002 (5 grants)

Active Polymer Research Facility.$424,000

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

The behaviour of froth forming surfactants in the flotation process$15,000

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

The use of atomic force microscopy to identify APE replacement surfactants.$14,000

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

Stimulus Responsive Molecular Transport and Release Systems: Novel Layer-by-Layer Polymer Composites$8,000

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

14th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (Biennial) Barcelona, 9-14 June 2002$2,400

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

2001 (4 grants)

Speciation and equilibria in metal sulfate solutions employed in commercial manganese dioxide electrodeposition.$66,876

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

Speciation and equilibria in metal sulfate solutions employed in commercial manganese dioxide electrodeposition.$15,000

Project Team
Associate Professor Erica Wanless
Funding Body
Delta EMD Australia Pty Ltd
Scheme
SPIRT Partner funding
Total Amount	Role
$15,000	Chief Investigator
Funding Start	Funding Finish
2001	2003
GNo:G0181497

The search for APE replacement surfactants$14,000

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

Protein Fouling of Biomaterial Surfaces.$12,000

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

2000 (3 grants)

Polymer-Surfactant Adsorption at the Solid/Liquid Interface.$10,000

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

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

The University of Newcastle, Australia