Professor
College of Science and Engineering
Jamie obtained his PhD from the University of Newcastle in 2001 working in the area of organosilane coatings for corrosion protection of various metal oxide surfaces, focussing on the mechanisms and oscillatory kinetics of self-assembly. From 2000-2001 he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Laboratory for Surface Modification, Rutgers University (NJ, USA) working with Professor Ted Madey, leading his group's synchrotron research (at Brookhaven National Laboratory) and collaborating with students and postdocs on various surface science projects (primarily on faceting of atomically rough surfaces for catalytic conversion applications). He then returned to Newcastle in 2002 to perform more research and present some lectures as a casual academic, before being appointed as a Lecturer in Nanotechnology/Physics/Chemical Physics at Flinders in 2003, promoted to Senior lecturer in 2006, Associate Professor in 2009, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) of the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences (2010-2016) and Professor in 2014. As a Research Leader in the Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Nanotechnology and an Instrument Leader in Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis, his research focus at Flinders is in the area of surface modification to produce nanostructures, particularly with plasma environments. He is a passionate, life-long learner who wants to apply science toward solving real world problems. He is pursuant of all aspects of Science - Physics and Chemistry in particular - be it in teaching or research.
BSc(Hons) PhD FAIP MInstP CPhys
I believe that students are best able to learn when I facilitate the placement of advanced concepts in context. I do this through providing contemporary examples inspired by frontier research, demonstrations, and exploration of conceptual relationships through innovative ICT learning tasks, which encourage self-directed learning. Context provides students with the ‘big picture,’ and achieves coherence. Moreover, it enables them to link new information with existing knowledge. These approaches also guarantee that I, as an educational designer, can evaluate if I have assisted students in achieving the educational objective of ‘understanding’ in preference to ‘memorising.’ This is paramount for graduates because 'understanding' is essential for enhancing their confidence, as well as competence.
University Medal - DEC 2008
Vice Chancellor's Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence - APR 2016
Poster Prize, 21st Royal Australian Chemical Institute Research and Development Conference - DEC 2013
Best Student Presentation - AMN4 (Otago, NZ) - FEB 2009
Alexander von Humbolt Research Fellowship (PostDoctoral) - APR 2011
Flinders University Best Research Student Paper 2012 - DEC 2012
Flinders University Best Research Student Paper 2013 - DEC 2013
Best Poster Presentation, NanoE3 International Conference, Couran Cove, Australia - SEP 2007
Bloom-Gutmann Prize for Electrochemistry, RACI - DEC 2008
2nd place best student oral presentation (ARNAM/ARCNN 2010 workshop) - DEC 2010
University Medal - DEC 2009
University Medal - DEC 2006
University Medal - DEC 2006
University Medal - DEC 2005
University Medal - DEC 2006
University Medal - DEC 2009
Rhodes Scholar to Oxford University - APR 2010
University Medal - DEC 2010
University Medal - DEC 2010
University Medal - DEC 2011
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