Professor Sarah Harmer
Professor
College of Science and Engineering
Sarah is an applied physicist with a focus on the surface spectroscopic analysis of transition metal chalcogenides. She has established the first Photoemission Electron Microscope (NanoESCA III) in Australia and is the founding Director of Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis.
Her research utilises:
- Photoemission Electron Microscopy (PEEM);
- Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)
- Momentum Microscopy
- Synchrotron X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (SXPS);
- X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy (XANES);
- Scanning Photoelectron Microscopy (SPEM);
- Scanning Transmision X-ray Microscopy (STXM);
- Conventional XPS;
- Time of Flight Secondary IonMass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS).
Sarah received a PhD from the Ian Wark Research Institute, UniSA in 2003. She then accepted a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Western Ontario where her research focused on the surface electronic structure of 3d transition metal sulfide and arsenide fracture surfaces using Synchrotron X-ray photoelectron Spectroscopy (SXPS) and X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy (XANES). Upon returning to Australia in 2005, Sarah worked in the Manufacturing & Infrastructure Technology division of CSIRO. In 2006 she returned to the Wark as a Research Fellow within the Australian Mineral Science Research Institute (AMSRI). In 2012 she took up an ARC Future Fellowship at Flinders University to study the interaction between bacteria and mineral surfaces using advanced synchrotron nanospectroscopic techniques.
- Bachelor of Applied Science: UniSA (1999)
- Doctor of Philosophy: The Ian Wark Research Institute, UniSA (2003)
Awards & Fellowships
- Winnovation SA Science 2022
- ARC Future Fellowship 2011
- Lumsden Award 2008
- Australian Academy of Science Scientific Visits to North America 2007/08
- International Center for Materials Research (ICMR) and Uni of California Santa Barbara Summer School for First Principles Calculations for Condensed Matter and Nanoscience 2005
- Alumni Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Academic Achievement in App Physics Honours, 1999
Selected Major Grants
- CRC TiME (2021): Harmer et al. Mine Closure $4.7M cash, $5.5M in kind = $10.2M
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NCRIS, SA Government and Flinders University (2019): Harmer. Photoemission Electron Microscope $3,784,571
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ARC LIEF LE190100123 (2019): Raston; Monteiro; Thordarson; Stubbs; Chalker; Forbes; Harmer; Zhang; Rowan; Bond; Chua; Clemons; Smith; Nguyen. Thin film microfluidic facility. ARC: $380,000.
- ARC Linkage Project LP160101497 (2017): Pring, Harmer, Brugger, Gibson, Grguric, Ehring. Reverse Engineering Nature: metal extraction through mineral replacement. Funds Awarded: $875,000 ARC and BHP Billiton.
- ARC LIEF, LE130100038 (2012) Quinton et al. Scanning Auger Microscope Facility Funds Awarded from ARC: $450,000.
- ARC Synchrotron Research Initiative, SR120200004 (2012): Smith et al.Awarded ARC & NHMRC: $30M. Total funds: $120M
- ARC Future Fellowship, FT110100099 (2011): Harmer. The Microbe Factory: A Novel Approach to Benign Minerals Processing. Funds Awarded ARC: $648,348.
- ARC LIEF, LE110100174 (2010): Lay et al. Innovative Synchrotron Science - Access Program to the Australian National Beamline Facility and Cutting-Edge Beamlines at International Synchrotrons. Funds Awarded from ARC: $800,000.
- Marsden Fund 10-GNS-023 (2010): Daughney, Johannessen, Weisener HarmerBassell. Shedding Light on a Fundamental Geochemical Process: Synchrotron Investigation of Geomicrobiological Controls on Metal and Metalloid Ion Immobilisation. Funds Awarded: $720,000 NZD.
- ARC Linkage LP0989689 (2009): Harmer & Ametov. Matching Flotation Concentrate Composition to Downstream Processing in Copper Production at OD, BHP. Funds: $1,324,700.
Teaching Grants
- Faculty Teaching and Learning Innovation Grant (2012) Parappilly & Harmer, $10,000
Director Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis
Deputy Director Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
3 Minute Thesis University Finalist - AUG 2013
Poster Prize ICONN conference 2014 - FEB 2014
Best Poster CaPS Honours - NOV 2014
Cheiron School Travel Award - JUL 2015
Best Poster Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Annual Conference - JUN 2019
Best Poster Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology Annual Conference - JUN 2018
Premiers Science and Innovation Council 2019 current
Australian Synchrotron Nanoprobe Beamline Advisory Panel 2020 current
Microscopy Australia SARF Director 2019
Chair Australian Institute of Physics SA Branch 2019/2020
Vice Chair Australian Institute of Physics SA Branch 2017/2018
Australian Synchrotron Internation Program Advisory Committe (IPAC), Elected Member 2018
Chair Soft X-ray Microscopy Working Group
Australian Synchrotron Users Committee (UAC), Elected Member 2010-2012
Australian Synchrotron Internation Program Advisory Committe (IPAC), Elected Member 2011-2013, 2018
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