Dr Ula Alexander

Industry Application Scientist

College of Science and Engineering

+61 8 82013014

ula.alexander@flinders.edu.au

Bedford Park (323)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

My PhD was awarded for using UV/visible lasers and molecular calculations to understand chemical reactions relating to silicon and germanium thin-films. Postdoctoral research at Flinders resulted in the development of a powerful laser-based technique for studying molecules and small clusters.

At Flinders I am involved in teaching for physics and chemistry topics. I have worked previously in Research Administration - managing the Researcher Mentoring Scheme, supporting ARC grant applications and the ERA 2015 submission.

Qualifications

PhD: Laser studies of silylene and germylene - experiment and computation, Flinders University (2001).

Honours: Synthesis and laser studies of air-sensitive light-activated molecular switch compounds containing iron, Flinders University (1993).

Honours, awards and grants

Funding Awards

Flinders University DVCR Infrastructure Funding - High-Resolution Spectrometer - 2020

Flinders University Cross-College Research Funding - UV laser crosslinker - with Dr Marta Gabryelska (CMPH) - 2021

Inspring SA science-art grant with Micro-X - "SmART Science - Seeing Things Differently" - 2022

Key responsibilities

Industry Application Scientist - Flinders Microscopy and Microanalysis

Research Fellow - Laser-based detection of trace compounds.

Teaching interests

Other teaching responsibilities:

CHEM1201 - General Chemistry - Academic Developer and Demonstrator

PHYS1702 - Physics for Health Sciences - Demonstrator

I have also taught in the RHD Professional Development Program.

Topic lecturer

PHYS2701 Quantum Concepts

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Associate supervisor: Machine Learning for Spectroscopy (1), Laser degradation of tattoo pigments (3)

Professional engagement

RACI (Royal Australian Chemical Institute) SA Branch Committee member

Vice President (2022)
Women in Chemistry group founder and chair (2018 - present)
Communications officer (2018)
Physical Chemistry group chair (2017)

Science-Art - patterns in nature at the molecular level - QuantumConversations.net - including exhibitions for SALA (South Australian Living Artists Festival) 2012 and 2016.