Annual Report 2007 - The Australian Nanotechnology Network

B.4 Professor Julian Gale
DFT Code, “SIESTA”.
B.5 Dr Maolo Per
Professor Gale is the Premier's Research Fellow and Professor of Computational
Chemistry at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia. He is currently acting
director of the Nanotechnology Research Institute of Curtin University which is comprised
of academic staff members, research fellows, as well as PhD, Honours and 3rd year project
students. The research undertaken by the group ranges from government-funded
fundamental research to confidential one-on-one industrial projects. The NRI is also part
of the West Australian Nanochemistry Institute (WANRI) that comprises groups from
Curtin University, Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia.
Julian's special research interests are in the development and application of computational
methods for nanotechnology and materials science. He is one of the co-developers of the
4. WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Dr Per gained his PhD from The University of Newcastle, UK and his
PhD project was concerned with the development of Quantum Monte
Carlo methods and computer codes. Since gaining his PhD Manolo
joined the Computational Physics Group in the Applied Physics
Discipline Area of RMIT and is researching the use of QMC methods
to calculate weak interatomic interactions e.g. van der Waals and
Hydrogen Bond interactions.
1. Dr Anneliese Appleton, Representative for Accelrys in Australia and New Zealand
2. Miss Duangkamon Baowan, School of Mathematics & Applied Statistics, University of
Wollongong
3. Mr James Beavis, Applied Physics, RMIT
4. Alexe Bojovschi, Centre for Molecular Simulations, Swinburne University of Technology,
Melbourne
5. Dr Akin Budi, Applied Physics, RMIT
6. Mr Michael Butler, Applied Physics, RMIT
7. Mr Istvan Csik, Applied Physics, RMIT
8. Mr David Chui, Applied Physics, RMIT
9. Mr Ben Cunning, Nanoscale Science and Technology Centre, Griffith University, Queensland
10. Associate Professor Peter Daivis, Applied Physics, RMIT
11. Professor Mukunda Das, Research School of Physical Science, ANU, Canberra, ACT
12. Professor John Dobson, School of Science & Nanoscale Science & Technology Centre,
Griffith University, Queensland
13. Dr Vidana C. Epa, CSIRO, Division of Molecular and Health Technologies, Victoria
14. Associate Professor Mike Ford, Institute for Nanoscale Technology, UTS, Sydney
15. Mr Federico Frascoli, Centre for Molecular Simulations, Swinburne University of
Technology, Melbourne
16. Professor Julian Gale, Nanochemistry Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth
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