Attribution of source of chemicals of forensic and security interest

Project description

There is an increasing interest in developing, adapting and applying advanced chemical analysis techniques to determine the source of chemicals of national security interest. Previous honours and PhD projects have analysed, starting materials, by-products and a range of chemicals. A recently formed international working group (Chemical Forensics International Technical Working Group - CFITWG) have five project areas of interest One of which is led by Assoc Prof Walker. This project, which is aligned with the CFITWG project, is a collaboration with Defence Science and Technology Group, Melbourne, will expand the use of a range of analytical techniques to chemicals of forensic and national security interest.

Co-supervisors

DST Group (Melbourne) Chemical Forensic International Technical Working Group - various international collaborators

Further information

Some level of Police/Security clearance may be needed to work on certain areas of this project.

Assumed knowledge

Basic understanding of analytical techniques

Industry involvement

Defence Science and Technology Group, Melbourne

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