A/Professor Tim St Pierre

BSc(Hons), PhD

Expertise

Magnetic properties of nanoparticles, development of instrumentation and methodologies for characterizing magnetic micro- and nano- particles, medical imaging of magnetic nanoparticle distributions, pathogenic magnetic materials.

Contribution to the Centre

Measurement of the magnetic properties of SDP synthesized nanoparticles, mapping of magnetic nanoparticle distributions in biological and biomimetic tissues, design and development of magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

Current Projects in the Centre

• Magnetic nano-particles (with Colin Raston, Martin Saunders, Robert Woodward)

Grants and research contracts relevant to Centre activities

• ARC Discovery, ‘Magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications’, $268,000, 2005 - 2007.
• ARC Discovery, ‘Ferrihydrite: Fundamentals of a Natural Nanomaterial’, with Parkinson, Buckley, and Wright: $435,000, 2004 - 2006.
• ARC Linkage International "Materials world network for the study of macromolecular ferrofluids" $150,000 2006-2008.
• ARC Discovery "Tuneable monodispersed nanoparticles and nanoparticle superstructures" with Prof Colin Raston, $367,000, 2007-2009.

Relevant ARC Networks

• ARC Network for Metals in Medicine
• AARC Nanotechnology Network

Member of Editorial Boards

• BioMagnetic Research and Technology

Postgraduates working on core projects in the Centre

• Matthew Carrol (with Dr Robert Woodward)
• Annette Tyler
• Mounir Ibrahim

Visitors

• Thompson Mefford (Virginia Tech) 2006
• Jon Goff (Virginia Tech) 2007
• Phil Huffstetler (Virginia Tech) 2007

Contact details

Email: stpierre@physics.uwa.edu.au

Telephone: +61 (08) 6488 2747