Australia
Official name Commonwealth of Australia · Cymanwlad Awstralia
What I did in Australia
Engagement from Australia
Written about Australia
Cities and towns I have visited
The critical materials list for Australia in my Critical Materials Navigator
Events 4
- A Life-cycle Approach for Batteries: Responsible Sourcing and Traceability Symposium 23 June 2023 · Sydney
- Lithium Ion Battery Recycling Workshop, CSIRO Clayton (extension of IMLB 2022) 4 July 2022 · Melbourne
- 21st International Meeting on Lithium Batteries 29 June 2022
- Australian-German Climate & Energy College seminar, University of Melbourne 4 December 2017
Talks & roles 8
Talks 6Advisory roles 1Visits 1
- Member, Expert Advisory Group, CSIRO Critical Minerals Circularity report 2023–2024 · CSIRO (Australia)
- Plenary address, session Circularity, sustainable finance and innovation 2023 · UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures (supported by the Future Battery Industries CRC) — A Life-cycle Approach for Batteries: Responsible Sourcing and Traceability Symposium
- Invited talk, CSIRO lithium-ion battery recycling workshop (research gaps, opportunities and collaborations) 2022 · CSIRO Energy — Lithium Ion Battery Recycling Workshop, CSIRO Clayton (extension of IMLB 2022)
- A roadmap for a sustainable circular economy of lithium-ion batteries (IMLB 2022) 2022 · IMLB 2022 (hosted by CSIRO) — 21st International Meeting on Lithium Batteries
- Collaboration development meeting with Paul Anderson, UNSW Sydney 2022 · UNSW Sydney — Birmingham and UNSW meeting
- Invited presentation, University of Adelaide 2021 · University of Adelaide
- Informal seminar on Birmingham energy and critical-materials research, Institute for Sustainable Futures 2017 · Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney — Institute for Sustainable Futures lunchtime seminar
- Energy Innovation: Birmingham & Beyond 2017 · Australian-German Climate & Energy College, University of Melbourne (with the Melbourne Energy Transition Hub)
Institutions 10
Universities & research bodies 10Universities visited (map) 5Visiting lectures & teaching (map) 2Research collaborations (map) 1National labs visited (map) 1Conferences (map) 1
- Australian National University ACT
- CSIRO Research collaborations · National labs visited
- Deakin University Geelong
- Macquarie University North Ryde
- Monash University Clayton · Universities visited
- University of Adelaide Visiting lectures & teaching · Universities visited
- University of Melbourne Visiting lectures & teaching · Universities visited
- University of Technology Sydney Universities visited · Conferences
- University of Western Australia Perth
- UNSW Sydney Universities visited
Co-authors’ institutions 12
Academic 8National laboratories & facilities 2Other 1Public sector 1
- Australian National University Academic
- Centre for Marine Socioecology Other
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Public sector
- CSIRO Land and Water National laboratories & facilities
- Deakin University Academic
- Monash University Academic
- The University of Adelaide Academic
- University of Tasmania Academic
- University of Technology Sydney Academic
+ 3 more institutions from my co-authors map
Data: OpenAlex (CC0), 6 November 2026
Press coverage
Published in Australia 5
- Partnerships Crucial to Solving EV Battery Recycling 5 Feb 2025 · Mirage News
- Boris Johnson promises a UK offshore wind revolution – but China holds the monopoly on vital ‘rare earth’ metals 9 Oct 2020 · Australian Times
- End of the road for Holden 21 Feb 2020 · Fleet Care
- Angry about Holden? Blame Elon Musk, GM and Trump 18 Feb 2020 · Australian Financial Review
- Recycling infrastructure must meet EV battery waste demand 14 Nov 2019 · Sustainability Matters
Mentioning Australia, from anywhere 18
In the text only (18)
- Trump wants Ukraine's rare earth elements. Experts say he's overlooking a major issue. Business Insider · 25 Mar 2025
- Galliamu na germanium: Hatua mpya ya Uchina katika vita vya microchip inamaanisha nini kwa ulimwengu BBC News Swahili · 6 Aug 2023
- Gallium and germanium: What China’s new move in microchip war means for world BBC News · 2 Aug 2023
- A Climate Solution Lies Deep Under the Ocean—But Accessing It Could Have Huge Environmental Costs Time · 7 Sep 2021
- Tesla ‘big battery’ fire fuels concerns over lithium risks Financial Times · 3 Aug 2021
- Battery electric cars are the future. But do we really have to get metals out of the ocean for this? Neue Zürcher Zeitung · 17 Jul 2021
- 3 formas de invertir en las prometedoras acciones de "tierras raras" BolsaMania · 11 Jun 2021
- Tierras raras: ¿Dónde invertir? Beneficios y riesgos Mining Press · 11 Jun 2021
- China Promotes Climate Goal, and Builds New Coal Plants Power · 24 Sep 2020
- EVs, batteries and the multi-million-tonne scrap heap Engineering & Technology · 11 Jul 2020
- The politics of making an electric vehicle battery Air Quality News · 18 May 2020
- Coronavirus Update: COVID-19 Threatening EV, Computer Production International Business Times · 26 Feb 2020
- End of the road for Holden Fleet Care · 21 Feb 2020
- As electric car sales soar, the industry faces a cobalt crisis WIRED UK · 20 Feb 2020
- Angry about Holden? Blame Elon Musk, GM and Trump Australian Financial Review · 18 Feb 2020
- Leading the charge on recycling used electric vehicle batteries 23 Aug 2019
- The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction WIRED UK · 5 Aug 2018
- Is the Nobel Prize-winning lithium-ion battery really having a positive impact on the environment?
Broadcasts 1
- China imposes export controls on germanium and gallium 3 Aug 2023 · ABC Radio National
Citing papers
286 papers by authors in Australia cite my work. Research impact
Data: OpenAlex (CC0), 6 November 2026
Exhibits 2
Science museums 1Hands-on science centres 1
- Powerhouse Ultimo Science museums
- Scienceworks (Museums Victoria) Hands-on science centres
From my My Maps, synced daily.
My writing about Australia 5
- It Only Takes One Australian to Kill a Lightbulb Blog post In the title
- Hypersonic Hydrogen Plane: The Future of Flight? Blog post In the text
- Press "Pause" to Prevent Pregnancy Blog post In the text
- The supply chain for electric car batteries is changing the world's geopolitics Blog post In the text
- The US-China rare earths deal shows the importance of critical materials in a new era of strategic interdependence Blog post In the text
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