Australian National University
In 1989, Tim attained his BSc(Hons) in Physical Chemistry and a PhD in Atomic Force Microscopy in 1993. He held positions at Institute Charles Sadron (Strasbourg) and UNSW-Canberra before returning to ANU in 1997, and is currently the Director of the Research School of Physics. His interests include the investigation of surface phenomena at the nanometre scale, and has branched into 3D analysis using micro-X-ray Tomography, studying porous and granular materials. In 2014, he was one of the team to spun-out, Lithicon, and now champions translational research. He was awarded the Ian Wark Medal from Australian Academy of Science, 2022.