Principal Research Fellow - Organic Mass Spectrometry
BScAgr(Hons), PhD, FRACI
| Campus | Sandy Bay Campus |
|---|---|
| Building | Chemistry Building |
| Room | Room 250 Level 2 |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 2157 |
| Fax | +61 3 6226 2494 |
| Noel.Davies@utas.edu.au |
Noel joined the CSL in 1979 as a Research Fellow in Mass Spectrometry, and in 1984 was appointed Officer-in-Charge of both the Organic Mass Spectrometry and Vibrational Spectroscopy facilities.He has been associated exclusively with the Organic Mass Spectrometry facility for the last 29 years. His research interests include analytical applications of mass spectrometry and chromatography in the life sciences, with current areas including pharmacology, plant science, horticulture, forestry, microbiology, medicine and zoology.
For more information on the organic MS facility go to the Organic Mass Spectrometry Facility Page
Noel was a Churchill Fellow in 1988, was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in 1997, and is a foundation Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (ANZSMS). He received the Lloyd Smythe Medal from the Analytical Division of the RACI in 2012, and a national RACI citation award in 2006. In 2013 he presented the plenary Morrison Lecture at the biennial ANZSMS conference and was conferred with the Morrison Medal for his contributions to mass spectrometry and its applications over the previous 38 years. He was program chairman for the RACI's 11th Analytical Conference in 1991, and convened the 16th conference of ANZSMS in 1997..
He has written or co-authored over 150 refereed papers, as well as 115 national and international conference presentations. His 1990 review paper on gas chromatographic retention indices of terpenes has become the most cited paper by a Tasmanian author in any discipline since 1979, with over 1200 citations and currently receives around 100 citations per year. His work has been cited over 3000 times in total.
Noel has been the Tasmanian representative for ANZSMS since 1983 and has served on the national executive of the Society from 1995-2004 and again since January 2009.