Dr David Saxey, Department of Physics and Astronomy & John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
David joins the Geoscience Atom Probe facility with significant experience in the application of modern atom probe hardware and techniques. He has made particular contributions to the atom probe field in specimen preparation methods, and in the extraction of information from atom probe data, as well the application of atom probe analysis to a number of new materials systems.
David has a background in experimental physics, and has worked in the fields of high-precision instrumentation and materials characterization. While at the University of Sydney (2004-2006) he managed the atom probe laboratory within the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis - one of the earliest Local Electrode Atom Probe facilities to be established. Moving to Oxford University in 2007, David co-managed the UK National Atom Probe Facility within the Department of Materials. The facility was used to analyse a wide range of materials, within both academic and industrial collaborations. Applications included bulk metallic glasses, silicon, III-V and magnetic semiconductors, device structures, metal oxides and corrosion processes in nuclear reactor materials, and a variety of steels and other metal alloys.
Prior to joining the Geoscience Atom Probe facility, David was Science Lead on the VK1 Airborne Gravity Gradiometer project based at The University of Western Australia. The project, funded by Rio Tinto, aims to develop the next generation of gravity survey systems for resources exploration.
David has a background in experimental physics, and has worked in the fields of high-precision instrumentation and materials characterization. While at the University of Sydney (2004-2006) he managed the atom probe laboratory within the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis - one of the earliest Local Electrode Atom Probe facilities to be established. Moving to Oxford University in 2007, David co-managed the UK National Atom Probe Facility within the Department of Materials. The facility was used to analyse a wide range of materials, within both academic and industrial collaborations. Applications included bulk metallic glasses, silicon, III-V and magnetic semiconductors, device structures, metal oxides and corrosion processes in nuclear reactor materials, and a variety of steels and other metal alloys.
Prior to joining the Geoscience Atom Probe facility, David was Science Lead on the VK1 Airborne Gravity Gradiometer project based at The University of Western Australia. The project, funded by Rio Tinto, aims to develop the next generation of gravity survey systems for resources exploration.