Dr V Garnys (Chairman)
Foray Laboratories Pty Ltd

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons) Chemistry - University of WA
PhD - University of NSW

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• Inorganic & Organic Chemical Analysis using AAS, ICP, XRF, SEM-EDAX
• XRD
• Coal & fuel analysis, particle sizing, GC, GCMS, HPLC, IR
• Plastics and composites
• Synchrotron
• Indoor Environment Quality and Facility Ecology (link to Productivity)
• Legionella Risk Management
• Building materials selection, evaluation and management including ESD and LCA
• Scientific problem solving, R&D, Innovation, Technical and Environmental
• Risk Management
• Corrosion
• Advisor Chair for Green Building Council (GBC) and Technical Advisor on Indoor Environment and ESD to Technical Committee of GBC
• NATA signatory, NATA Laboratory Assessor

Current Professional Memberships:

• Australian Standards - Chairperson - Indoor Air Quality Committee
• RACI
• ISIAQ (International Society for Indoor Air Quality)
• AIMM (Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy)
• ACA (Australian Corrosion Association)
• FMA (Facility Management Association of Australia) - Chairman on Indoor Ecology Committee and also on committees for Building Services and
• Innovation Action Agenda
• AIRAH (Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating)

Dr L Mackay (Lindsey)
National Measurement Institute

Qualifications:

BSc University of Auckland
MSc(hons) Chemistry University of Auckland
PhD Chemistry University of Cambridge, England

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• Chemical reference material production and certification
• Chemical reference methods
• Isotope dilution mass spectrometry as a high-accuracy method
• Measurement Uncertainty
• Traceability

Current Professional Memberships:

• Member Metrology Society of Australia
• Member CIPM Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (CCQM)
• Member Asia-Pacific Metrology Program Technical Committee for Metrology in Chemistry

Mrs M Donders
Retired

Qualifications:

ONC (UK) Elective Chemistry
SCAA Surface Coatings Technology Post Certificate
Management Certificate
NATA QS Lead Auditor

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• NATA Technical Assessor - Paint (Chemical and Mechanical Testing)
• Chairman NATA Coatings Accreditation Advisory Committee
• Technical Adviser - NATA paint proficiency programs
• Committee member - Standards Association CH3/3 Methods of Test for Paint Committee; Surface Coatings Association Australia - Council Standards Chair; Surface Coatings Association Australia - Memorial Trust Committee Chair
• Work experience in NATA accredited paint laboratories since 1973, QC, R&D, QS and regulatory affairs - OH&S.

Current Professional Memberships:

• Surface Coatings Association of Australia (Fellow)

Mr Robert Golec
AMCOSH Pty Ltd

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Chemistry)
• Graduate Diploma in Analytical Chemistry
• Master of Applied Science (Applied Toxicology)

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• NATA Assessor in the field of Chemical Testing.
• Chair of the NATA Occupational Hygiene Technical Group.
• Occupational Hygiene specialising in workplace environments for hazardous substances.
• Occupational toxicology.

Current Professional Memberships:

• Member of the Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists/Certified Occupational Hygienist
• Member of American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
• Member of the British Occupational Hygiene Society
• Standards Australia Committee CH/31 Methods for Examination of Workplace Atmospheres
• Chair of the Deakin University Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma of Occupational Hygiene – Course Advisory Board
  

Professor D B Hibbert
University of New South Wales

Qualifications:

BSc (1^st Hons) U. London Chemistry
PhD U. London Physical Chemistry

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• Analytical Chemistry
• Electrochemistry
• Chemical Metrology
• Chemometrics
• Forensic Chemistry

Current Professional Memberships:

• Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry
• Fellow Royal Australian Chemical Institute

Dr C Ng
Sunreay Consulting

Qualifications:

B.Sc. (Hons) (UNSW)
Ph.D (UNSW)

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• Food Chemistry and Analysis
• Quality Assurance
• Process Control (Baked Products)
• Food Labelling
• Allergens

Current Professional Memberships:

• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Fellow)
• Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology (Fellow)

Dr R Sadler
Griffith University

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons) University of Queensland (1970)
PhD University of Queensland (1975)

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• Environmental chemistry, with particular reference to contaminants of soil and waters.
• Industrial wastes arising from various processes and eutrophication, leading to the formation of harmful algal blooms.
• Behaviour of antropogenic chemicals in the environment, notably organochlorine pesticides and polycyclicaromatic hydrocarbons.
• Environmental toxicology of antropogenic chemicals.

Current Professional Memberships:

• American Chemical Society
• Australian Water Association
• Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology
• Member Standards Australia Committee EV/9 (Methods of Analysis of Soils and Biota)
• Chairman EV9/1 (Methods of Sampling of Soils)

Qualifications:

Chemistry Certificate
Advanced Chemistry Certificate
Industrial Electronics Certificate
Coal Preparation - Advanced

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

• NATA Assessor
• Coal & Minerals Chemistry
• Sampling Coal & Minerals
• Water Analysis
• XRF & XRD Analysis

Current Professional Memberships:

• Australian Coal Preparation Society
• SAA - MN/1, MN/1/1

Qualifications:

BSc UNSW (majoring in organic chemistry)

Areas of Professional Expertise and Interest:

• Lubricant chemistry
  • Member, Standards Australia Committee EL008 (Transformer Oils)
• Formulation and analysis of petroleum based oils and greases
• Fuel technology; formulation, analysis, trouble-shooting petrol, diesel and biofuels
• NATA assessor in the field of Chemical Testing

Current Professional Memberships:

• Member, Standards Australia Committee EL008 (Transformer Oils)

Mr. F Fleer (Frank)
Golden Associates Pty. Ltd. (trading as AWN)

Qualifications:
BEng (Chem) (Hons) - Monash University

• NATA assessor in the field of Chemical Testing
• Chair of NATA Environmental Technical Group - Air
• Monitoring, evaluation and management of air quality in the ambient, indoor and workplace environments
• Industrial source emission monitoring, management and control
• Air dispersion mathematical modelling
• Environmental auditing
• Chair of Standards Australia Committees EV007 "Methods for Examination of Air" and EV007/1 "Stationary Source Emissions"
• Chair of Clean Air Society of Australia & New Zealand (CASANZ) Measurement Special Interest Group
• Member of Victorian Government Waste Management Advisory Committee
• Technical Advisor to Proficiency Testing Australia for ambient air quality and emissions testing proficiency testing programmes.

Current Professional Memberships:

• Fellow and Past Federal President of CASANZ
• Member of Air & Waste Management Association (USA)
• Full Member of Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists
• Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute
• Member of Institution of Engineers Australia
• Member of Environment Institute of Australia & NZ