Matthew Rowles

Biography

Dr. Matthew Rowles is a materials scientist with interests in the application of diffraction science to aid in the understanding of chemical and physical processes. Dr Rowles carried out his PhD at Curtin University in 2000-2004 with Prof. Brian O’Connor, probing the structural nature of inorganic polymers. He then had two postdoctoral fellowships at the CSIRO with Ian Madsen from 2005-2012 using in situ diffraction to study hydrothermal dissolution of minerals and anode degradation in high-temperature titanium electrowinning. Following a brief stint in the commercial sector, Dr Rowles took a position managing the diffraction laboratory at the University of Melbourne, responsible for all powder and residual stress diffraction instrumentation. Dr Rowles commenced as a Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in 2015. He is continuing is interest in in situ characterisation in the Hydrogen Storage Research Group, working on structural analysis of hydrogen storage materials, and collaborating broadly in the diffraction and scattering sciences.

Research Interest

My research interests are in the application of diffraction to in situ studies for the elucidation of material and reaction parameters. I am happy to collaborate with any researchers with an interest in material structure.