Professor John Watling
Director and Associate Professor of Applied Chemistry
Curtin University of Technology
Center for Forensic Science,
University of Western Australia
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/geology/eigg/chemistry.htm

John joined Curtin University in 1997 having previously heading major government and commercial laboratories in South Africa, England and Australia. He has wide research experience, including mineral processing and ore genesis, marine pollution chemistry, materials technology and abrasion/corrosion processes, analytical spectrometry of biotoxic and environmental toxic elements, platinum group elements and gold. John is particularly at the forefront of developments in Laser Ablation and solution ICP-Mass spectrometry and its to forensic and environmental applications. As the Director of EIGG (Chemistry) has recently been most active in expanding the group's interest to the field of forensic geology and geochemistry.

John is a co-developer of gold and diamond fingerprinting technology and a winner of the 1994 Advance Australia Award for "Outstanding Contribution in Science" with Dr. H K Herbert. He has author of over 80 refereed international papers on analytical chemistry, and environmental pollution.

LECTURE

"Chemistry and Crime"
Thursday, April 10, 2003
10:00 a.m.

Florida International University (FIU)
Wertheim Conservatory
11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL

(Enter FIU through SW 107th Avenue and SW 16th Street)

Arrive early, doors open at 9:30 p.m.
Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis.