Dr. Christopher Garvey
Details
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College: STEM College
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Department: STEM College
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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christopher.garvey2@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-6496-7008
Open to
- Industry Projects
- Collaborative projects
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Membership of an advisory committee
About
Chris' current work role is both as a mentor of young (and older) scientists, and as an active researcher. He works in a highly interdisciplinary, collaborative and international environment following his passion for sustainable technologies. As a research scientist he applies advanced physical characterizations at the interface between biology and materials science. As a mentor he actively promotes diversity in the scientific and academic workplace actively seeking to engage diverse paths and individuals to scientific careers.
Research fields
- 401609 Polymers and plastics
- 510405 Soft condensed matter
- 340603 Colloid and surface chemistry
UN sustainable development goals
- 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 4 Quality Education
Academic positions
- Researcher
- Technical University of Munich
- Physics
- Munich, Germany
- 9 Mar 2021 – Present
- visiting Professor
- Lund University
- Physicial Chemistry
- Lund, Sweden
- 18 Jun 2019 – 31 Dec 2020
- visiting Professor
- Malmö University
- Biomedical Science
- Malmo, Sweden
- 18 Jun 2019 – 31 Dec 2021
- visiting Professor
- University of Paris-Saclay
- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides
- Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- 3 Oct 2017 – 31 Dec 2019
- adjunct Senior Lecturer
- University of Sydney
- School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences
- Sydney, Australia
- 12 Feb 2007 – 31 Dec 2018
- Lecturer
- Western Sydney University
- School of Food, Horticulture and Science
- Richmond, Australia
- 5 Mar 2002 – 26 Dec 2003
Non-academic positions
- Long Term Scientific Visitor
- Institut Laue-Langevin
- Spectroscopy
- Grenoble, France
- 1 Mar 2024 – 30 Jun 2024
- Researcher
- Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers
- Melbourne, Australia
- 3 Feb 2003 – 31 Dec 2018
- Instrument/Research Scientist
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Sydney, Australia
- 6 Feb 2001 – 31 Dec 2020
Research interests
Chris’ personal research explores an underlying theme which is the difference between the behavior of molecules singly, and as ensembles, or in more complicated mixtures. The differences are due to the inter-molecular interactions, and interactions between molecules and the host matrix. Particular foci to date have been cell walls of plants (industrially important group of materials called cellulosics), understanding self-assembly, structure in flow and the materials science around food.
As an experimental physicist Chris has a commitment to neutron based invesitgations of soft condensed matter. He worked for almost 20 years at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology making an emphatic contribution to the success of the small angle neutron scattering instrument QUOKKA. To date small angle scattering and contrast variation have been important tools to give a structural perspective for his research. Now he has moved to new challenges at the Technical University of Munich in the form of neutron spectroscopy. Chris is currently exploring the role of molecular dynamics in soft condensed matter.
