Person
Cutmore, Nicholas
- Occupation
- Physicist
Summary
Nicholas Cutmore is a physicist who has worked within CSIRO since 1983. His research interest lies in the use of radio frequency and microwave technologies to conduct on-line analysis of materials such as coal and carbon. His patented processes have been applied in the coal, oil and mineral industries in Australia.
He was also part of the CSIRO team that won the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement in 2006 in acknowledgement of their cutting edge airline cargo scanner, the first to scan objects using neutrons and gamma rays.
In 2022 Cutmore and colleagues were awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation for the commercialisation of PhotonAssay, a fully automated technology to measure the presence of gold and minerals in ore samples.
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Chronology
- 1977
- Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons 1 and the University Medal) in physics, University of New South Wales
- 1981
- Education - PhD in solid state physics, University of New South Wales
- c. 1981 - c. 1983
- Career position - Research Fellow at School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales
- 1983
- Career position - Research Scientist in the On-line Analysis and Control Program, CSIRO
- 1983 - 2020
- Career position - Research Scientist (later Chief Research Scientist), CSIRO
- 1992
- Award - Australia Prize (in the field of Physical Sciences relating to mining or processing of mineral resources (jointly)), Commonwealth of Australia
- 2001 - 2020
- Career position - Research Director and Program Manager, Sorting and Sensing Program, CSIRO Lucas Heights
- 2003 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2006
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (jointly)
- 2012
- Award - Eureka Prize (Outstanding Contribution to National Security) for the development and commercialisation of the Air Cargo Scanner, Australian Museum
- 2017 - 2022
- Career position - Chairman, Advisory Board, Chrysos Corporation
- 2021
- Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence for the development and commercialisation of PhotonAssay
- 2022
- Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation (PhotoAssay Team), Commonwealth of Australia
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Cutmore, Nicholas', Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017], Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, 2017, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171113020156/http://www.science.gov.au/community/PrimeMinistersPrizesforScience/Recipients/1990-1999/Pages/NicholasCutmore.aspx. Details
- Department of Industry, Science and Resources, The 2022 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science have been announced, Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Canberra, 2022. https://www.industry.gov.au/news/2022-prime-ministers-prizes-science-have-been-announced. Details
- 'Cutmore, N', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562327. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Nicholas (Nick) Cutmore', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Cutmore-Nicholas. Details
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Created: 23 February 2012, Last modified: 12 December 2023