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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-06-13 human Rebecca rigby updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005144b.htm person Tickner James AACR2 Physicist Nuclear physicist James Tickner is a physicist who specialises in the creation of novel nuclear instruments with applications in the mineral industry, as well as in border security. After joining the CSIRO in 1998, he was involved in the development of the award-winning Air Cargo Scanner technology that allows for the rapid identification of contraband content within large air cargo with high precision measurement technology. During his Doctoral research and as a Post-doctoral fellow, he worked on the ZEUS experiment at Oxford University (1997).

Tickner was awarded the following CSIRO medals:

2006 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with Nicholas Cutmore, Brian Sowerby, and colleagues) for developing a world-first air cargo scanner for interrogating consolidated air cargo for contraband such as drugs and explosives;

2021 - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as a member of the PhotonAssay Team (with Nicholas Cutmore and colleagues) for breakthrough innovation of photonassay technology delivering rapid, safe and accurate analysis of gold and other precious metals in mining applications and commercialisation for industry deployment through the start-up company, Chrysos.

1994 1994 Education - Bachelor of Arts with honours (BA(Hons)), University of Oxford 1997 1997 Education - DPhil, University of Oxford 1997 1997 Career event - Awarded Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) Post-doctoral fellowship to work on ZEUS experiment, Oxford University 1998 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Minerals Division 1998 1998 Life event - Migrated to Australia 2000 2000 Award - CSIRO Minerals Innovation Award for development of XENA, a prompt-neutron activation analyser for cement raw meal (with Lim) 2004 2004 Award - CSIRO Minerals Innovation Award for development of a prototype fast-neutron and gamma-ray radiography scanner for air cargo (with 9 others) 2004 2004 Award - Alan Walsh Award for Service to Industry (with Brian Sowerby), Australian Institute of Physics 2006 2006 Award - Frederick White Prize, Australian Academy of Science 2006 2006 Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with James Tickner, Brian Sowerby, and colleagues) 2008 2008 Award - John Philip Award for the Promotion of Excellence in Young Scientists 2021 2021 Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (jointly with Nicholas Cutmore and colleagues) 2022 2022 Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation (shared with members of the PhotoAssay team), Commonwealth of Australia 2023 2023 Award - Clunies Ross Technology Innovation Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Sowerby, Brian David (1943 - ) Cutmore, Nicholas Clunies Ross Innovation Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (2016 - )

Received the Award 2023

 CSIRO Minerals Division, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (c. 1995 - )

Joined the Division as research scientist in 1998

 Alan Walsh Medal for Service to Industry, Australian Institute of Physics (2002 - )

Awarded the Medal (jointly with Brian Sowerby) 2004

 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (1985 - )

Awarded the Medal 2006 (with colleagues)

 Frederick White Medal, Australian Academy of Science (1984 - )

Awarded the Frederick White Prize 2006

 CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1991 - )

Awarded the Medal (with colleagues) 2021

 Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation, Commonwealth of Australia (2015 - )

Awarded the Prize (shared with members of the PhotoAssay team) 2022

 Tickner, James

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 'Tickner, James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Tickner, James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Frederick White Medal Australian Academy of Science Frederick White Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2022 Resource Section: James Tickner Ward, C. James Tickner Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource: The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence Ward, Colin The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence CSIRO 2023 CSIROpedia Resource Section: CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award Ward, Colin CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2013 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)