Person
Duffy, Gregory
- Occupation
- Chemist and Earth Sciences
Summary
Chemist Gregory Duffy is an expert in energy technology. He has done extensive research and development on greenhouse gas mitigation and renewable, oil and coal technologies.
He is known for his role in the development of Hydrodec, a chemical used to cleanse renew, and remove pollutants from, transformer oil in electricity plants. This product was commercialised in 2004.
Duffy was appointed to the role of Senior Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO Energy Technology and has worked there since 1976.
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Chronology
- 1971
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering (Honours and the University Medal), University of Sydney
- 1976
- Education - PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney
- 1976 - 1984
- Career position - Research Officer CSIRO Division of Fossil Fuels
- 1984 - 1986
- Career position - Project scientist at the Joint Coal Board
- 1986 - 2004?
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist, then Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Fossil Fuels
- 2004 -
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Energy Technology
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Published resources
Resources
- 'Duffy, Gregory', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514360. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Gregory Duffy', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Duffy-Gregory. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 24 February 2012, Last modified: 3 October 2012