Person

Evans, Robert (1949 - )

Born
8 July 1949
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Wood scientist

Summary

Robert Evans is noted for is research into wood and its properties, including colloidal polymer chemistry and physics, paper strength improvement and pulping kinetics. His research led to the development of the SilviScan™ rapid wood analysis system which has been adopted world-wide. He received the 2001 Wallenberg Prize for this research. Having joined the CSIRO Division of Chemical and Wood Technology in 1988, Evans was appointed a CSIRO Fellow in the Division of Materials Science and Engineering in 2007.

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In 2001 Evans was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as leader of the SilviScan team, for the development of SilviScan technology and its application to the rapid assessment of wood quality in forest resources.

Chronology

1972
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
1976
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), on 'Steric Stabilisation', Physical Chemistry Department, University of Sydney in 1976
1976 - 1978
Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Empire State Paper Research Institute, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA
1978 -
Career position - Member, Appita
1978 - 1982
Career position - Research Officer, Research Division, Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd (AMP)
1983 - 1984
Career position - Senior Research Officer, Research Division, Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd (AMP)
1985 - 1987
Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Chemical and Wood Technology
1988 - 1989
Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biotechnology
1989 - 1993
Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering
1994 - 1997
Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering
1997 -
Award - Fellow, International Association of Scientific Papermakers
1997
Award - L. R. Benjamin Medal, Appita
1997 - 2002
Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
2001 -
Award - 18th Marcus Wallenberg Prize, Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, Sweden
2001
Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (as team leader)
2002
Career position - Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toronto, Quebec, Canada
2003 - 2005
Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Molecular Science
2004 -
Career position - Member, International Association of Wood Anatomists
2004 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2004
Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
2004
Award - Josef Umdasch Prize (joint), Umcasch Group, Austria
2005 - 2006
Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies
2007
Career position - Fellow, CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering
2007 - 2008
Career position - Fellow, CSIRO Forest Biosciences

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Rebecca Rigby and Helen Cohn

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