In March 1994, not long after starting my PhD, John White, my then supervisor, asked me “do you have a passport”? On 27th May I was off to ISIS for an experiment on LOQ and then on CRISP! This was the start of a series of neutron scattering experiments during my PhD but much more broadly an introduction to a network of interesting scientists, top level facilities and exciting science that...
Experimental scattering methods, primarily X-ray and neutron, can reveal insight into the structure and dynamics of condensed matter systems, an area in which Professor John White made an enormous contribution over more than five decades. Through his mentoring, guidance and friendship, he helped launch the careers of countless international scientists over multiple (both academic and actual)...
In 2004 I was a postdoc in John’s group in Canberra and was tasked with supporting him in his role as an expert witness in a patent dispute.
The dispute hinged on the technical meaning of “emulsion” and whether the allegedly infringing product was an emulsion. John spoke of this work a number of times over the years, but here I will discuss in a bit more detail how we tackled this question,...
Exchanging ideas is an important driving force for science and development. The health and environmental needs for clean water are evident but the availability is often challenging. The seeds of Moringa oleifera have been used to flocculate impurities but are primarily exploited on a village scale. Understanding how this process works has provided for a range of scattering, reflection, and...
I will briefly tell the long adventure with John, starting with pin-echo "puzzle" on SDS in 191, then building several versions of the Huxley-Holmes at RSC in Canberra near John's office, and later crossing paths with John on always puzzling questions till the extraordinary Lecture John gave over video transmission for the fifty years of D11.
