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Biography
Dr Jason Kirby is a Senior Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO’s Environment Research Unit with >20 years’ experience in environmental monitoring, assessment, and management of contaminants of concern (for example, PFAS, microplastics, nanomaterials, & toxic metals/metalloids) and management of hazardous wastes. He is driving enterprise level strategic innovation, growth and impact in CSIRO through national leadership in detection and management of “forever chemicals” such as PFAS, development of advanced tools for contaminant discovery and risk assessment (i.e., computational modelling and machine learning), and deployment of innovative remediation technologies. He is a trusted national expert in assessment and management of contaminants of concern and hazardous waste for the protection of human and environmental health; and responsible mining through improvements in environmental stewardship.
Dr Kirby is the leader of CSIRO Environmental Assessment and Technologies Group, and Program Leader in CRC Transformations in Mining Economies. He has an extensive scientific publication record with a web-of-science h-index 41 and google scholar h-index 51). He has >100 referred scientific publications, >30 reports to industry, government agencies and community. His research has impact through industry, government agencies, and community; for example, through embodiment of his science in regulation and management, through the mining, gas, chemical and manufacturing industries social license to operate and close, freedom of industry and SMEs to develop innovative and emerging technologies, and companies to manufacture and import/export safe products and goods.
Other Interests
Program Leader: Data Integration, Forecasting and Scale; CRC in Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME)
Professional Areas
Academic Qualifications
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2005
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Chemistry
University of Canberra -
2002
Masters of Environmental Science (conversion)
University of Canberra -
1997
Graduate Diploma of Environmental Science
University of Canberra -
1993
Bachelor of Science
Charles Sturt University, NSW
Professional Experiences
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2023-present
Senior Principal Research Scientist
CSIRO Environment Business Unit -
2023-present
Group Leader, Contaminants and Mitigation
CSIRO Environment Business Unit -
2016-2023
Principal Research Scientist
CSIRO Environment Business Unit -
2021-present
Program Leader
CRC in Transformations in Mining Economies (CRC TiME) -
2018-2023
Group Leader, Environmental Assessment and Technologies
CSIRO Land and Water BU -
2015-2018
Research Coordinator Minesite Environmental Management
CSIRO Mineral Resources BU -
2011-2016
Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO Land and Water BU -
2013-2015
Research Ccoordinator Nanosafety Program
CSIRO Manufacturing BU -
2005-2010
Research Scientist
CSIRO Land and Water BU
Other highlights
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2024-2024
UN ad hoc intersessional open-ended expert working group to identify and analyse criteria and non criteria based approaches regarding plastic products and chemicals of concern in plastic products and product design focusing on recyclability and reusability of plastic products, considering their uses and applications, for the consideration by the Committee at INC-5.
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2023-2023
UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, August 2023 (https://www.unep.org/inc-plastic-pollution/session-3/submissions)
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2013-Present
Standards Australia, NT-001 Nanotechnology committee
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2015-2019
International advisory board for the European Union Horizon 2020 project titled NanoFASE
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2013-2015
Advisory board for the European Union project QulaityNano
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2012-2015
Invited member of the Nanotechnologies HSE Working Group through the National Enabling Technologies Strategy
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Publications
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