Dr Nathan Webster

Dr Nathan Webster is a Principal Research Scientist in the Characterisation Group of CSIRO Mineral Resources.

In 2008 he joined the Minerals division of CSIRO as a Postdoctoral Fellow, and has since accumulated significant expertise and experience in X-ray diffraction-based quantitative mineral and material phase analysis, including clay identification and quantification. He also has significant expertise and experience in in-situ X-ray diffraction analysis to characterise the evolution of mineral and/or material phase chemistry as a function of temperature, pressure and atmosphere.

Nathan is a former President of the Australian X-ray Analytical Association (AXAA, www.axaa.org), is a past Chair of the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) for the powder diffraction beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, a past member of the User Advisory Committee (UAC) at the Australian Synchrotron, and CSIRO's past representative on the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Council.

Nathan has authored more than 75 journal publications, 1 book chapter, 10 conference proceedings publications, and has an H-index of 26. In addition, he has authored more than 90 reports for industrial clients.