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Dr Jason Kirby

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https://people.csiro.au/k/j/jason-kirby

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GLENSIDE SA 5065 AUSTRALIA

Biography

Dr Jason Kirby is a Senior Principal Research Scientist in CSIRO’s Environment Business Unit with ~20 years’ experience in environmental monitoring, assessment, and management of contaminants of concern (for example, PFAS, microplastics, nanomaterials, & toxic metals/metalloids). He is a trusted national expert in responsible mining for environmental sustainability & reduced mining legacies & detection, assessment, & management of contaminants of concern for the protection of human and ecosystem health. Dr Kirby is the leader of CSIRO Environmental Assessment & Technologies Group & Program Leader for Data Integration, Forecasting & Scale in CRC TiME. Dr Kirby has an extensive scientific publication record with a web-of-science h-index 40 & google scholar h-index 46). He has ~100 refereed scientific publications, >30 reports for industry, government agencies and community. His research has impact through government agencies, industry, 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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)

  • 2013-Present

    Standards Australia, NT-001 Nanotechnology committee

  • 2015-2019

    International advisory board for the European Union Horizon 2020 project titled NanoFASE

  • 2013-2015

    Advisory board for the European Union project QulaityNano

  • 2012-2015

    Invited member of the Nanotechnologies HSE Working Group through the National Enabling Technologies Strategy

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