Biography
Kathie has more than 20 years experience as a research leader at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Her expertise in electrochemistry and high temperature chemistry has been applied in battery technology, light metal production, alloy design and sensor development, and she has led numerous R&D projects with Australian and international companies.
Kathie is the Research Director for the Advanced Materials and Processing Program in CSIRO Manufacturing, and a member of the Manufacturing Business Unit Leadership Team. She is responsible for capability management, staff development, technical outcomes, strategy development and commercial outcomes. The Program works with industry partners to develop novel materials with designed properties and new processes for scale to manufacture. Key areas of research include metal powder production, metal additive manufacturing, metal processing, metal organic frameworks, porous materials, organic membranes, continuous chemical processing, flow chemistry, catalysis, hybrid and composite materials, advanced high-performance polymers and digitally enabled manufacturing.
Previously Kathie was the Leader of CSIRO's Active Integrated Matter Future Science Platform, a technology platform that combined materials, robotics, processing, sensing technologies, and autonomous science to lead ground-breaking advances at the interface of big data, advanced autonomous systems, and materials science.