STAFF PROFILE
Dr Gail Iles
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|School of Science
Phone:
+61399252610
Email:
gail.iles@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Research interests
- Space radiation physics
- Microgravity phenomena and instrumentation
- Neutron and X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy
- Magnetic nanoparticles
- Human spaceflight
Awards
- Outreach Certificate of Excellence, RMIT School of Science, 2018
- WISE Champion Award - Awarded to organisations and individuals who have particularly inspired girls and young women into STEM education and related careers.
- Unlimited Theatre was awarded for a wide programme of work between 2010-11 with Dr Gail Iles, UK, 2011
- Bronze Medal - Awarded for 500 Parabolas flown on board the A300 Zero-G Airbus, Novespace, 2011
- Research Fellowship, European Space Agency, 2007
Programme Coordinator
- BP330 BSc Space Science
Course Coordinator
- PHYS2182 Space Exploration
- PHYS2124 Physics for Leaders
Course Lecturer
- PHYS2176 Radiation & Nuclear Physics
Project Supervisor
- ONPS2186 Science Project
- BH012 BSc Science Honours
- PhD, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, University of Leicester (UK), 2007
- BSc (Hons), Physics, Open University (UK), 2003
- Further and Adult Education Teachers Certificate, North Warwickshire and Hinckley College (UK), 2002
- BTEC Management Studies, Matthew Boulton College (UK), 2001
- Instrument Scientist at ANSTO, Sydney (Australia), 2014-2017
- Instrument Scientist at HZB, Berlin (Germany), 2012 - 2014
- Astronaut Instructor at European Astronaut Centre, Cologne (Germany) 2010 - 2011
- Gates, W.,Bordallo, H.,Bouazza, A.,Carnero-Guzman, G.,Aldridge, L.,Klapproth, A.,Iles, G.,Booth, N.,Mole, R.,Seydel, T.,Yu, D.,de Souza, N. (2021). Neutron scattering quantification of unfrozen pore water in frozen mud In: Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 324, 1 - 7
- Iles, G.,Rule, K.,Peterson, V.,Stampfl, A.,Elcombe, M. (2021). Data-processing technique for the Taipan “Be-filter” neutron spectrometer at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation In: Review of Scientific Instruments, 92, 1 - 11
- Cortie, D.,Cyster, M.,Ablott, T.,Richardson, C.,Smith, J.,Iles, G.,Cole, J., et al, . (2020). Boson peak in ultrathin alumina layers investigated with neutron spectroscopy In: Physical Review Research, 2, 1 - 9
- White, R.,Hutchison, W.,Iles, G.,Mole, R.,Stewart, G.,Cadogan, J.,Namiki, T.,Nishimura, K. (2020). Determination of the crystal field levels in TmV2Al20 In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 845, 1 - 15
- Yano, S.,Iles, G.,Peng, J.,Wu, C. (2020). Current Status of the Taiwanese Cold Triple Axis Spectrometer, SIKA, at ANSTO In: Surface Investigation: X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques, 14, 207 - 212
- Rasmussen, M.,Pereira, J.,Berg, M.,Iles, G.,de Souza, N.,Jalarvo, N.,Botosso, V.,Sant'Anna, O.,Fantini, M.,Bordallo, H. (2019). Dynamics of encapsulated hepatitis B surface antigen: A combined neutron spectroscopy and thermo-analysis study In: European Physical Journal. Special Topics, 227, 2393 - 2399
- Iles, G. (2017). High-flux metal vapor cell In: Gas-Phase Synthesis of Nanoparticles, John Wiley and Sons, Weinheim, Germany
- Gates, W.,Aldridge, L.,Carnero-Guzman, G.,Mole, R.,Yu, D.,Iles, G.,Klapproth, A.,Bordallo, H. (2017). Water desorption and absorption isotherms of sodium montmorillonite: A QENS study In: Applied Clay Science, 147, 97 - 104
- Wang, P.,Iles, G.,Mole, R.,Yu, D.,Wen, X.,Aguey-Zinsou, K.,Santosh, S.,Conibeer, G. (2017). Hot carrier transfer processes in nonstoichiometric titanium hydride In: Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 56, 1 - 7
- Iles, G.,Schorr, S. (2016). The new single-crystal neutron Laue diffractometer in Berlin In: Proceedings of the 21st Meeting of the International Collaboration on Advanced Neutron Sources, Mito, Japan, 29 September - 3 October 2014
Magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic thin films, neutron scattering, instrumentation, materials physics, phonons, condensed matter physics, microgravity phenomena, human spaceflight, space radiation materials
7 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
- In-situ physical property measurements with a novel multispectral, multistatic ground penetrating radar. Funded by: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Research Foundation from (2022 to 2025)
- Development and Test of MAPRad for Space Applications (Administered by CD3D). Funded by: Australian Space Agency - Competitive from (2021 to 2022)
- Neutron and X-ray characterisation of Lunar and Martian minerals (led by PhD student Nicholas Florent). Funded by: AINSE Postgraduate Research Awards from (2021 to 2024)