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
- Stewart, G.,Iles, G.,Mole, R.,Yamani, Z. (2023). An inelastic neutron scattering investigation of holmium orthoferrite In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 35, 1 - 9
- Carter, B.,Iles, G.,Raju, R.,Afful, A.,Maj, R.,Dao, T.,Le May, S.,Choy, S.,Hordyniec, P.,Currie, J.,Peake, I., et al., . (2022). RMIT University's practical space weather prediction laboratory In: Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 12, 1 - 20
- Iles, G.,Gates, W.,Pereira, J.,Stampfl, A.,Aldridge, L.,Bordallo, H. (2022). Two Forms of Ice Identified in Mars-like Clay Using Neutron Spectroscopy In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126, 21061 - 21070
- 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
- Rombauts, P.,Reddell, T.,Cloherty, S.,Peake, I.,Held, J.,Iles, G. (2021). Development of software tools for mission control operations training at RMIT In: Proceedings of the19th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2021), Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2021
- Moshovelis, L.,Franich, R.,Iles, G. (2021). Ionizing radiation dose distributions on board habitable modules of the international space station In: Proceedings of the19th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2021), Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2021
- Houtsma, W.,Liang, D.,Renshaw, D.,Iles, G. (2021). Construction of spacecraft deployment mechanisms from shape memory alloys In: Proceedings of the19th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2021), Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2021
- Batten, S.,Ahnood, A.,Currie, J.,Iles, G. (2021). Spacesuit modifications and devices for the electrostatic repulsion of lunar dust In: Proceedings of the19th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2021), Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2021
- Florent, N.,Petkov, M.,Voecks, G.,Iles, G. (2021). Characterisation of hydrated Martian minerals for development of water extraction devices In: AIAC 2021: 19th Australian International Aerospace Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2021
- Iles, G.,Auld, M.,Moshovelis, L.,Palatsides, M.,Ng, M.,Currie, J.,Carter, B. (2021). Electromagnetic shielding for the protection of crew in the space radiation environment In: Proceedings of the19th Australian International Aerospace Congress (AIAC 2021), Melbourne, Australia, 29 November - 1 December 2021
Magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic thin films, neutron scattering, instrumentation, materials physics, phonons, condensed matter physics, microgravity phenomena, human spaceflight, space radiation materials
6 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)
- RMIT-Kyushu Exchange Programme for Innovative Space Exploration Projects. Funded by: Australia-Japan Foundation (AJF) Grant 2018 onwards from (2019 to 2022)