Researcher Profiles

Dr Chris Kalnins

ARC Grant-Funded Researcher A

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Journals

Year	Citation
2022	Shaw, R. E., Kalnins, C. A. G., Whittaker, C. A., Moffatt, J. E., Tsiminis, G., Klantsataya, E., . . . Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2022). Impact of rare earth doping on the luminescence of lanthanum aluminum silicate glasses for radiation sensing. Optical Materials Express, 12(9), 3621-3637. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	Ram, R., Owen, N. D., Kalnins, C., Cook, N. J., Ehrig, K., Etschmann, B., . . . Brugger, J. (2021). Understanding the mobility and retention of uranium and its daughter products. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 410, 124553-1-124553-15. DOI Scopus15 WoS10 Europe PMC2
2021	Kalnins, C. A. G., Ottaway, D., Cook, N. J., & Spooner, N. A. (2021). Quantification of radionuclide distribution and migration during Cu-(Fe)-sulphide mineral processing by alpha particle autoradiography. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 228, 1-6. DOI
2021	Ram, R., Kalnins, C., Pownceby, M. I., Ehrig, K., Etschmann, B., Spooner, N., & Brugger, J. (2021). Selective radionuclide co-sorption onto natural minerals in environmental and anthropogenic conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 409, 124989-1-124989-13. DOI Scopus17 WoS9 Europe PMC1
2019	Shaw, R., Kalnins, C., Spooner, N., Whittaker, C., Grimm, S., Schuster, K., . . . Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2019). Luminescence effects in reactive powder sintered silica glasses for radiation sensing. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 102(1), 222-238. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2019	Kalnins, C., Bachus, K., Gooley, A., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2019). High precision extrusion of glass tubes. International Journal of Applied Glass Science, 10(2), 172-180. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2019	Kalnins, C., Spooner, N., Clarke, M., & Ottaway, D. (2019). Alpha particle autoradiography for high spatial resolution mapping of radionuclides. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 197, 9-15. DOI Scopus16 WoS7 Europe PMC3
2019	Whittaker, C., Kalnins, C., Ottaway, D., Spooner, N., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2019). Transmission loss measurements of plastic scintillating optical fibres. Optical Materials Express, 9(1), 1-12. DOI Scopus16 WoS12
2019	Whittaker, C. A., Santos, A. M. C., Kalnins, C. A. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Ottaway, D., & Spooner, N. A. (2019). Evaluating the energy dependence of various polystyrene based plastic scintillators. Radiation Measurements, 122, 57-62. DOI
2019	Whittaker, C. A., Kalnins, C. A. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Spooner, N. A., & Ottaway, D. (2019). A fibre optic based approach and device for sensing beta radiation in liquids. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 296, 101-109. DOI Scopus7 WoS3
2019	Whittaker, C. A., Kalnins, C. A. G., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Ottaway, D., & Spooner, N. A. (2019). A fibre optic based approach and device for sensing alpha particles in liquids. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 299, 111573-1-111573-7. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2016	Kalnins, C., Spooner, N., Monro, T., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2016). Surface analysis and treatment of extruded fluoride phosphate glass preforms for optical fiber fabrication. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 99(6), 1874-1877. DOI Scopus12 WoS8
2016	Kalnins, C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2016). Enhanced radiation dosimetry of fluoride phosphate glass optical fibres by terbium (III) doping. Optical Materials Express, 6(12), 3692-3703. DOI Scopus29 WoS23
2013	Kalnins, C., Spooner, N., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., & Monro, T. (2013). Luminescent properties of fluoride phosphate glass for radiation dosimetry. Optical Materials Express, 3(7), 960-967. DOI Scopus8 WoS10
2012	Kalnins, C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2012). Radiation dosimetry using optically stimulated luminescence in fluoride phosphate optical fibres. Optical Materials Express, 2(1), 62-70. DOI Scopus36 WoS29
2011	Kalnins, C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2011). Optically stimulated luminescence in fluoride-phosphate glass for radiation dosimetry. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(2), 474-477. DOI Scopus15 WoS13

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2024	Doughney, T., Gillam, J., Kalnins, C., Hooker, A. M., Marinaro, D., Damas, D., . . . Spooner, N. A. (2024). GEANT4 Surface Model for Background Radiation in Complex Environments. In 2022 IEEE NSS/MIC RTSD - IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room Temperature Semiconductor Detector Conference Vol. 784 (pp. 1-2). Italy: IEEE. DOI
2012	Kalnins, C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2012). Optically stimulated luminescence in fluoride phosphate glass optical fibres for radiation dosimetry. In Proceedings Volume 8351, Third Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference Vol. 8351 (pp. 83512G-1-83512G-6). Sydney, Australia: SPIE. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2011	Kalnins, C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Dowler, A., & Monro, T. (2011). Fabrication of fluoride phosphate glass optical fibres for UV applications. In Proceedings of the international Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC) and the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optic (pp. 2051-2053). Sydney, Australia: Optical Society of America. DOI Scopus3
2009	Kalnins, C., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Monro, T., Williams, F., & Spooner, N. (2009). Radiation effects in glasses for optical fiber dosimetry. In Proceedings of the ACOLS ACOFT 09 Conference (pp. 26-27). CDROM: Australian Optical Society.

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Co-Supervisor	Plastic scintillator design and optimisation for UAV borne gamma radiation surveys	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Aithan Roufos
2022	Co-Supervisor	Development and characterisation of novel Ytterbium and Samarium rare-earth doped silica fibre optic dosimeters for high dose rate brachytherapy	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Mr Joshua Raphael Southwell
2021	Co-Supervisor	Drone borne Gamma radiation detection for stand-off high resolution surveying of radionuclide concentrations	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Timothy Doughney

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Advanced Radiation Sensing Techniques	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Jarrah Lionel Herbert Mik

Position: ARC Grant-Funded Researcher A
Phone: 83132344
Email: chris.kalnins@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83134380
Campus: North Terrace
Building: The Braggs, floor 2
Org Unit: School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

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