Professor Nigel Spooner

Professor (Physics)

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

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

Professor Nigel Spooner was awarded a DPhil (Physics, Oxon) in 1993, following which he relocated to establish and head the “Luminescence Dating Laboratory” (LDL) at RSES, Australian National University, Australia. Research focussed on environmental dosimetry utilising luminescence induced in artificial and naturally-occurring environmental materials by ionising radiation from natural and man-made sources in the environment. Work included elucidation of the physics and phenomenology of thermoluminescence (TL) and optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) from these materials for dosimetry, the development of Luminescence Dating (TL & Optical Dating) protocols, and the invention of apparatus for environmental dosimetry research and application. Devices included the world’s first commercially-manufactured Optical Dating system, including luminescence readers, automated alpha particle and beta particle irradiators and specialised calibration facilities, in collaboration with Littlemore Scientific Engineering (Elsec), Oxfordshire, UK. Applications included the use of TL and Optical Dating for “retrospective dosimetry” (Dose Reconstruction) in the modern era. A key focus of the LDL was reaching into past times using radiometric dating: Optical Dating in particular had “broken through” to gain recognition as a major new chronological technique. This enabled the team to address major questions in geomorphology, soil science, palaeohydrology, archaeology and palaeontology, leading to numerous publications including cover articles in the journals Nature and Science.

Nigel transferred to DST Group in 2002, from where he initiated the joint DST Group-University of Adelaide Luminescence program from 2004. This was later incorporated as a founding element of the successful Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), and was renamed the “The Prescott Environmental Luminescence Laboratory” (PELL). The PELL boasts a globally-unique suite of instruments for luminescence analysis, radiation exposure detection and radiometric dating. Activity areas include retrospective dosimetry, radiation detection technology development including a novel class of radiation-sensitive optical fibres and single-sand-grain Optical Dating apparatus, TL research, and environmental radioisotope and dose-rate measurement. The laboratory possesses world-leading technology, hosting the most sensitive TL spectrometer, and the world’s most sensitive radiogenic luminescence imaging technology for spatially-resolved OSL & TL imaging.

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From 2015 I have attracted more than $32M in research funding. This included roles as two Chief Investigator on 2 x ARC Research Training Centres, 1x ARC Research Hub, 2 x Cooperative Research Centre and 1 x CRC-P projects and $5M from Defence programs. I have successfully secured research facility funding and fostered collaboration with various industries, including mining and mineral processing, Defence and National Security (CBRN), and health and medical, resulting in successful research programs leading to publications, HDR student graduations and commercialisation endeavours. I am the University of Adelaide lead for the new Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Training Centre “RadInnovate” (IC230100036), a 5-year Centre partnering ANU & UniSA and commencing in 2024; my role is Pillar Lead for “Radiation Innovation”, one of three Pillars in this ITTC, and Principal/Co-Supervisor of 6-8 ITTC RadInnovate HDR students.

My innovation and research leadership focused on the following three key areas: “Novel Fluorescence (NF)”, Radiation S&T and Luminescence Dosimetry & Geochronology:

Novel Fluorescence: I am the pioneer to use new photonics technology for material detection, identification and quantification using “Upconversion fluorescence” (UF). The Prescott Environmental Luminescence Laboratory” (PELL) has integrated multiple synchronised UV to MIR-tuneable OPO laser excitation systems, with cryogenic-to-elevated temperature sample stages and UV to MWIR detection, now enabling both UF and “conventional” single-photon fluorescence to be analysed in little-studied regimes of wavelength and temperature. Since 2015 this has grown to be the world’s leading facility for these novel approach to fluorescence materials sensing.

Radiation S&T: PELL houses world-leading luminescence detection apparatus for kinetics analysis, TL spectral analysis and Photon-counting Imaging, and developmental technologies in novel radiation sensitive optical fibres for alpha and beta particle detection, drone-borne radiation field intensity sensors, and extensive capability for naturally-source radiopharmaceutical radioisotope extraction, from natural sources such as radioactive mine waste. Spinning-off from the PELL’s leading regional capability, in 2019 I created the industry-focussed Centre for Radiation Research, Education and Innovation (CRREI) as a radiation-focussed centre also delivering radiation education courses targeting a critical skills gap. CRREI is now expanding into radiation biology for health, Defence and Space purposes.

Luminescence Dosimetry & Geochronology: The PELL’s unique research suite includes the world-leading “3D-TL” Spectrometer and Photon Counting Imaging System (PCIS), along with nine Risoe OSL/TL readers, state of the art beta counters, twelve alpha spectrometers, seven HPGe gamma ray spectrometers, alpha particle detection technology and calibrated alpha, beta and photon irradiation facilities. These support an extensive Single-grain Optical Dating program applied to both academic collaboration and fee-for service SG-OSL dating.

Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2019 - ongoing	Founder, Deputy Director	ARC Training Centre for Radiation and Innovation (CRREI)
2018 - ongoing	Professor, Physics	University of Adelaide
2009 - 2018	Adjunct Professor, Luminescence	University of Adelaide
2002 - 2018	Senior Research Scientist	Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG)
1993 - 2002	Head, Luminescence Laboratory	Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS), Australian National University (ANU)

Awards and Achievements

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2023	Award	Secretary's Award for Long Service	Australian Public Service	Australia	-
2007	Award	First DSTG-University Joint Professorship	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-

Language Competencies

Language Competency

English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2009	University of Melbourne	Australia	Graduate Certificate in Scientific Leadership (1st class)
1993	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	DPhil
1987	University of Adelaide	Australia	MSc
1980	University of Adelaide	Australia	BSc Hons

Journals

Year	Citation
2024	Tran, Q. D., Spooner, N., Geoghehan, S., Thavarajah, S. R., Rahman, S., Tran, N. N., . . . Hessel, V. (2024). Cosmic-Ray Radiation Effects on Ibuprofen Tablet Formulation Inside and Outside of the International Space Station. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 16 pages. DOI
2024	Spooner, N., Williams, O. M., & Questiaux, D. G. (2024). Pulsed Infrared Stimulated Luminescence Measurements for Mechanism Studies in Feldspars. Radiation Measurements, 170, 11 pages. DOI
2023	Williams, O. M., & Spooner, N. (2023). Quartz Defect Pair Model for Exo-Electron Emission. Radiation Measurements, 161, 7 pages. DOI
2023	Karami, A., de Prinse, T. J., Spooner, N. A., Kidd, S. P., Sumby, C. J., & Bi, J. (2023). UV emission from lanthanide-doped upconversion nanoparticles in super-resolution microscopy: potential for cellular damage. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 6(8), 7031-7043. DOI Scopus1
2023	Moffatt, J. E., de Prinse, T. J., Tsiminis, G., Klantsataya, E., Payten, T. B., Teixeira, L. D. S., . . . Spooner, N. A. (2023). Infrared emission from calcium fluoride anion defects observed in synthetic material and natural fluorites. Optical Materials, 142, 8 pages. DOI Scopus2
2022	Williams, O. M., & Spooner, N. (2022). Quartz Mid-Temperature Thermoluminescence Configurational Coordinate Model. Radiation Measurements, 150, 1-6. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
2022	De Prinse, T., Klantsataya, E., Tsiminis, G., Payten, T., Moffatt, J., Kee, T. W., & Spooner, N. A. (2022). Multiphoton phosphorescence of simple ketones by visible-light excitation and its consideration for active sensing in space. Journal of Fluorescence, 32(3), 1051-1057. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2022	Ginzburg, D., Eliyahu, I., Spooner, N., Sterenberg, M., Reshes, G., Shapiro, A., . . . Hershkovich, D. (2022). Search for Experimental Evidence of Dose-Rate and Wall Scattering Effects in The Thermoluminescence Response of LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-100).. Radiation protection dosimetry, 198(4), 222-228. DOI Scopus3
2022	Williams, O. M., Spooner, N., & Smith, B. W. (2022). The Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Quartz Luminescence. Radiation Measurements, 154, 1-8. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2022	de Prinse, T., Armitt, D., Rogers, B., & Spooner, N. A. (2022). Stability of explosives under continued laser pulse exposure. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS, 83(3), 65-70. DOI
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	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
2021	de Prinse, T. J., Karami, A., Moffatt, J. E., Payten, T. B., Tsiminis, G., Teixeira, L. D. S., . . . Spooner, N. A. (2021). Dual Laser Study of Non-Degenerate Two Wavelength Upconversion Demonstrated in Sensitizer-Free NaYF₄:Pr Nanoparticles. Advanced Optical Materials, 9(7), 2001903-1-2001903-7. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2021	Moffatt, J. E., Tsiminis, G., Klantsataya, E., Henderson-Sapir, O., Smith, B. W., Spooner, N. A., & Ottaway, D. J. (2021). In-fiber measurement of the erbium-doped ZBLAN ⁴I₁₃⁄₂ state energy transfer parameter. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 38(2), 415-419. DOI Scopus8 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 Scopus12 WoS10
2021	Moffatt, J. E., Payten, T. B., Tsiminis, G., De Prinse, T. J., Teixeira, L., Klantsataya, E., . . . Spooner, N. A. (2021). Upconversion Fluorescence in Naturally Occurring Calcium Fluoride. Applied spectroscopy, 75(6), 674-689. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2021	Williams, M. A. J., Spooner, N. A., McDonnell, K., & O'Connell, J. F. (2021). Reply to “Letter to the editors on termite stone lines” by Smith et al. (2021). Geoarchaeology, 36(4), 660-661. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2020	Williams, M. A. J., Spooner, N. A., McDonnell, K., & O'Connell, J. F. (2020). Identifying disturbance in archaeological sites in tropical northern Australia: Implications for previously proposed 65,000-year continental occupation date. Geoarchaeology, 26(1), 92-108. DOI Scopus12 WoS10
2020	Williams, O. M., & Spooner, N. A. (2020). Quartz optically stimulated luminescence configurational coordinate model. Radiation Measurements, 132, 8 pages. DOI Scopus11 WoS5
2020	Bartz, M., Arnold, L. J., Spooner, N. A., Demuro, M., Campaña, I., Rixhon, G., . . . Duval, M. (2020). Publisher Correction: First experimental evaluation of the alpha efficiency in coarse-grained quartz for ESR dating purposes: implications for dose rate evaluation.. Scientific reports, 10(1), 5252. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2020	Demuro, M., Duval, M., Arnold, L. J., Spooner, N. A., Creighton, D. F., Méndez-Quintas, E., . . . Pérez-González, A. (2020). Insights into the relationship between luminescence and ESR dating signals from Spanish sedimentary quartz samples of different geologic origins. Quaternary International, 556, 165-179. DOI Scopus12 WoS5
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	Arnold, L. A., Demuro, M., Spooner, N., Prideaux, G. J., McDowell, M., Camens, A., . . . Carbonell, E. (2019). Single-grain TT-OSL bleaching characteristics: insights from modern analogues and OSL dating comparisons. Quaternary Geochronology, 49, 45-51. DOI Scopus40 WoS24
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 Scopus15 WoS7 Europe PMC1
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 Scopus15 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	Demuro, M., Arnold, L. J., Spooner, N. A., Ditchfield, K., & Veth, P. (2019). Corrigendum: Coastal occupation before the “Big Swamp”: Results from excavations at John Wayne Country Rockshelter on Barrow Island: Coastal occupation before the “Big Swamp” (Archaeology in Oceania, (2018), 53, 3, (163-178), 10.1002/arco.5164). Archaeology in Oceania, 54(1), 68-72. DOI Scopus2
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 Scopus4 WoS3
2019	Samper Carro, S. C., Gilbert, F., Bulbeck, D., O'Connor, S., Louys, J., Spooner, N., . . . Mahirta. (2019). Somewhere beyond the sea: human cranial remains from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Alor Island, Indonesia) provide insights on Late Pleistocene peopling of Island Southeast Asia. Journal of Human Evolution, 134, 102638-1-102638-16. DOI Scopus10 WoS9 Europe PMC5
2019	Tieu, W., Hollis, C. A., Kuan, K. K. W., Takhar, P., Stuckings, M., Spooner, N., & Malinconico, M. (2019). Rapid and automated production of [68Ga]gallium chloride and [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TATE on a medical cyclotron. Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 74-75, 12-18. DOI Scopus28 WoS21 Europe PMC10
2019	Spooner, N. A., Williams, O. M., & Moffatt, J. E. (2019). Pulsed optically stimulated luminescence for mechanisms studies in quartz. Radiation Measurements, 128, 10 pages. DOI Scopus10 WoS7
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 Scopus4 WoS3
2019	Moffatt, J. E., Tsiminis, G., Klantsataya, E., de Prinse, T. J., Ottaway, D., & Spooner, N. A. (2019). A practical review of shorter than excitation wavelength light emission processes. Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 55(4), 327-349. DOI Scopus21 WoS16
2019	Bartz, M., Arnold, L. J., Spooner, N. A., Demuro, M., Campaña, I., Rixhon, G., . . . Duval, M. (2019). First experimental evaluation of the alpha efficiency in coarse-grained quartz for ESR dating purposes: implications for dose rate evaluation. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 19769-1-19769-10. DOI Scopus12 WoS9 Europe PMC1
2018	Sherwood, J. E., Bowler, J. M., Carey, S. P., Hellstrom, J., McNiven, I. J., Murray-Wallace, C. V., . . . Woodhead, J. D. (2018). The Moyjil site, south-west Victoria, Australia: Chronology. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 130(2), 32-49. DOI Scopus6
2018	Hunter, P., Spooner, N., & Smith, B. (2018). Thermoluminescence emission from quartz at 480 nm as a high-dose radiation marker. Radiation Measurements, 120, 143-147. DOI Scopus7 WoS4
2018	Rahman, M., Moffatt, J., & Spooner, N. (2018). Topological carbon nitride: Localized photon absorption and delocalized charge carrier separation at intertwined photocatalyst interfaces. Materials Horizons, 5(3), 553-559. DOI Scopus32 WoS27
2018	Dakka, M. A., Tsiminis, G., Glover, R. D., Perrella, C., Moffatt, J., Spooner, N. A., . . . Luiten, A. N. (2018). Laser-based metastable krypton generation. Physical Review Letters, 121(9), 6 pages. DOI Scopus20 WoS13 Europe PMC1
2018	O Connell, J., Allen, J., Williams, M., Williams, A., Turney, C., Spooner, N., . . . Cooper, A. (2018). When did homo sapiens first reach Southeast Asia and Sahul?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(34), 8482-8490. DOI Scopus164 WoS123 Europe PMC43
2018	Morris, P., Pillans, B., Williams, F., Spooner, N., Krapf, C., & Kovacs, N. (2018). Combining geochemistry and geochronology of transported regolith to reveal bedrock-hosted mineralization in the arid east Wongatha area of south central Western Australia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 18(3), 216-228. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Williams, O., Spooner, N., Smith, B., & Moffatt, J. (2018). Extended duration optically stimulated luminescence in quartz. Radiation Measurements, 119, 42-51. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2018	Miller, G., Magee, J., Fogel, M., Wooller, M., Hesse, P., Spooner, N., . . . Wallis, L. (2018). Wolfe Creek Crater: a continuous sediment fill in the Australian Arid Zone records changes in monsoon strength through the Late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews, 199, 108-125. DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2018	Williams, O. M., & Spooner, N. A. (2018). Defect pair mechanism for quartz intermediate temperature thermoluminescence bands. Radiation Measurements, 108, 41-44. DOI Scopus19 WoS17
2017	Grellet-Tinner, G., Spooner, N., Handley, W., & Worthy, T. (2017). The Genyornis egg: response to Miller et al.'s commentary on Grellet-Tinner et al., 2016. Quaternary Science Reviews, 161, 128-133. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2017	Veth, P., Ward, I., Manne, T., Ulm, S., Ditchfield, K., Dortch, J., . . . Kendrick, P. (2017). Early human occupation of a maritime desert, Barrow Island, North-West Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 168, 19-29. DOI Scopus119 WoS92
2017	Tibby, J., Barr, C., Marshall, J., McGregor, G., Moss, P., Arnold, L., . . . Moss, E. (2017). Persistence of wetlands on North Stradbroke Island (south-east Queensland, Australia) during the last glacial cycle: implications for Quaternary science and biogeography. Journal of Quaternary Science, 32(6), 770-781. DOI Scopus23 WoS19
2017	Rahman, M., Tapping, P., Kee, T., Smernik, R., Spooner, N., Moffatt, J., . . . Qiao, S. (2017). A benchmark quantum yield for water photoreduction on amorphous carbon nitride. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(39), 1702384-1-1702384-11. DOI Scopus123 WoS100
2017	Shestha, A., Yin, Y., Andersson, G., Spooner, N., Qiao, S., & Dai, S. (2017). Versatile PbS quantum dot ligand exchange systems in the presence of Pb-Thiolates. Small, 13(5), 1-6. DOI Scopus28 WoS21 Europe PMC3
2016	Arnold, L., Duval, M., Demuro, M., Spooner, N., Santonja, M., & Pérez-González, A. (2016). OSL dating of individual quartz ‘supergrains’ from the Ancient Middle Palaeolithic site of Cuesta de la Bajada, Spain. Quaternary Geochronology, 36, 78-101. DOI Scopus49 WoS44
2016	Hamm, G., Mitchell, P., Arnold, L., Prideaux, G., Questiaux, D., Spooner, N., . . . Johnston, D. (2016). Cultural innovation and megafauna interaction in the early settlement of arid Australia. Nature, 539(7628), 280-297. DOI Scopus113 WoS88 Europe PMC16
2016	Grellet-Tinner, G., Spooner, N., & Worthy, T. (2016). Is the "Genyornis" egg of a mihirung or another extinct bird from the Australian dreamtime?. Quaternary Science Reviews, 133, 147-164. DOI Scopus38 WoS32
2016	Miller, G., Magee, J., Smith, M., Spooner, N., Baynes, A., Lehman, S., . . . DeVogel, S. (2016). Human predation contributed to the extinction of the Australian megafaunal bird Genyornis newtoni ∼47 ka. Nature Communications, 7(1), 10496-1-10496-7. DOI Scopus39 WoS37 Europe PMC7
2016	Tsiminis, G., Rowland, K., Schartner, E., Spooner, N., Monro, T., & Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H. (2016). Single-ring hollow core optical fibers made by glass billet extrusion for Raman sensing. Optics Express, 24(6), 5911-5917. DOI Scopus21 WoS20 Europe PMC4
2016	Shrestha, A., Spooner, N., Qiao, S., & Dai, S. (2016). Mechanistic insight into the nucleation and growth of oleic acid capped lead sulphide quantum dots. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18(20), 14055-14062. DOI Scopus24 WoS17 Europe PMC3
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 Scopus11 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 Scopus28 WoS23
2014	Hughes, P., Shawcross, W., Sullivan, M., & Spooner, N. (2014). The geoarchaeology of a Holocene site on the Woolshed Embankment, Lake George, New South Wales. Australian Archaeology, 78(78), 24-32. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2014	Hughes, P., Spooner, N., & Questiaux, D. (2014). The central lowlands of the Hunter Valley, NSW: why so few early sites have been found in this archaeologically-rich landscape. Australian Archaeology, 79(79), 34-44. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2014	Murszewski, A., Ward, I., Spooner, N., & Leopold, M. (2014). What to make of the 'Murchison Cement'? A re-examination of a megafaunal fossil site in the Mid West, Western Australia. Australian Archaeology, 79(79), 116-123. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2014	Chu, F., Tsiminis, G., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2014). Explosives detection by fluorescence quenching of conjugated polymers in suspended core optical fibers. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical, 199, 22-26. DOI Scopus72 WoS64
2014	Johnson, M., Mudd, S., Pillans, B., Spooner, N., Fifield, L., Kirkby, M., & Gloor, M. (2014). Quantifying the rate and depth dependence of bioturbation based on optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates and meteoric ¹⁰Be. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 39(9), 1188-1196. DOI Scopus46 WoS42
2014	Sullivan, M., Hughes, P., Mosig Way, A., & Spooner, N. (2014). Prehistoric mining at Olympic Dam in arid South Australia. Archaeology in Oceania, 49(1), 43-55. DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2013	Tsiminis, G., Chu, F., Warren-Smith, S., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2013). Identification and quantification of explosives in nanolitre solution volumes by Raman spectroscopy in suspended core optical fibers. Sensors, 13(10), 13163-13177. DOI Scopus37 WoS29 Europe PMC4
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	Spooner, N., Smith, B., Creighton, D., Questiaux, D., & Hunter, P. (2012). Luminescence from NaCl for application to retrospective dosimetry. Radiation Measurements, 47(9), 883-889. DOI Scopus39 WoS34
2012	Moffatt, J., Spooner, N., Creighton, D., & Smith, B. (2012). Luminescence properties of common glasses for application to retrospective dosimetry. Radiation Measurements, 47(9), 851-856. DOI Scopus21 WoS15
2012	Hunter, P., Spooner, N., Smith, B., & Creighton, D. (2012). Investigation of emission spectra, dose response and stability of luminescence from NaCl. Radiation Measurements, 47(9), 820-824. DOI Scopus32 WoS30
2012	Fitzsimmons, K., Miller, G., Spooner, N., & Magee, J. (2012). Aridity in the monsoon zone as indicated by desert dune formation in the Gregory Lakes basin, northwestern Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59(4), 469-478. DOI Scopus32 WoS25
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
2012	Williams, F., Spooner, N., & Dawson, B. (2012). JOHN RUSSELL PRESCOTT (May 31st 1924-September 1st 2011): Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Adelaide. Quaternary Geochronology, 7(1), 2-3. DOI
2011	Oks, H., Spooner, N., Smith, B., Prescott, J., Creighton, D., McCulloch, I., & Adamiec, G. (2011). Assessment of thermoluminescence peaks in porcelain for use in retrospective dosimetry. Radiation Measurements, 46(12 Sp Iss), 1873-1877. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2011	Spooner, N., Smith, B., Williams, O., Creighton, D., McCulloch, I., Hunter, P., . . . Prescott, J. (2011). Analysis of luminescence from common salt (NaCl) for application to retrospective dosimetry. Radiation Measurements, 46(12 Sp Iss), 1856-1861. DOI Scopus43 WoS37
2011	McCulloch, I., Spooner, N., & Jones, D. (2011). A high-sensitivity photon counting imaging system (PCIS) for luminescence analysis. Radiation Measurements, 46(12 Sp Iss), 1566-1570. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2011	Grun, R., Spooner, N., Magee, J., Thorne, A., Simpson, J., Yan, G., & Mortimer, G. (2011). Stratigraphy and chronology of the WLH 50 human remains, Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, Australia. Journal of Human Evolution, 60(5), 597-604. DOI Scopus11
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
2010	Grün, R., Eggins, S., Aubert, M., Spooner, N., Pike, A. W., & Müller, W. (2010). ESR and U-series analyses of faunal material from Cuddie Springs, NSW, Australia: implications for the timing of the extinction of the Australian megafauna. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(5-6), 596-610. DOI Scopus63 WoS54
2009	Magee, J. W., Miller, G. H., Spooner, N. A., Questiaux, D. G., McCulloch, M. T., & Clark, P. A. (2009). Evaluating Quaternary dating methods: radiocarbon, U-series, luminescence, and amino acid racemization dates of a late Pleistocene emu egg. Quaternary Geochronology, 4(2), 84-92. DOI Scopus24
2008	Grün, R., Wells, R., Eggins, S., Spooner, N., Aubert, M., Brown, L., & Rhodes, E. (2008). Electron spin resonance dating of South Australian megafauna sites. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 55(6-7), 917-935. DOI Scopus28 WoS24
2007	Twidale, C., Bourne, J., Spooner, N., & Rhodes, E. (2007). The age of the palaeodunefield of the northern Murray Basin in South Australia: Preliminary results. Quaternary International, 166(1), 42-48. DOI Scopus14 WoS13
2007	Kemp, J., & Spooner, N. A. (2007). Evidence for regionally wet conditions before the LGM in southeast Australia: OSL ages from a large palaeochannel in the Lachlan Valley. Journal of Quaternary Science, 22(5), 423-427. DOI Scopus42
2006	Wells, R. T., Grün, R., Sullivan, J., Forbes, M. S., Dalgairns, S., Bestland, E. A., . . . Eggins, S. (2006). Late pleistocene megafauna site at black creek swamp, flinders chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Alcheringa, 30(SUPPL. 1), 367-387. DOI Scopus21
2006	Grün, R., Eggins, S., Wells, R. T., Rhodes, E., Bestland, E., Spooner, N., . . . McCulloch, M. (2006). A cautionary tale from down under: Dating the BlackCreek Swamp megafauna site on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Quaternary Geochronology, 1(2), 142-150. DOI Scopus21 WoS19
2004	Mee, A., Bestland, E., & Spooner, N. (2004). Age and origin of Terra Rossa soils in the Coonawarra area of South Australia. Geomorphology, 58(1-4), 1-25. DOI Scopus50 WoS43
2004	Magee, J. W., Miller, G. H., Spooner, N. A., & Questiaux, D. (2004). Continuous 150 k.y. monsoon record from Lake Eyre, Australia: Insolation-forcing implications and unexpected Holocene failure. Geology, 32(10), 885-888. DOI Scopus228 WoS198
2003	Bowler, J., Johnston, H., Olley, J., Prescott, J., Roberts, R., Shawcross, W., & Spooner, N. (2003). New ages for human occupation and climatic change at Lake Mungo, Australia. Nature, 421(6925), 837-840. DOI Scopus576 WoS470 Europe PMC100
2003	Pack, S. M., Miller, G. H., Fogel, M. L., & Spooner, N. A. (2003). Carbon isotopic evidence for increased aridity in northwestern Australia through the Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews, 22(5-7), 629-643. DOI Scopus26
2002	Spooner, N. A., & Franklin, A. D. (2002). Effect of the heating rate on the red TL of quartz. Radiation Measurements, 35(1), 59-66. DOI Scopus50
2002	Chen, X. Y., Spooner, N. A., Olley, J. M., & Questiaux, D. G. (2002). Addition of aeolian dusts to soils in southeastern Australia: Red silty clay trapped in dunes bordering Murrumbidgee River in the Wagga Wagga region. Catena, 47(1), 1-27. DOI Scopus29
2002	Heimsath, A. M., Chappell, J., Spooner, N. A., & Questiaux, D. G. (2002). Creeping soil. Geology, 30(2), 111-114. DOI Scopus172
2001	Spooner, N. A., Olley, J. M., Questiaux, D. G., & Chen, X. Y. (2001). Optical dating of an aeolian deposit on the Murrumbidgee floodplain. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20(5-9), 835-840. DOI Scopus23
2001	Tanaka, K., Hataya, R., Spooner, N. A., & Questiaux, D. G. (2001). Optical dating of river terrace sediments from Kanto plains, Japan. Quaternary Science Reviews, 20(5-9), 825-828. DOI Scopus12
2001	English, P., Spooner, N. A., Chappell, J., Questiaux, D. G., & Hill, N. G. (2001). Lake Lewis basin, central Australia: Environmental evolution and OSL chronology. Quaternary International, 83-85(85), 81-101. DOI Scopus75
2001	Ogden, R., Spooner, N., Reid, M., & Head, J. (2001). Sediment dates with implications for the age of the conversion from palaeochannel to modern fluvial activity on the Murray River and tributaries. Quaternary International, 82(85), 195-209. DOI Scopus30
2000	Grün, R., Spooner, N. A., Thorne, A., Mortimer, G., Simpson, J. J., McCulloch, M. T., . . . Curnoe, D. (2000). Age of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton, reply to Bowler & Magee and to Gillespie & Roberts. Journal of Human Evolution, 38(5), 733-741. DOI Scopus45 Europe PMC8
2000	Spooner, N. A., & Allsop, A. (2000). Spatial variation of dose-rate from <sup>90</sup>Sr/<sup>90</sup>Y beta sources for use in luminescence dating. Radiation Measurements, 32(1), 49-55. DOI Scopus26 WoS22
2000	Spooner, N. A., & Questiaux, D. G. (2000). Kinetics of red, blue and UV thermoluminescence and optically-stimulated luminescence from quartz. Radiation Measurements, 32(5), 659-666. DOI Scopus86
2000	Spooner, N. A. (2000). Photon-counting imaging system (PCIS) for luminescence applications. Radiation Measurements, 32(5), 513-521. DOI Scopus17
1999	Thorne, A., Grün, R., Mortimer, G., Spooner, N. A., Simpson, J. J., McCulloch, M., . . . Curnoe, D. (1999). Australia's oldest human remains: Age of the Lake Mungo 3 skeleton. Journal of Human Evolution, 36(6), 591-612. DOI Scopus275 Europe PMC61
1999	Miller, G. H., Magee, J. W., Johnson, B. J., Fogel, M. L., Spooner, N. A., McCulloch, M. T., & Ayliffe, L. K. (1999). Pleistocene extinction of Genyornis newtoni: Human impact on Australian megafauna. Science, 283(5399), 205-208. DOI Scopus293
1998	Spooner, N. A. (1998). Human occupation at Jinmium, northern Australia: 116,000 years ago or much less?. Antiquity, 72(275), 173-178. DOI Scopus24
1997	Tanaka, K., Hataya, R., Spooner, N. A., Questiaux, D. G., Saito, Y., & Hashimoto, T. (1997). Dating of marine terrace sediments by ESR, TL and OSL methods and their applicabilities. Quaternary Science Reviews, 16(3-5), 257-264. DOI Scopus47
1996	Grun, R., Brink, J. S., Spooner, N. A., Taylor, L., Stringer, C. B., Franciscus, R. G., & Murray, A. S. (1996). Direct dating of Florisbad hominid [2]. Nature, 382(6591), 500-501. DOI Scopus199 Europe PMC53
1996	Visocekas, R., Tale, V., Zink, A., Spooner, N. A., & Tale, I. (1996). Trap spectroscopy and TSL in feldspars. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 66(1-4), 391-394. DOI Scopus21
1994	Roberts, R. G., Spooner, N. A., & Questiaux, D. G. (1994). Optical Dating of Quartz: A Comment on Stokes and Gaylord (1993). Quaternary Research, 42(1), 108-109. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
1994	Roberts, R. G., Spooner, N. A., & Questiaux, D. G. (1994). Palaeodose underestimates caused by extended-duration preheats in the optical dating of quartz. Radiation Measurements, 23(2-3), 647-653. DOI Scopus40 WoS34
1993	Wintle, A. G., Questiaux, D. G., Roberts, R. G., Spooner, N. A., & Berger, G. W. (1993). Dating loess up to 800 ka by thermoluminescence: Comment and Reply. Geology, 21(6), 568-569. DOI Scopus7 WoS10
1991	Smith, B. W., Wheeler, G. C. W. S., Rhodes, E. J., & Spooner, N. A. (1991). Luminescence dating of zircon using an imaging photon detector. International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part, 18(1-2), 273-278. DOI Scopus15 WoS9
1991	SMITH, B. W., RHODES, E. J., STOKES, S., SPOONER, N. A., & AITKEN, M. J. (1991). CORRIGENDUM TO ‘OPTICAL DATING OF SEDIMENTS: INITIAL QUARTZ RESULTS FROM OXFORD’. Archaeometry, 33(1), 135. DOI WoS1
1990	SMITH, B. W., RHODES, E. J., STOKES, S., SPOONER, N. A., & AITKEN, M. J. (1990). OPTICAL DATING OF SEDIMENTS: INITIAL QUARTZ RESULTS FROM OXFORD. Archaeometry, 32(1), 19-31. DOI Scopus89 WoS83
1988	Spooner, N. A., Prescott, J. R., & Hutton, J. T. (1988). The effect of illumination wavelength on the bleaching of the thermoluminescence (TL) of quartz. Quaternary Science Reviews, 7(3-4), 325-329. DOI Scopus88 WoS80
-	Williams, O. M., & Spooner, N. (n.d.). An Introductory Defect Pair Model for Infrared Photoluminescence and Infrared Stimulated Luminescence from Alkali Feldspars.

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
2024	de Prinse, T., Moffatt, J., Payten, T., Slattery, T., Rusby, J., Tsiminis, G., . . . Spooner, N. A. (2024). Novel fluorescence analysis for real-time moon mineralogy. In Y. Soskind, & L. E. Busse (Eds.), Photonic Instrumentation Engineering XI (pp. 66). Online: SPIE. DOI
2020	Chapsky, A., Spooner, N. A., Santos, A., & Rutten, T. (2020). 3D dose distribution measurement using 2D imaging from NaCl optical crystals. In Proceddings of the Micro-Mini & Nano Dosimetry and Innovative Technologies in Radiation Oncology (MMND ITRO 2020), as published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 1662 (pp. 012009-1-012009-4). online: IOP Publishing. DOI
2017	Hunter, P., & Spooner, N. (2017). Investigation of the role of the production process on the luminescence of sea salt products. In Geochronometria Vol. 44 (pp. 121-128). Adelaide, AUSTRALIA: DE GRUYTER OPEN LTD. DOI
2014	Warren-Smith, S., Tsiminis, G., Robertson, I., Turnbull, G., Samuel, I., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2014). Fabrication of subwavelength surface gratings on exposed-core microstructured optical fibres. In International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Adelaide, South Australia.
2014	Tsiminis, G., Rowland, K., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2014). Extruded single ring hollow core optical fibers for Raman sensing. In J. LopezHiguera, J. Jones, M. LopezAmo, & J. Santos (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 9157 (pp. 915782-1-915782-4). Santander, Spain: SPIE. DOI Scopus1 WoS2
2014	Chu, F., Tsiminis, G., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2014). Explosives sensing based on suspended core fiber coated with conjugated polymer. In J. LopezHiguera, J. Jones, M. LopezAmo, & J. Santos (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 9157 (pp. 915784-1-915784-4). Santander, Spain: SPIE. DOI
2013	Chu, F., Tsiminis, G., Lang, C., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2013). Measuring nitroaromatic explosives using polymer-coated microstructured optical fibers. In Australian and New Zealand Conference on Optics and Photonics. Fremantle, W.A..
2013	Tsiminis, G., Chu, F., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2013). Sensing explosives with suspended core fibers: Identification and quantification using Raman spectroscopy. In Proceedings of SPIE vol 8627 Vol. 8627 (pp. 86270M-1-86270M-7). Online: SPIE. DOI Scopus1
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
2012	Tsiminis, G., Spooner, N., & Monro, T. (2012). Raman detection of hydrogen peroxide in suspended core optical fibers. In Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 8421 (pp. 842181). Beijing, China: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. DOI
2010	Prescott, J., Creighton, D., Williams, F., & Spooner, N. (2010). Three-Dimensional luminescence spectra of single grains of feldspar. In Proceedings of 16th AINSE conference on nuclear and complementary techniques of analysis (pp. 1-4). online: 16th AINSE conference on nuclear and complementary techniques of analysis.
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.
2008	Spooner, N. A., & Smith, B. W. (2008). Luminescence analysis for radiological and nuclear forensic application. In e-Forensics 2008 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Forensic Applications and Techniques in Telecommunications, Information, and Multimedia and Workshop. ACM. DOI Scopus1
1997	Abeyratne, M., Spooner, N. A., Grün, R., & Head, J. (1997). Multidating studies of Batadomba Cave, Sri Lanka. In Quaternary Science Reviews Vol. 16 (pp. 243-255). AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV, CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. DOI Scopus17 WoS15
1994	Roberts, R. G., Jones, R., Spooner, N. A., Head, M. J., Murray, A. S., & Smith, M. A. (1994). The human colonisation of Australia: optical dates of 53,000 and 60,000 years bracket human arrival at Deaf Adder Gorge, Northern Territory. In Quaternary Science Reviews Vol. 13 (pp. 575-583). KREMS, AUSTRIA: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. DOI Scopus266 WoS224
1994	Visocekas, R., Spooner, N. A., Zink, A., & Blanc, P. (1994). Tunnel afterglow, fading and infrared emission in thermoluminescence of feldspars. In Radiation Measurements Vol. 23 (pp. 377-385). KREMS, AUSTRIA: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. DOI Scopus89 WoS87
1994	Spooner, N. A. (1994). The anomalous fading of infrared-stimulated luminescence from feldspars. In Radiation Measurements Vol. 23 (pp. 625-632). KREMS, AUSTRIA: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. DOI Scopus292 WoS252
1994	Spooner, N. A. (1994). On the optical dating signal from quartz. In Radiation Measurements Vol. 23 (pp. 593-600). KREMS, AUSTRIA: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. DOI Scopus245 WoS217
1992	Spooner, N. A. (1992). Optical dating: Preliminary results on the anomalous fading of luminescence from feldspars. In Quaternary Science Reviews Vol. 11 (pp. 139-145). CLERMONT FERRAND, FRANCE: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. DOI Scopus110 WoS93
1990	Smith, B. W., Rhodes, E. J., Stokes, S., & Spooner, N. A. (1990). The optical dating of sediments using quartz. In Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 34 (pp. 75-78). VIENNA, AUSTRIA: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY PUBL. DOI Scopus50 WoS52
1990	Spooner, N. A., Aitken, M. J., Smith, B. W., Franks, M., & McElroy, C. (1990). Archaeological dating by infrared-stimulated luminescence using a diode array. In Radiation Protection Dosimetry Vol. 34 (pp. 83-86). VIENNA, AUSTRIA: NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY PUBL. DOI Scopus88 WoS87

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2021	Tran, Q. D., Spooner, N., Geoghegan, S., Stoudemire, J., Tran, N. N., Fisk, I., & Hessel, V. (2021). Cosmic-ray Irradiation Study of a Space Medicine for Future On-Orbit Manufacturing. Poster session presented at the meeting of Luxembourg Space Resources Week 2021. Luxembourg. DOI

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2018	Spooner, N., & Ottaway, D. (2018). ARC Australian Copper-Uranium Transformational Research Hub Fifth Sponsors Review Report.
2018	Spooner, N. A., & Ottaway, D. (2018). ARC Australian Copper-Uranium Transformational Research Hub Sixth Sponsors Review Report.
2018	Spooner, N. A., & Ottaway, D. J. (2018). ARC Australian Copper-Uranium Transformational Research Hub Status Update Report - Feb 2018.
2018	Spooner, N. A., & Ottaway, D. (2018). ARC Australian Copper-Uranium Transformational Research Hub 2018 Hub Objectives.
2017	Spooner, N. A., & Ottaway, D. (2017). ARC Australian Copper-Uranium Transformational Research Hub 2017 Hub Objectives.
2017	Spooner, N. A., & Ottaway, D. (2017). ARC Australian Copper-Uranium Transformational Research Hub Third Six Monthly Report.
2017	Spooner, N., & Ottaway, D. (2017). ARC Australian Copper-Uranium Transformational Research Hub Fourth Sponsors Review Report.

Research Funding

Date	Project/ No.	Investigators	Funding Body	Amount
2024-2029	ARC Training Centre for Radiation Innovation	M Dasgupta, E Bezak, G Lane, N Spooner, ...I Williams	ARC ITTC	$4,990,000
2024	Rapid development of new medical treatment compounds from radioactive mine waste	D Questiaux, M Thewlis, N Spooner, T Payten, J Builth-William, H Wescombe-Down	Australia's Economic Accelerator Seed Grants	$196,248
2023-2025	Hand-Portable Real-Time Non-Contact Fluorescence-based Asbestos Sensor	N Spooner, M Lumasag, C Singla, E Schartner	Business Research and Innovation Initiative – Regulatory Technology Round	$969,690
2022-2025	Development of the GenX Betavoltaic Battery Pilot Manufacturing Process	N Spooner, C Kalnins, A Chapsky	DIIS - CRC-P	$949,492
2022-2022	Hand-Portable In-situ Real-Time Non-Contact Asbestos Sensor	N Spooner, M Lumasag, R Loughan, M Vestel, S Gromitsaris	Business Research and Innovation Initiative – Regulatory Technology Round	$87,983
2021-2022	Novel fluorescence sensing of materials for Moon to Mars in-situ resource utilisation	N Spooner, A Birbeck	Moon to Mars: Demonstrator Feasibility Grants	$248,404
2021-2021	Natural values assessment and conservation monitoring of Naracoorte Caves	E Reed, L Arnold, N Spooner, J Conran, E Fagan-Jeffries	Australian Heritage Grants	$199,869
2021	Fluorescence for real-time field identification of minerals	MinEX CRC Project	MinEX CRC Project	$95,000
2020-2025	Aboriginal rock art and cultural heritage management in Cape York Peninsula	L Wallis, H Burke, N Spooner, N Cole	ARC Linkage Project	$48,000
2020-2026	ARC Training Centre for Integrated Operations for Complex Resources	P Dowd, ..N Spooner	ARC ITTC	$5,625,664
2020	Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy Facility	S Trevor, ...N Spooner, D Abbott	ARC LIEF	$235,960
2019	Real-time fluorine mineral identification using novel fluorescence technology	L Moore, N Spooner, D Ottaway, G Tsiminis, J Moffatt	CRC for Optimising Resource Extraction	$631,138
2018-2023	Naracoorte Caves: a critical window on faunal extinctions and past climates	L Arnold, R Hill, E Reed, A Cooper, J Austin, J Tibby	ARC Linkage Project	$669,000
2017-2018	A regional optical dating facility for South Australia	L Arnold, N Spooner, G Prideaux, R Hill, A Collins	ARC LIEF	$410,000
2016-2019	Upconversion Fluorescence for Real-time Mineral Identification	N Spooner, D Ottaway	Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE)	$1,300,000
2015-2020	ARC Research Hub for Graphene Enabled Industry Transformation	D Losic, E Skafidas, M Majumder, C Fumeaux, N Choudhury, A Nirmalathas, M McLaughlin, J Ma, R Ghomashchi, YL Zhong, M Muzzin, G Anderson, I Neering, N Spooner, H Zhu, K Koziol, A Pollard, A Merkoçi, L Dai, J Liu, R Stewart, S Bohm	Australian Research Council (ARC), Industrial Transformation Research Hubs,IH150100003	$2,611,346
2015-2017	A 140,000 year insight into the imprint of climate and humans on Australia	J Tibby, P Moss, M Leng, J Shakun, N Spooner	Australian Research Council (ARC), Discovery Project, DP150103875	$381,140
2015	Single-Grain Sorter and Loader	NA Spooner, B Cazzolato, D Creighton, L Arnold, M Demuro, D Questiaux	University of Adelaide, Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), Pilot Project	$16,000
2014	UV to mid-infrared fluorescence spectrometer for use in mineral analysis, radiation dosimetry, and laser materials characterisation	DG Lancaster, H Ebendorff-Heidepriem, MJ Withford, SR Grano, NA Spooner	Australian Research Council (ARC), Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LEIF), LE140100042	$360,000
2013-2018	The Australian Copper-Uranium Transformation Research Hub	S Grano, D Ottaway, Y Ngothai, P Ashman, H Ebendorff-Heidepriem, A Hooker, J Brugger, S Wilson, A Pring, P Hayes, Y Peng, J Vaughan, E Jak, K Ehrig, N Spooner, S Simons	Australian Research Council (ARC), Industrial Transformation Research Hub, IH130200033	$2,526,617
2012	Upgrade of “Risø” automated reader for single-grain optical dating & radiation dosimetry research	N Spooner	University of Adelaide, Research Equipment and Infrastructure Round	$20,300
2012	Small optical and lab apparatus for single-grain optical dating and luminescence radiation dosimetry research	N Spooner	University of Adelaide, Research Equipment and Infrastructure Round	$18,250
2012	Low-level K, U, Th and daughter radionuclide measurements for dose rate research	N Spooner	Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) Award, No ALNGRA12125	$15,350
2011-2014	Transformational diagnostics	TM Monro, A Cooper, LA Salamonsen, RJ Norman, NA Spooner	Australian Research Council (ARC), Super Science Fellowships, FS110200009	$835,200
2009	Risø reader for luminescence imaging & dosimetry	N Spooner	University of Adelaide, Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), Equipment Round	$175,000
2008	Establishment of Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)	Team led by TM Monro	Higher Education Endowment Fund, Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, University of Adelaide, SA State Government and DST Group	$97M

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2024	Co-Supervisor	CSI Superbugs: Unveiling unique fingerprints of antibiotic-resistant microbes through light	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Harriet Jane Cooling
2024	Principal Supervisor	Novel Fluorescence of heavy minerals for terrestrial and space applications	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Joshua Grant Rusby
2023	Principal Supervisor	Plastic scintillator design and optimisation for UAV borne gamma radiation surveys	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Aithan Roufos
2023	Principal Supervisor	Quantification of radionuclide geo-sequestration in minerals surrounding nuclear waste storage facilities	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jason Alexander Charlwood
2022	Principal Supervisor	Material Detection Using Novel Luminescence	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Thomas Michael Slattery
2021	Principal Supervisor	Drone borne Gamma radiation detection for stand-off high resolution surveying of radionuclide concentrations	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Timothy Doughney
2021	Co-Supervisor	Development and Analysis of Gold Sensing Protein	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Akhil Kumar
2020	Principal Supervisor	Zircon Auto-Regeneration Luminescence (ZARL) dating using single grain imaging.	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Kathryn Leah McDonnell

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2019 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	New Fluorescence Sensors for Critical Materials	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Thomas Bede Payten
2019 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Real-time Fluorine Mineral Detection using Novel Fluorescence Technology	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Lewis Da Silva Teixeira
2018 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	Advanced Radiation Sensing Techniques	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Mr Jarrah Lionel Herbert Mik
2018 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	The Characterisation of NaCl Crystal for a Reusable Radiation Dosimeter	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Alexandra Chapsky
2018 - 2024	Principal Supervisor	A Dual Tuneable-Laser Excitation System for the Discovery of Naturally Occurring Fluorescence Signals	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mr Thomas Jacob de Prinse
2015 - 2020	Principal Supervisor	Novel Fluorescence Techniques for Real-Time Mineral Identification	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Jillian Elizabeth Moffatt
2014 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Radiation Sensitive Optical Fibres for Radiation Detection and Dosimetry	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Carly Anne Whittaker
2014 - 2019	Principal Supervisor	A Systematic Study of Quartz Thermoluminescence for Forensic and Retrospective Dosimetry	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Mr Peter Geoffrey Hunter
2011 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Testing the TT-OSL Single-Aliquot Protocol for Quartz Sediment Dating	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Jillian Elizabeth Moffatt
2010 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	Radiation Effects in Glasses for Intrinsic Optical Fibre Radiation Dosimetry	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Chris Kalnins

Committee Memberships

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2020 - 2024	Member	Technical Capability Working Group	Australian Radioactive Waste Agency	Australia
2015 - 2018	Member	SA Radiation Protection Committee	SA Government	Australia
2015 - ongoing	Chair	Fourth Asia-Pacific Luminescence and ESR Dating Conference (APLED)	-	Australia
2011 - ongoing	Chair	Session Chair, 13th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating	-	Poland
2010 - ongoing	Chair	Session Chair, 16th International Conference on Solid State Dosimetry	-	Australia
2007 - ongoing	Member	Technical Capability Working Group	Australian Radioactive Waste Agency	Australia
2007 - ongoing	Member	Australian Critical Minerals Research Centre	Australian Critical Minerals Research Centre	Australia
2007 - ongoing	Member	SA EPA Radiation Protection Committee	SA EPA Radiation Protection Committee	Australia

Position: Professor (Physics)
Phone: 83134852
Email: nigel.spooner@adelaide.edu.au
Fax: 83134380
Campus: North Terrace
Building: The Braggs, floor 2
Org Unit: Physics