OZRE '26 Program
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18 February
8:30 am
Registrations open
Tea and coffee served in the foyer
9:00 am
Opening of formal proceedings and opening remarks
Professor Nicholas Chilton, ANU
Acknowledgement of Country
9:10 am
Session 1 Chair: Nicholas Chilton
9:10 am
A T-Shaped View of Rare Earth Research at Curtin: From Capability to Calixarenes
Mark Ogden, Curtin University
9:40 am
Using Lanthanide Luminescence to Detect Harmful Chemicals
Kellie Tuck, Monash University
10:10 am
Morning tea break
10:45 am
Session 2 Chair: Rose Ahlefeldt
10:45 am
Neutron Scattering of Rare Earth Materials
Richard Mole, ANSTO
11:15 am
Exploring Rare Earth Metals Separation and Recovery through Coordination Chemistry and Electrochemical Techniques
Georgilett Perez-Bedwell, University of Melbourne
11:45 am
Extracting REE out of mining tailings using salt melts
Michael Anenburg, Australian National University
12:15 pm
Lunch break
1:25 pm
Session 3 Chair: Marcus Giansiracusa
1:30 pm
Quantum information applications of rare earth crystals
Rose Ahlefeldt, Australian National University
2:00 pm
North Stanmore: A World Class Regolith HREE, Sc and Hf Deposit in Western Australia
Ken Collerson, Victory Metals
2:30 pm
Value-Added Process for Critical Metals Recovery from Waste
Hong Peng, University of Queensland
3:00 pm
Afternoon tea break
3:30 pm
Session 4 Chair: Fabian Kallmeier
3:30 pm
Improving Computational Predictions of Yb(III) Single-Molecule Magnets
Vinicius Fagundes, University of Melbourne
4:00 pm
Bio-inspired pathways for sustainable REE recovery
Caitlin Byrt, Australian National University
4:30 pm
Drinks and networking
19 February
8:30 am
REECON+ Conference begins: OZRE joins first REECON+ session
10:00 am
Morning tea break
10:30 am
Session 5 Chair: Ben Atkinson
10:30 am
Bioleaching-a greener alternative to the extraction of REEs
Elizabeth Watkin, Edith Cowan University
11:00 am
Modelling Crystal Field Interactions of Single Rare Earth Ions for Quantum Networks
Lasse Sweetland, University of Sydney
11:30 am
Naphthalimide-based lanthanide complexes for multimodal imaging and photodynamic therapy
Alla Koblova, University of Sydney
12:05 pm
Lunch break
12:55 pm
Session 6 Chair: Leila Hill
12:55 pm
Modelling rare earth impurities in materials
Nicholas Chilton, Australian National University
1:20 pm
Time Resolved Adventures in the Visible, NIR, and Infra-Red
Evan Moore, University of Queensland
1:45 pm
Measuring nanometer-scale distances in proteins using 19F ENDOR
Nick Cox, Australian National University
2:10 pm
Professor Nicholas Chilton closes OZRE
2:15 pm
Afternoon tea
2:45 pm
OZRE joins final REECON+ session
5:00 pm
Drinks and networking