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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Matt Kilburn obtained his BSc in Planetary Science from University College London, and then completed a PhD in Experimental Petrology at the University of Bristol. He held postdoctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the University of Bristol, before joining the University of Oxford as a Research Fellow in 2003. In 2006, Matt joined UWA as a lecturer at CMCA, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2010, and to Associate Professor in 2013. In 2016 he became Deputy Director of CMCA, and has been Director since 2018.
Roles and responsibilities
Director, CMCA
Head, Ion Probe Facility
SIMS Technique Group Leader
Teaching overview
GEOS5507 - Unit Coordinator
Research
Prof Kilburn is an expert in Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), and is head of UWA’s Ion Probe Facility. The facility houses a CAMECA IMS1280 large-geometry ion probe, for the in-situ measurement of isotopes in minerals, and two CAMECA NanoSIMS instruments for imaging mass spectrometry. Prof Kilburn’s research focuses on the application of SIMS to a range of disciplines, from geochemistry to biomedical research.
The NanoSIMS instruments are imaging mass spectrometers, providing elemental and isotopic maps of samples with ultra-high spatial resolution (50-100nm) and high sensitivity. They are routinely used in stable isotopes probing (SIP) experiments, in which a rare stable isotope (eg, 13C, 15N) is added to an experimental system to visualise biological processes or chemical reactions at interfaces (eg diffusion).
The IMS1280 is a state-of-the-art ion probe for the measurement of high-precision isotope ratios in minerals and materials. In particular, oxygen isotopes in zircons and other refractory minerals, and sulphur isotopes in sulphide minerals.
Prof Kilburn also undertakes U isotopic analyses of environmental samples for nuclear safeguards. The IMS1280 laboratory is part of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Network of Analytical Laboratories.
The NanoSIMS instruments are imaging mass spectrometers, providing elemental and isotopic maps of samples with ultra-high spatial resolution (50-100nm) and high sensitivity. They are routinely used in stable isotopes probing (SIP) experiments, in which a rare stable isotope (eg, 13C, 15N) is added to an experimental system to visualise biological processes or chemical reactions at interfaces (eg diffusion).
The IMS1280 is a state-of-the-art ion probe for the measurement of high-precision isotope ratios in minerals and materials. In particular, oxygen isotopes in zircons and other refractory minerals, and sulphur isotopes in sulphide minerals.
Prof Kilburn also undertakes U isotopic analyses of environmental samples for nuclear safeguards. The IMS1280 laboratory is part of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Network of Analytical Laboratories.
Keywords
- Development of NanoSIMS technique in the fields of biology and medicine, material science and earth science
- Fundamentals of isotopic analyses with SIMS
- Stable isotope analysis at micron-scale using Cameca NanoSIMS and IMS 1280
- Early life, stromatolites and astrobiology
- Planetary science, planetary formation and meteorites
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Medicine & Life Sciences
pyrite
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Secondary ion mass spectrometry
Chemical Compounds
Sulfur
Chemical Compounds
Sulfur Isotopes
Chemical Compounds
Gold
Chemical Compounds
sulfur
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Sulfides
Chemical Compounds
Network
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Projects 2006 2018
Cutting-edge electron probe microanalysis driving WA’s resource geosciences
Kilburn, M., Fiorentini, M., Kemp, A. & Martyniuk, M.
Australian Research Council ARC
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Cutting-edge electron probe microanalysis driving WA’s resource geosciences
Kilburn, M., Fiorentini, M., Kemp, A. & Martyniuk, M.
Curtin University of Technology
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Cutting-edge electron probe microanalysis driving WA’s resource geosciences
Kilburn, M., Fiorentini, M., Kemp, A. & Martyniuk, M.
Geological Survey of Western Australia
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Cutting-edge electron probe microanalysis driving WA’s resource geosciences
Kilburn, M., Fiorentini, M., Kemp, A. & Martyniuk, M.
1/01/18 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2005 2018
Diffusion and solubilities of Rh, Ru and Ir in olivine and spinel
Zhukova, I., O'Neill, H., Campbell, I. H., Fiorentini, M., Kilburn, M. & Guagliardo, P., 5 Sep 2018, In : Chemical Geology. 494, p. 19-29 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
spinel
olivine
solubility
Solubility
periclase
Incorporation and subsequent diagenetic alteration of sulfur in Arctica islandica
Fichtner, V., Strauss, H., Mavromatis, V., Dietzel, M., Huthwelker, T., Borca, C. N., Guagliardo, P., Kilburn, M. R., Göttlicher, J., Pederson, C. L., Griesshaber, E., Schmahl, W. W. & Immenhauser, A., 5 Apr 2018, In : Chemical Geology. 482, p. 72-90Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Carbonates
Sulfur
Sulfates
sulfur
sulfate
Insights into sulfur cycling at subduction zones from in-situ isotopic analysis of sulfides in high-pressure serpentinites and ‘hybrid’ samples from Alpine Corsica
Crossley, R. J., Evans, K. A., Jeon, H. & Kilburn, M. R., 20 Aug 2018, In : Chemical Geology. 493, p. 359-378 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
isotopic analysis
Sulfides
Sulfur
subduction zone
sulfur
Intracellular speciation of gold nanorods alters the conformational dynamics of genomic DNA
Ho, D. W. , Kretzmann, J. , Norret, M. , Toshniwal, P. , Veder, J. P. , Jiang, H. , Guagliardo, P. , Munshi, A. M. A. , Chawla, R. , Evans, C. , Clemons, T. , Nguyen, M. , Kretzmann, A. , Blythe, A. , Saunders, M. , Archer, M. , Fitzgerald, M. , Keelan, J. , Bond, C. , Kilburn, M. & 3 others , 8 Oct 2018, In : Nature Nanotechnology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Nanorods
Gold
nanorods
DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
Macrophages release plasma membrane-derived particles rich in accessible cholesterol
He, C., Hu, X., Weston, T. A., Jung, R. S., Sandhu, J., Huang, S., Heizer, P., Kim, J., Ellison, R., Xu, J., Kilburn, M., Bensinger, S. J., Riezman, H., Tontonoz, P., Fong, L. G., Jiang, H. & Young, S. G., 4 Sep 2018, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 36, p. E8499-E8508Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
membrane
plasma
mass spectrometry
particle
ion