Julie Cairney

Julie M. Cairney is the pro vice chancellor - research enterprise and professor in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Sydney. She is an expert in microscopy, focusing on the understanding and characterization of materials used for structural applications, renewable energy, medical science and geosciences including the use and development of the atom probe microscope.

Julie serves on the board of Cicada Innovations and Uniseed.

Early life and education

Cairney grew up in Broken Hill, the Director of the Sydney Microscopy and Microanalayis and since 2014 she serves on the International Steering Committee for the International Field Emission Society (IFES) Her research spans materials science, medicine, and geosciences, with recent applications which enable the understanding of the structure of tooth enamel Cairney is one of the youngest full professors at the University of Sydney and one of the few female professors of engineering in Australia.

Previous roles

Director of the Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis CEO of Microscopy Australia, a national user facility funded by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).

Awards

Her awards include:

2005 JSPS Short-Term Fellowship 2022 Eureka Prize finalist for ANSTO Prize for Innovative Use of Technology 2022 Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales

Books

Atom Probe Microscopy by Baptiste Gault, Michael P. Moody, Julie M. Cairney and Simon P. Ringer