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		Evan Bieske completed an Honours degree in Physics at the University of Queensland, then a PhD in Chemical Physics at Griffith University, supervised by A.E.W. Knight. Between 1990 and 1995, he worked at the University of Basel with J.P. Maier, investigating cation complexes and clusters. He moved to Melbourne University in 1995. On the rare occasion that he is not at work or IKEA, Evan can be found at Western Bulldogs' games or in the Grampians rockclimbing, gobbling cheesy vegetables and sleeping in the dirt.
		Phil Wearne spent his Honours year constructing and characterising the quadrupole ion trap. His efforts are now focused on using the trap as a "gas-phase" test tube to store particles. For his PhD, Phil has chosen to study the fluorescent properties of CdSe nano-crystals in the particle trap. These nanometer-sized crystals show size-dependent optical properties and may play a role in devices such as lasers, sensors, bio-labels and even quantum computers. When not in the lab, Phil enjoys creating animations like the ones seen on this website, playing frisbee, travelling the world and looking to stuffed animals for inspiration.
		Berwyck Poad grew up in New Zealand. Despite this, he was accepted into the Group as an Honours student, working on the particle trap. He is now using vibrational predissociation to obtain rotationally resolved spectra of metal cation-hydrogen clusters. In his spare time, Poad plays rugby, brews his own beer, scavenges through rubbish skips and tends to his office compost bin.
		Zoë Loh is currently in the final stages of perfecting her PhD thesis, entitled "Development of Intermolecular Potential Energy Surfaces for Ion-Neutral Interactions". Her work has combined infrared spectroscopy and ab initio calculations to characterise anion-neutral complexes including halide-methane complexes and the F^–-D₂ complex. Zoë has begun work as a post-doc with the Institute for Land and Food Resources (ILFR) at Melbourne University, investigating ways of accurately measuring methane, nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions from cattle feedlots using open-path FTIR spectroscopy.
		Vik Dryza undertook his PhD at the University of Adelaide under the supervision of Dr Greg Metha. He commenced work at the University of Melbourne in July 2007.
	Escapees
		Rosemary Wilson recently completed her PhD, with her thesis entitled "Studies of charged complexes in the gas phase". This describe investigations of three systems (halide-benzene complexes, halide-ethylene complexes and the chloride-HD dimer) using vibrational predissociation spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Briefly she worked with Phil on the particle trap experiments. When not at work, Rosemary enjoys baking cakes and exercising (walking and dancing) to burn off all the calories. Rosemary has relocated to the UK and now lives in London.
		Corinna Emmeluth joined the Group in June 2005 on a German Academic Exchange Service scholarship, after completing her PhD at Goettingen, Germany, with Professor Martin Suhm. She studied donor/acceptor preferences and isomerizations in hydrogen-bonded clusters. In the Bieske Group, Corinna was involved in vibrational predissiciation spectroscopy investigations of metal-cation complexes and clusters with Chris and Berwyck. She left the Group in late July 2006 to briefly explore Australia, before returning to Germany to work for Merck.
		Chris Thompson joined the group as a post-doc in 2004, after completing his PhD at Monash University, under the supervision of Dr Evan Robertson and Dr Don McNaughton. He investigated the high-resolution FTIR spectroscopy of atmospheric molecules and R2PI laser spectroscopy of biological molecules. His work in the Bieske Group concerned vibrational predissociation spectroscopy of halide-solvent clusters and of metal cation-hydrogen containing complexes. When not in the lab, Chris plays drums in local Melbourne band Anslinger, dabbles in musical side-projects and indoor soccer. Chris is currently a lecturer at Monash University.
		Adam Trevitt joined the Bieske group in Oct 2002 after completing Honours with A.Prof. Mark Buntine and Dr Greg Metha at The University of Adelaide. His PhD research is involved with the development of a quadrupole ion trap for confinement of single micro- and nanoparticles. Mass spectrometry and laser spectroscopy are techniques used to characterise trapped particles. Outside the lab, Adam vents his anger on the cricket ground and basketball court, and also relaxes when hiking the ranges outside of Melbourne. Adam has fled to UC Berkeley where he's a postdoc with Prof. Stephen Leone.
		Duncan Wild completed his Honours and PhD theses in the Bieske Group. His PhD thesis, completed in 2003, was entitled "Infrared Spectroscopy of Size Selected Anion Complexes and Clusters." This worked detailed analysis of halide-acetylene and halide-hydrogen clusters, as well as halide-methane complexes using vibrational predissociation spectroscopy. Since mid-2003, Duncan worked in the group of Dr Thomas Lenzer at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany. He is now a lecturer at the University of Western Australia.

	Sabbatical Visitors
	Francois Amar (2006-2007)	Gary Weddle (2005-2006)
	Jim Lisy (2004)	Mike Schuder (2003-2004)