Emily Hilder

Prior to joining Defence she was Director of the Future Industries Institute and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for integrated devices for end-user analysis at low levels at the University of South Australia. She is a graduate of the University of Tasmania where she completed her PhD in analytical chemistry in 2000. Following postdoctoral positions at Johannes Kepler University (Austria) and the E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (United States of America) she returned to Australia and the University of Tasmania (UTAS) in 2004 where she held two ARC Fellowships (APD, Future Fellowship) as well as positions as Assistant Dean of Graduate Research and Head of Chemistry. She was inaugural Director of the ARC Training Centre for Portable Analytical Separation Technologies before relocating to the University of South Australia in 2016. Her research is the field of analytical chemistry and materials science and is focused on the design and application of new materials which can be used to improve analytical measurements. Her work has led to commercial and field adoption in separation science, bioanalysis, disease diagnosis, environment and food science, defence and national security. Professor Hilder is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI). She has been recognised by a number of awards including the Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia (2019), RACI Doreen Clarke Analytical Medal (2016), UTAS Foundation Graduate Award (2010). She has also been included in the Analytical Scientist Power Lists from 2013-2017, 2019-2023 including the ‘Top 40 under 40’ and as one of the top 10 leaders in analytical science. She is an Associate Editor of Analytical Chemistry and a member of the Advisory Board of the Australian Maritime College, UTAS. https://www.asca.gov.au/about/head-advanced-strategic-capabilities-accelerator