dR. gEOFF pAIN
Dr. Geoff Pain, Ph.D. B.Sc. (Hons.). Grad. Dip. Bus.
(Management, Strategy and Innovation)
Scientist and political activist (Life Member of the Australian Labor Party) Geoff is the author of over 100 scientific papers and patents and has written articles in the popular press. He has been interviewed on radio and television (including Four Corners, 7.30) on a wide range of topics including toxic industrial pollution from the alumina and desalination industries.
Born in Melbourne, he persuaded his parents to give him his first chemistry set at age 11, studied Maths, Physics, Information Science, Biochemistry and Chemistry and obtained his Ph.D. with chemical synthesis and structural characterization of new organometallic molecules with unusual structures and fluxional behaviour. His post-doctoral career took him to Monash, Bristol, Cambridge, Adelaide, UWA and Notre Dame (Fremantle) universities.
Current interests include optoelectronic biomonitoring, prime numbers, biofuels, recycling plastics and salt as a building material.
Geoff was a member of the former Western Australia Environment Minister Panel of Experts, and advised the Minister to close Brookdale Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and not to proceed with a similar plant at Kemerton industrial park. He expects to see a worldwide ban on Fluoridation within his lifetime.