Role at ANSTO
Dr Emily Finch is the Group Manager - Microscopy at the Australian Synchrotron. She works with the X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy, Infrared Microspectroscopy, and Terahertz Far Infrared beamlines to enable world-leading synchrotron microscopy research.
Emily's research background is in geology. Before joining ANSTO as a Beamline Scientist, she completed her PhD at Monash University and has hunted for rocks in places like Scotland, Norway, and New Zealand to learn more about how metals move around Earth’s crust. These metals are crucial for green technologies like solar panels and wind turbines. By understanding how metals move around the crust, researchers like Emily can better predict where to explore for them.
Emily loves using evidence to solve puzzles, which she has done in both research and science policy. In her policy roles, Emily worked on the Women in STEM Decadal Plan: an Australian Government-commissioned project to attract more women into science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers and improve equity in STEM workplaces. Emily is an enthusiastic advocate for intersectional diversity and inclusion in STEM workplaces and is passionate about highlighting the amazing work of women in STEM careers.
Expertise
Microscopy, diversity and inclusion, metamorphic rocks, critical minerals.