Associate Senior Researcher
University Associate
John has been involved in performance testing of woodheaters since 1980, through which he established and ran the Universities Fuelwood Research Group. He designed and constructed the first performance and emission testing facilities for wood heaters in Australia and assisted in the design of three similar labs since then. John has been the inaugural chairman of the Australian Standards Committee dealing with residential solid fuel-burning appliances and has played a key role in performance and emissions testing standards that became the basis for International Standards. In 1994, he received the Standards Award for this work, remaining an active member on the Committee until mid-2019.
John has published over 70 journal papers, conference papers and reports dealing with fuelwood supply and use and written over 100 commissioned technical reports on this topic.
Through his private consulting business, Eco-Energy Options Pty Ltd (2002-2014), John prepared reports for government and industry, providing technical advice to most State Governments in Australia and New Zealand. He has worked with industry on low emission wood heater designs and provided technical advice to the Australian Home Heating Association.
Prior to 2002, John was an Associate Professor at the University in the School of Geography and Environmental Studies. He has taught and conducted research, held senior academic positions, and supervised over 100 postgraduate students over 20 years.
In his role as University Associate, John has been actively involved in the design and installation of the new wood heater burning and emissions laboratory within FireLab3, providing advice on design and instrumentation on all aspects of wood smoke combustion and emissions testing.
