Skip to Main Content

Our people-our expertise: Matthew Wiggins

Our people-our expertise

Profile

Matthew Wiggins

Qualifications | Research interests | Publications | Presentations | Memberships

Matthew is a Health Physicist at Forensic and Scientific Services Radiation and Nuclear Science unit. He has a demonstrated history working in the radiation safety industry, working to measure environmental radioactivity with gamma spectrometry units, conducting radiation land surveys, operating equipment to measure the atmospheric concentration and exhalation rates of Radon-220 and Radon-222, and managing sealed and unsealed resources.

Matthew is a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) to support the improvement of radiation safety management at FSS.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science (Physics, Minor in Astrophysics), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld.

Research interests and expertise

  • Radiological uptake of foods and plants
  • Radon and thoron exhalation
  • Long-term storage of radioactive materials

Publications

Akber A, Wiggins M, (2019). A Review of Dose Rate Meters as First Responders to Ionising Radiation. Journal of Radiation Protection and Research, 44(3) 97-102. DOI: 10.14407/jrpr.2019.44.3.97

Presentations

October 2023: Baseline Mapping of Ambient Gamma Radiation Dose Rates in Queensland, with Watson D & Bouchereau de Pury P. In: ARPS2023 Annual Conference of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society, Gold Coast, Queensland. 

November 2021: Calibration of Radiation Survey Meters, with Watson D. In: ACPSEM Summer School: Deep Dive into Dosimetry, Brisbane, Queensland.

February 2021: Negative Ion Products, the Australian market and the potential hazards. In: Australasian Radiation Protection Society (Queensland Branch Meeting), Brisbane, Queensland.

May 2018: Radon exhalation loss from thin layers of fine grains - Models and experimental estimate es. In: AOCRP-5 Congress (hosted by ARPS), Melbourne, Victoria. People's Choice Winner.

Memberships

Contact


Matthew Wiggins
Health Physicist, Radiation and Nuclear Science
email: Matthew.Wiggins@health.qld.gov.au

phone: +61 7 3096 2906