Sarah Mullins

Qualifications | Research interests | Publications | Presentations | Memberships

Sarah Mullins is a radiochemist in the Radiation Health Unit – Radiation Sciences. She has over ten years of experience in performing high-level radioanalytical techniques for analysis of samples in complex matrices. She has expertise in method development, quality control, training, and collaboration with national and state organisations in emergency response.
 

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Biomedical Science, The University of the Sunshine Coast
• Master of Molecular Imaging, The University of Queensland

Research interests and expertise

• Applied research and method development for the radiation protection of human health and health of the environment
• Environmental radiochemistry reference materials and proficiency testing
• HazMat (hazardous materials) and CBRNe (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) emergency response activities

Publications

Zawadzki A, Cook M, Cutmore B, Evans F, Fierro D, Gedz A, Harrison JJ, Loosz T, Medley P, Mokhber-Shahin L, Mullins S. (2017) Comparison of radium-228 determination in water among Australian laboratories. Journal of environmental radioactivity. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.05.012

Presentations

April 2024: A minor modification to an established method to enhance LSC source stability. ICRM Liquid Scintillation Counting Working Group, Otwock, Poland (online).

October 2023: Radiation Hazards and Emergency Response. ARPS2023 Annual Conference of the Australasian Radiation Protection Society, Gold Coast, Queensland. 

September 2023: The benefits of joining the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI). Brisbane Laboratory Symposium for the Mining Industry, Brisbane, Queensland.

August 2023: Radionuclides in QLD illicit tobacco and tobacco related products. Queensland Health Science Week, Brisbane, Queensland.

December 2017: Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) and leaching of radioactivity from: Ilmenite sourced from Tambourine Mountain, QLD; Ceramics and other sources. Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland.

May 2017: The comparison of two liquid scintillation instruments for analysis of highly quenched samples. LSC 2017 | Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry, Copenhagen, Denmark.

September 2016: Pilot study for natural radioactivity in rural water sources in Queensland. South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association Conference, Bali, Indonesia.

Memberships

• Royal Australian Chemical Institute
• South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association
• Australasian Radiation Protection Society
• Radiation Safety User Group Queensland
• International Union of Radioecology

Sarah Mullins
Radiochemist, Radiation Health Unit - Radiation Sciences
email: sarah.mullins@health.qld.gov.au
phone: +61 7 3096 2905