Dr Alastair Hodges

Alastair has been working in the field of electrochemical sensors for the last 12 years and has served as our Chief Scientist since April 2002.  Alastair has a BSc. (Hons.) in chemistry and gained a Ph.D. in electrochemistry from the University of Melbourne in 1987.  Alastair worked as a research scientist, then senior and principle research scientist in the Defense Science and Technology Organization and the CSIRO in the fields of electrochemistry and transport processes, particularly involving membranes, until 1995, when he joined Memtec Limited to work on sensor technologies. Memtec was involved in the operation, design and installation, of filtration and separation products for water supply and waste water recycling plants. From 1999 to 2001 Alastair led a team that worked in the US on the development of glucose sensor technology.  Alastair has published thirteen papers in refereed journals and is the primary inventor of patents in 34 families issued and pending.