Fields of Interest and Expertise

• Applied quantum electrodynamics
• Theory and computation in interface science
• Theory of electrodes and electrolytes: capacitance, energy storage.
• Specific ion effects and ionic dispersion forces.
• Surface forces and surface roughness.
• Bioparticle interactions and buffer specific effects
• Colloid science and mineral processing
• Prediction of complex soft matter interactions and structures
• Ion adsorption and physisorption
• Charge regulation and chemisorption
• Quantum chemical computation
• Finite element computation and FEniCS
• Scientific computation with Debian and Ubuntu Linux

Teaching

• Surface Forces and Adsorption
• Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
• Theory and Computation in Physical Chemistry
• Theory of Interfaces and Surface Forces (PhD course)

Curriculum Vitae

• 1990 - 1994 Research Assistant, development of image analysis software. CSIRO Division of Wool Technology, Ryde Laboratory, Sydney, Australia.
• 1998 - 1999 Postdoctoral researcher, quantum chemical calculation of hydrogen cracking in zeolite catalysts. Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy,
  France.
• 1999 - 2000 Postdoctoral research, computation of electrolytes in supercriticalwater. University of California, Davis, CA, U.S.A.
• 2000 - 2002 Business software developer, Place2Trade, Sydney, Australia
• 2003 - 2004 Science teacher, Knox Grammar School, Sydney, Australia
• 2004 - 2014 Research Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University
• 2015 - 2020 Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering & IT, Murdoch University. 2021 - present Adjunct Professor.
• 2021 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari

Awards

• Adrien Albert Honours Prize in Chemistry, Australian National University, 1992.
• University Medal, Australian National University, 1992
• Award of Recognition for contributions to the FEniCS Project, NumFOCUS Awards, 2018

Links

• University of Cagliari:  https://www.unica.it/unica/page/en/drewf_parsons
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3956-6031
• Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57191523913
• Web of Science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/rid/A-5030-2009
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FNlyZ-QAAAAJ

Unit

• Cagliari

Publications