Dr Michaela Froehlich
Researcher's projects
Deep-Sea Observatories for Astrophysics - Stardust on the Ocean Floor, DP18, AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL; Collaboration with ANSTO, Hebrew University, TU Munich, HZDR Dresden, HU Berlin, Japan, ...
AUGEAS - AUstralian GErman AmS, GROUP OF EIGHT AUSTRALIA – GERMANY JOINT RESEARCH COOPERATION SCHEME, DAAD
SO-CHARMING SOlving CHAllenging Radionuclide Measurements for INterstellar and Geological applications, Universities Australia – GERMANY JOINT RESEARCH COOPERATION SCHEME,DAAD.
210Pb concentrations in NaI powder used for ultra-pure detectors in dark matter studies, ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney)
Search for interstellar Pu-244 in deep-sea archives for r-process studies, ANSTO (Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney)
Publications
- Bignell, L, Barberio, E, Froehlich, M et al. 2020, 'SABRE and the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory: Dark Matter Research at the Australian National University ', Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium (HIAS 2019), ed. Mitchell, A. J. et al., EPJ Web of Conferences , Australia, pp. 1-6.
- Hain, K, Steier, P, Froehlich, M et al. 2020, '233U/236U signature allows to distinguish environmental emissions of civil nuclear industry from weapons fallout', Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. -.
- Leya, I, David, J, Faestermann, T et al. 2020, '53Mn and 60Fe in iron meteoritesNew data, model calculations', Meteoritics and Planetary Science, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 818-831.
- Wallner, A, Feige, J, Fifield, L et al. 2020, '60Fe deposition during the late Pleistocene and the Holocene echoes past supernova activity', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 117, no. 36, pp. 21873-21879.
- Dittmann, B, Buompane, R, Chamizo, E et al. 2019, 'ColPuS, a new multi-isotope plutonium standard for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 438, pp. 189-192.
- Hotchkis, M, Child, D, Froehlich, M et al 2019, 'Actinides AMS on the VEGA accelerator', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 438, pp. 70-76.
- Pavetich, S, Carey Hulyer, A, Fifield, L et al. 2019, '93Zr developments at the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at ANU', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 438, pp. 77-83.
- Martschini, M, Fifield, L, Froehlich, M et al. 2019, 'New and upgraded ionization chambers for AMS at the Australian National University', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 438, pp. 141-147.
- Medley, P, Tims, S, Froehlich, M et al. 2019, 'Development of 231Pa AMS measurements to improve radiological dose assessment from uranium mining and milling', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 438, pp. 66-69.
- Froehlich, M, Akber, A, McNeil, S et al. 2019, 'Anthropogenic 236U and Pu at remote sites of the South Pacific', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 205-206, pp. 17-23.
- Huang, Y, Tims, S, Froehlich, M et al. 2019, 'The 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio in Chinese soils', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 678, pp. 603-610.
- Froehlich, M, Tims, S, Fallon, S et al. 2017, 'Nuclear weapons produced 236U, 239Pu and 240Pu archived in a Porites Lutea coral from Enewetak Atoll', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. Article In Press, pp. 1-5pp.
- Pittauerova, D, Tims, S, Froehlich, M et al 2017, 'Continuous transport of Pacific-derived anthropogenic radionuclides towards the Indian Ocean', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, pp. 1-8pp.
- Froehlich, M, Chan, W, Tims, S et al. 2016, 'Time-resolved record of U-236 and Pu-239,Pu-240 isotopes from a coral growing during the nuclear testing program at Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands)', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 165, pp. 197-205.
- Tims, S, Froehlich, M, Fifield, L et al. 2016, 'U-236 and Pu-239,Pu-240 ratios from soils around an Australian nuclear weapons test site', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 151, no. -, pp. 563-567.
- Froehlich, M, Dietze, M, Tims, S et al 2015, 'A comparison of fallout 236U and 239Pu uptake by Australian vegetation', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. Published Online 30 June 2015.
- Froehlich, M, Steier, P, Wallner, G et al 2016, 'European roe deer antlers as an environmental archive for fallout U-236 and Pu-239', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 151, pp. 587-592.
- Mayer, K, Wallenius, M, Lutzenkirchen, K et al. 2015, 'Uranium from German Nuclear Power Projects of the 1940s A Nuclear Forensic Investigation', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, vol. 54, no. 45, pp. 13452-13456.
- Buompane, R, De Cesare, M, De Cesare, N et al. 2015, 'Background reduction in U-236/U-238 measurements', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 361, pp. 454-457.
- Murphy, M, Froehlich, M, Fifield, L et al. 2015, 'In-situ production of natural U-236 in groundwaters and ores in high-grade uranium deposits', Chemical Geology, vol. 410, pp. 213-222.
- Dittmann, B, Dunai, T, Dewald, A et al. 2015, 'Preparation of a multi-isotope plutonium AMS standard and preliminary results of a first inter-lab comparison', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 361, no. 2015, pp. 327-331.
- Srncik, M, Tims, S, De Cesare, M et al 2014, 'First measurements of 236U concentrations and 236U/239Pu isotopic ratios in a Southern Hemisphere soil far from nuclear test or reactor sites', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 132, pp. 108-114.
- Steier, P, Hrnecek, E, Priller, A et al 2013, 'AMS of the minor plutonium isotopes', 12th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, ed. A Zondervan, C Prior, F Bruhn, R Sparks, Elsevier, Wellington New Zealand, pp. 160-164.
- Eigl, R, Srncik, M, Steier, P et al 2013, '236U/238U and 240Pu/239Pu isotopic ratios in small (2 L) sea and river water samples', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 116, pp. 54-58.
- Tims, S, Tsifakis, D, Srncik, M et al 2013, 'Measurements of low-level anthropogenic radionuclides from soils around Maralinga', Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium on Fundamental and Applied Science 2013, ed. C. Simenel, M. Evers, T. Kibedi, EPJ Web of Conferences , France.
- Srncik, M, Hrnecek, E, Steier, P et al 2011, 'Determination of U, Pu and Am isotopes in Irish Sea sediment by a combination of AMS and radiometric methods', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 331-335.
- Srncik, M, Mayer, K, Hrnecek, E et al 2011, 'Investigation of the 236U/238U isotope abundance ratio in uranium ores and yellow cake samples', Radiochimica Acta, vol. 99, no. 6, pp. 335-339.
- Srncik, M, Steier, P & Wallner, G 2011, 'Depth profile of 236U/238U in soil samples in La Palma, Canary Islands', Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, vol. 102, no. 6, pp. 614-619.
- Steier, P, Dellinger, F, Forstner, O et al. 2010, 'Analysis and application of heavy isotopes in the environment', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 268, no. 7-8, pp. 1045-1049.
- Srncik, M, Steier, P & Wallner, G 2010, 'Determination of the isotopic ratio 236U/238U in Austrian water samples', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 268, no. 7-8, pp. 1146-1149.
- Quinto, F, Steier, P, Wallner, G et al. 2009, 'The first use of 236U in the general environment and near a shutdown nuclear power plant', Applied Radiation and Isotopes, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 1775-1780.
- Srncik, M, Kogelnig, D, Stojanovic, A et al 2009, 'Uranium extraction from aqueous solutions by ionic liquids', Applied Radiation and Isotopes, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 2146-2149.
- Steier, P, Bichler, M, Fifield, L et al. 2008, 'Natural and anthropogenic 236U in environmental samples', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B, vol. 266, pp. 2246-2250.
- Srncik, M, Hrnecek, E, Steier, P et al 2008, 'Vertical distribution of 238Pu, 239(40)Pu, 241Am, 90Sr and 137Cs in Austrian soil profiles', Radiochimica Acta, vol. 96, no. 9-11, pp. 733-738.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Deep-Sea Observatories for Astrophysics - Stardust on the Ocean Floor (Secondary Investigator)
- AUGEAS-AUstralian GErman AmS (Secondary Investigator)
