Dr Ronald Beckett - Researcher Profile

Biography

Ron works in the Water Studies Centre at Monash University as an Adjunct Associate Professor.

Ron’s research areas of interest are:

• Field-Flow Fractionation
• Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation
• Thermal Field-Flow Fractionation
• Flow Field-Flow Fractionation

 

Keywords

field-flow fractionation, surface and colloid chemistry

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1972

Publications

Book Chapters

Tri, N., Beckett, R., 2001, Absorption studies by field-flow fractionation, in Encyclopedia of Chromatography, eds Jack Cazes, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York USA, pp. 10-12.

Tri, N., Beckett, R., 2001, Acoustic field-flow fractionation for particle separation, in Encyclopedia of Chromatography, eds Jack Cazes, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York USA, pp. 3-4.

Beckett, R., Chen, B., Tri, N., 2001, Pollutant-colloid association by field-flow fractionation, in Encyclopedia of Chromatography, eds Jack Cazes, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York USA, pp. 629-632.

Sharma, R., Beckett, R., 2000, Biological Particles of Environmental Interest, in Field-Flow Fractionation Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, New York NY USA, pp. 537-560.

Beckett, R., Schimpf, M.E., 2000, Characterization of Humic Substances, in Field-Flow Fractionation Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, New York NY USA, pp. 497-505.

Murphy, D., Beckett, R., 2000, Investigation of Pollutant-Particle Association, in Field-Flow Fractionation Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, New York NY USA, pp. 525-535.

Ranville, J.F., Beckett, R., 2000, Quatic Colloids, in Field-Flow Fractionation Handbook, John wiley & Sons, New York NY USA, pp. 507-523.

Hart, B.T., Beckett, R., Murphy, D.M., Ranville, J.F., 1997, Role of colloids in cycling contaminants in rivers, in Biogeochemistry of Trace Metals, Science Reviews, UK, pp. 193-216.

Journal Articles

Martin, M., Beckett, R., 2012, Size selectivity in field-flow fractionation: lift mode of retention with near-wall lift force, Journal of Physical Chemistry A [P], vol 116, issue 25, American Chemical Society, Washington USA, pp. 6540-6551.

Nguyen, M., Rhodes, M.J., Liffman, K., McKinnon, I.R., Beckett, R., 2008, Numerical study of particle behaviour in split-flow thin-channel fractionation using the discrete element method, Separation Science And Technology [P], vol 43, issue 11, Taylor & Francis Inc., United States, pp. 2981-3002.

Beckett, R., Sharma, R., Andric, G., Chantiwas, R., Jakmunee, J., Grudpan, K., 2007, Illustrating some principles of separation science through gravitational field-flow fractionation, Journal of Chemical Education, vol 84, issue 12, American Chemical Society, United States, pp. 1955-1962.

Tantidanai, N., Veerasai, W., Beckett, R., 2006, Comparison of gravitational SPLITT fractionation with gravitational settling for separating micron size particles, Separation Science and Technology, vol 41, issue 13, Taylor & Francis, UK, pp. 3003-3025.

Gimbert, L.J., Haygarth, P.M., Beckett, R., Worsfold, P.J., 2006, The influence of sample preparation on observed particle size distributions for contrasting soil suspensions using flow field-flow fractionation, Environmental Chemistry, vol 3, issue 3, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, pp. 184-191.

Nguyen, M.T., Beckett, R., 2004, Determination of thermal diffusion coefficients using thermal field-flow fractionation and marka??houwink constants, Analytical Chemistry [P], vol 76, issue 8, American Chemical Society, United States, pp. 2382-2386.

Jakmunee, J., Udnan, Y., Morrison, R.J., Beckett, R., McKinnon, I.R., Grudpan, K., 2003, A low-cost light-scattering detector for the flow-Injection nephelometric determination of sulfate, Analytical Sciences, vol 19, issue 11, Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry, Tokyo Japan, pp. 1495-1498.

Grace, M.R., Jakob, T., Donnert, D., Beckett, R., 2003, Effect of an alternating oxic/anoxic regime on a (freshwater) Yarra River sediment, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 56, issue 9, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 923-932.

Contado, C., Blo, G., Conato, C., Dondi, F., Beckett, R., 2003, Experimental approaches for size-based metal speciation in rivers, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol 5, issue 6, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 845-851.

Crossan, A.N., Lee, N., Sharma, R., Kennedy, I.R., Beckett, R., 2002, Assessment of the distribution of pesticides on soil particle fractions in simulated irrigation run-off using centrifugal SPLITT fractionation and ELISA, Analytical Chimica Acta, vol 468, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 199-208.

Camerani, M.C., Steenari, B.M., Sharma, R., Beckett, R., 2002, Cd speciation in biomass fly ash particles after size separation by centrifugal SPLITT, Fuel, vol 81, issue 13, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1739-1753.

Chantiwas, R., Beckett, R., Jakmunee, J., McKelvie, I.D., Grudpan, K., 2002, Gravitational field-flow fractionation in combination with flow injection analysis or electrothermal AAS for size based iron speciation of particles, Talanta, vol 58, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 1375-1383.

Khoshmanesh, A., Hart, B.T., Duncan, A., Beckett, R., 2002, Luxury uptake of phosporus by sediment bacteria, Water Research, vol 36, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 774-778.

Khoshmanesh, A., Sharma, R., Beckett, R., 2001, Biomass of sediment bacteria by sedimentation field-flow fractionation, Journal of Environmental Engineering, vol 127, issue 1, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, pp. 19-25.

Chen, B., Shand, C.A., Beckett, R., 2001, Determination of total and EDTA extractable metal distributions in the colloidal fraction of contaminated soils using SdFFF-ICP-HRMS, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol 3, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 7-14.

Chen, B., Beckett, R., 2001, Development of SdFFF-ETAAS for characterising soil and sediment colloids, Analyst, vol 126, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 1588-1593.

Leonard, A.W., Hyne, R.V., Lim, R.P., Leigh, K.A., Le, J., Beckett, R., 2001, Fate and toxicity of endosulfan in Namoi River water and bottom sediment, Journal of Environmental Quality, vol 30, issue 3, American Society of Agronomy, Madison USA, pp. 750-759.

Tri, N., Caldwell, K.D., Beckett, R., 2000, Development of Electrical Field-Flow Fractionation, Analytical Chemistry, vol 72, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 1823-1829.

Lead, J.R., Wilkinson, K.J., Balnois, E., Cutak, B.J., Larive, C.K., Assemi, S., Beckett, R., 2000, Diffusion Coefficients and Polydispersities of the Suwannee River Fulvic Acid: Comparison of Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Pulsed-Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, and Flow Field-Flow Fractionation, Environmental Science & Technology, vol 34, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 3508-3513.

Chen, B., Hulston, J., Beckett, R., 2000, The effect of surface coatings on the association of orthophosphate with natural colloids, The Science of the Total Environment, vol 263, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 23-35.

Sharma, R., Beckett, R., 1999, Applications of sedimentation field-vlow fractionation in microbiology, Recent Research Developments in Microbiology, vol 3 part i, Research Signpost, Trivandrum India, pp. 175-193.

Khoshmanesh, A., Hart, B.T., Duncan, A., Beckett, R., 1999, Biotic Uptake and Release of Phosphorus by a Wetland Sediment, Environmental Technology, vol 20, Selper Ltd, UK, pp. 85-91.

Pelekani, C., Newcombe, G., Snoeyink, V.L., Hepplewhite, C., Assemi, S., Beckett, R., 1999, Characterization of Natural Organic Matter Using High Performance Size Exclusion Chromatography, Environmental Science & Technology, vol 33, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 2807-2813.

Ranville, J.F., Chittleborough, D.J., Shanks, F., Morrison, R.J., Harris, T., Doss, F., Beckett, R., 1999, Development of sedimentatin field-flow fractionation-inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry for the characterization of environmental colloids, Analytica Chimica Acta, vol 381, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 315-329.

Douglas, G.B., Hart, B.T., Beckett, R., Gray, C., Oliver, R.L., 1999, Geochemistry of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) in the Murray-Darling River System: a Conceptual Isotopic/Geochemical Model for the Fractionation of Major, Trace and Earth Elements, Aquatic Geochemistry, vol 5, Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht Netherland, pp. 167-194.

Hassellov, M., Lyven, B., Beckett, R., 1999, Sedimentation Field-Flow Fractionation Coupled Online to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry - New Possibilities for Studies of Trace Metal Adsorption onto Natural Colloids, Environmental Science & Technology, vol 33, American Chemical Society, Washington DC USA, pp. 4528-4531.

McKinnon, I.R., Beckett, R., Udabage, P., Augustin, M.A., 1999, The Use of field flow fractionation in the characterization of casein micelles, International Dairy Journal, vol 9 no 3/6, Elsevier Sci Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 391-392.

Sharma, R., Edwards, R.T., Beckett, R., 1998, Analysis of bacteria in aquatic environments using sedimentation field-flow fractionation: (I) Biomass determination, Water Research, vol 32, Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 1497-1507.

Sharma, R., Edwards, R.T., Beckett, R., 1998, Analysis of bacteria in aquatic environments using sedimentation field-flow fractionation: (II) Physical characterization of cells, Water Research, vol 32, Elsevier Science Ltd, UK, pp. 1508-1514.

Nguyen, M., Beckett, R., Pille, L., Solomon, D.H., 1998, Determination of thermal diffusion coefficients for polydisperse polymers and microgels by ThFFF and SEC-MALLS, Macromolecules, vol 31, American Chemical Society, USA, pp. 7003-7009.

Contado, C., Blo, G., Fagioli, F., Dondi, F., Beckett, R., 1997, Characterisation of River Po particles by sedimentation field-flow fractionation coupled to GFAAS and ICP-MS, Colloids and Surfaces, vol 120, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 47-59.

Beckett, R., Murphy, D.M., Tadjiki, S., Chittleborough, D.J., Giddings, J.C., 1997, Determination of thickness, aspect ratio and size distributions for platey particles using sedimentation field-flow fractionation and electron microscopy, Colloids and Surfaces A, vol 120, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 17-26.

Grace, M.R., Hislop, T., Hart, B.T., Beckett, R., 1997, Effect of saline groundwater on the aggregation and settling of suspended particles in a turbid Australian river, Colloids and Surfaces, vol 120, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 123-141.

Dunkel, M., Tri, N., Beckett, R., Caldwell, K.D., 1997, Electrical field-flow fractionation: A tool for characterization of colloidal adsorption complexes, Journal of Microcolumn Separations, vol 9, Wiley, USA, pp. 177-183.

Beckett, R., Giddings, J.C., 1997, Entropic contribution to the retention of nonspherical particles in field-flow fractionation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol 186, Academic Press, USA, pp. 53-59.

Van Berkel, J., Beckett, R., 1997, Estimating the effect of particle surface coatings on the adsorption of orthophosphate using sedimentation field-flow fractionation, Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, vol 20, Marcel Dekker Inc, USA, pp. 2647-2667.

Newcombe, G., Drikas, M., Assemi, S., Beckett, R., 1997, Influence of characterised natural organic material on activated carbon adsorption: I. Characterisation of concentrated reservoir water, Water Research, vol 31, Elsevier, GB, pp. 965-972.

Day, G.M., Hart, B.T., McKelvie, I.D., Beckett, R., 1997, Influence of natural organic matter on the sorption of biocides onto goethite, II. Glyphosate, Environmental Technology, vol 18, Selper, UK, pp. 781-794.

Day, G.M., Hart, B.T., McKelvie, I.D., Beckett, R., 1997, Influence of natural organic matter on the sorption of biscides onto goethite, I. g - BHC and atrazine, Environmental Technology, vol 18, Selper Ltd, UK, pp. 769-779.

Beckett, R., Sharma, R., 1997, Sedimentation field-flow fractionation, Today's Life Science, vol no, Reed Business Information, Australia, pp. 30-33.

McKinnon, I.R., Beckett, R., Murphy, D.M., Sharma, R., Udabage, P., 1997, Size distribution of reconstituted skim milk using field-flow fractionation, Journal of Microcolumn Separations, vol 9, John Wiley & Sons, USA, pp. 557-563.

Udabage, P., Sharma, R., Murphy, D.M., McKinnon, I.R., Beckett, R., 1997, Size distribution of reconstituted skim milk using field-flow fractionation, Journal of Microcolumn Separations, vol 9, Wiley, USA, pp. 557-563.

Conference Proceedings

Khoshmanesh, A., Sharma, R., Beckett, R., 1998, Biomass determination of sediment bacteria by sedimentation field-flow fractionation (SDFFF), 7th International Symposium on Field-Flow Fractionation, Utah 8-11/2/98, University of Utah, USA, p. 6.

Khoshmanesh, A., Hart, B.T., Duncan, A., Beckett, R., 1998, Biotic/abiotic phosphorus uptake and release by Goulburn river sediment: Evidence of direct release from sediment bacteria, 14th Australasian Biotechnology Conference, Adelaide 19-23/4/98, Australian Biotechnology Association, Australia, p. 159.

Van Berkel, J., Beckett, R., 1998, Determination of particle aggregation rates using SPLITT fractionation, 7th International Symposium on Field-Flow Fractionation, Utah 8-11/2/98, University of Utah, USA, p. 21.

Assemi, S., Newcombe, G., Hepplewhite, C., Pelekani, C., Snoeyink, V.L., Beckett, R., 1998, Determination of size and molecular weight of humic substances using flow field-flow fractionation and SEC, 9th International meeting of the International Humic Substances Society - Humic Substances Downunder: Understanding and managing organic matter in soils, sediments and waters, Adelaide 20-25/9/98, International Humic Substances Society, Australia, p. 31.

Tadjiki, S., Chittleborough, D.J., Beckett, R., 1998, Development of a field-flow fractionation method for separation of natural clay particles using FLFFF and SDFFF, 7th International Symposium on Field-Flow Fractionation, Utah 8-11/2/98, University of Utah, USA, pp. 25-26.

Tri, N., Caldwell, K.D., Beckett, R., 1998, Development of electrical FFF, 7th International Symposium on Field-Flow Fractionation, Utah 8-11/2/98, University of Utah, USA, pp. 10-11.

Beckett, R., 1998, Developments in environmental FFF, Seventh International Symposium on Field-Flow Fractionation, Utah 8-11/2/98, University of Utah, USA, p. L2.

Chen, B., Beckett, R., Shand, C.A., 1998, FFFI-ICP-MS assessment of the distribution of extractable metals in the clay-sized fraction from a soil amended with contaminated sewage sludge, Seventh International Symposium on Field-Flow Fractionation, Utah 8-11/2/98, University of Utah, USA, p. P8.

Assemi, S., Hartley, P.G., Scales, P.J., Beckett, R., 1998, Investigation of adsorbed humic substances using atomic force microscopy, 9th International Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society - Humic Substances Downunder: Understanding and managing organic matter in soils, sediments and waters, Adelaide 20-25/9/98, International Humic Substances Society, Australia, p. 31.

Ranville, J.F., Chittleborough, D.J., Beckett, R., 1998, Investigation of soil colloid properties using SDFFF-ICP-MS, 7th International Symposium on Field-Flow Fractionation, Utah 8-11/2/98, University of Utah, USA, p. 4.

Van Berkel, J., Beckett, R., Silvester, E., 1998, The geochemical cycling of Fe, Mn and orthophosphate in a reservoir, Australian Society for Limnology, 37th Annual Congress, Peak Crossing QLD 3-6/7/98, Australian Society for Limnology, Australia, p. 97.

Beckett, R., Van Berkel, J., 1998, The geochemical cycling of phosphate during artificial destratification of a water storage reservoir, Water Quality and Waste Treatment, Lombok Indonesia 19-22/10/98, Australian-Indonesian Environmental Science Projet, Lombok Indonesia, p. 12.

McKinnon, I.R., Beckett, R., Udabage, P., Augustin, M., 1998, The use of field flow fractionation in the characterization of casein miscelles, 20th Australian Colloid and Surface Chemistry Student Conference, Harndorf SA 9-13/2/98, Australian Colloid and Surface Chemistry, SA Australia, p. 60.

Beckett, R., 1997, Fractionation and analysis of environmental colloids using field-flow fractionation and related techniques, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Las Vegas, Nevada, 7-11/9/97, ACS, USA, pp. 56-57.

Beckett, R., Van Berkel, J., 1997, The role of colloids in the geochemical cycling of phosphate in an Australian water storage reservoir, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Las Vegas, Nevada 7-11/9/97, ACS, USA, pp. 88-89.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Completed Supervision

Student:

Assemi, S.

Program of Study:

USE OF FLOW FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION FOR THE CHARACTERISATION OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main), Hart, B (Associate).

Student:

Booth, W.

Program of Study:

THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF NATURAL SALINE BRINES AND THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE HARVESTING OF ALGAL CAROTENOIDS. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Mckinnon, I (Main), Beardall, J (Associate), Beckett, R (Associate).

Student:

Chen, B.

Program of Study:

INVESTIGATION OF POLLUTANTS ASSOCIATED WITH SOIL AND SEDIMENT COLOIDS. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main).

Student:

Fonseka, K.

Program of Study:

CHARACTERISATION OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER IN DICUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main).

Student:

Khoshmanesh, A.

Program of Study:

BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE AND RELEASE BY SEDIMENT: DEVELOPMENT OF A PROCESS-BASED MATHEMATICAL MODEL. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main), Historical Supervisor, I (Associate).

Student:

Le, J.

Program of Study:

CONTAMINANT SPECIATION USING THIN CHANNEL SEPARATION TECHNIQUES. (Masters) 2000.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main).

Student:

San Felipe, Z.

Program of Study:

An evaluation of the boyer paper mill ecological risk assessment process. (Masters) 2002.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main), Hart, B (Associate).

Student:

Tadjiki, S.

Program of Study:

STUDIES ON THE CHARACTERIZATION AND BEHAVIOR OF SOIL COLLOIDS USING FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION. (PHD) 2000.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main), Hart, B (Associate).

Student:

Tangtreamjitmun, N.

Program of Study:

DEVELOPMENT OF ACOUSTIC SPLIT-FLOW THIN-CHANNEL FRACTIONATION. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Joint-Co), Morrison, R (Joint).

Student:

Tri, N.

Program of Study:

SEPARATION OF PARTICLES USING ACOUSTIC FORCES IN THIN CHANNELS. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Beckett, R (Main).