MY BIOGRAPHY

I attended Lilydale High School in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) and graduated from the University of Melbourne, majoring in Chemistry. However, rather than pursue PhD studies for which my undergraduate course was designed, I opted to work in various fields to obtain a broader knowledge base. I have worked in private industry, government research, and teaching. I now live in Buderim, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I have travelled extensively within Australia and overseas for discussions, lectures, and conferences. The main fields that I have worked in include:

• Electrochemistry
• Pharmaceutical R&D
• Nutrient Recycling at Coral Reefs
• HPLC/ GC-MS/ NMR/ FT-IR/ FT-MS
• Humic Acids
• Climate Change
• Chemistry and Mathematics Teaching

I began researching humic acids in 1986, and largely completed the basic research by 1996. This was part of a project to identify and quantify fluorescent bands in coral skeletons. These bands led to the hind-casting of rainfall levels in tropical areas (such as Northern Queensland) where tree-ring analysis has little potential. For further information refer to my biography in Who’s Who in the World (Marquis, New York, USA, 1995-), and in Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis, New York, USA, 1995/6-).

My 5 most important publications are:

Klein, R., Loya, Y., Gvirtzman, G., Isdale, P.J. & Susic, M.Seasonal rainfall in the Sinai Desert during the Late Quaternary inferred from fluorescent bands in fossil corals. Nature, 345, 145-147 (1990), plus cover photo and article.

Susic, M. & Alongi, D.M. Determination of terrestrial markers in marine environments by gas chromatography–mass-selective detection compared to high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection. Journal of Chromatography A, 758, 243-254 (1997).

Susic, M. & Boto, K.G. High-performance liquid chromatography determination of humic acids in environmental samples at the nano-gram level using fluorescence detection. Journal of Chromatography, 502, 443-446 (1990).

Susic, M., Boto, K.G. & Isdale, P.J. Fluorescent coral skeletal bands result from terrestrial runoff. Marine Chemistry, 33, 91-104 (1991).

Susic, M. & Isdale, P. A model for humic acid carbon export from a tropical river system using coral skeletal fluorescence data. In Hydraulic and Environmental Modelling of Coastal, Estuarine and River Waters (ed. Falconer, R.A.,Goodwin, P. & Matthews, R.G.S.), PP. 588-597 (Gower, Aldershot, UK, 1989).

MY PHOTO OF MYSELF SIGHTSEEING IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA


DINING OUT WITH MY WIFE ISABEL IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA