Dr Matthew Sorell
Dr Matthew Sorell is Senior Lecturer in Telecommunications and Multimedia Engineering at the University of Adelaide, and was a member of the first Australian Physics Olympiad team in 1987. He has received numerous faculty and university awards for excellence in teaching, and is an active researcher in forensic analysis of digital multimedia and consultant to the telecommunications industry and regulators around the world. In 2008 he launched the annual e-Forensics conference on Forensic Applications and Techniques in Telecommunications, Information and Multimedia, and he is an Associate Editor of the International Journal on Digital Crime and Forensics.
Dr Sorell recognises that his Olympiad experience kick-started his career in research and academia and represents a great opportunity for our brightest young scientists to demonstrate their full potential. He was appointed to the Board of ASI in 2007 to represent the interests of the alumni of the Australian Science Olympiad teams.