Barry J. Wood, BSc Chemistry (Qld), PhD Materials Science (UNSW), is Scientific Manager for X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy in the Centre of Microscopy and Microanalysis (CMM) at the University of Queensland (UQ). He has 35 years’ experience in X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and, prior to joining the CMM, was manager of the Brisbane Surface Analysis Facility in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Queensland where surface analysis and consultation for industry was carried out on a daily basis. He has also been involved with a host of research groups within UQ, Queensland University of Technology, Griffith University, The University of NSW, The University of Melbourne and North-West University Potchefstroom South Africa, which has resulted in co-author of 74 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He was, for many years, Standards Australia’s representative for ISO TC201 - Surface Chemical Analysis.