Patrick A Burr

Associate Professor Patrick A Burr is affiliated with UNSW Sydney's Faculty of Engineering. His research focuses on materials degradation in extreme environments, particularly nuclear and energy applications. He specializes in computational materials modeling, radiation-matter interactions, and advancing technologies for fusion energy, nuclear waste management, and renewable energy storage.

• PhD in computational materials for fission and fusion applications, Imperial College London, 2015
• MEng (Hons) in Material Science, First Class, Imperial College London

His expertise spans nuclear fuel cycles, next-generation reactor materials (Gen IV, SMRs), and cross-disciplinary applications to solar cells, batteries, and electrochemical capacitors. He actively supervises PhD projects in hydrogen storage, fusion shielding materials, and atomic-scale nuclear material simulations.

• Scientific Awards: ARC mid-career industry fellowship

He has secured over $1.4M in ARC funding for fusion material life prediction, $1.02M for shielding materials with EPRI/CSIRO, and substantial international partnerships including a $7.8M SUNRISE project grant with Swedish institutions. His work leverages national neutron scattering facilities, computational infrastructure, and UNSW's research ecosystem.