Areas of Expertise

• Analytical (Chemistry) Method development
• Instrumental method development
• Pesticide Formulation analysis
• Pesticide Residue analysis
• Metabolic and environmental fate of Pesticides (Agrochemicals)
• Toxicology of Agrochemicals (Pesticides and Herbicides)

Background

Tony Tyler provides scientific leadership for the analytical and diagnostic service effort to the NSW Department of Primary Industries organic chemistry laboratory located at the Wollongbar Agricultural Institute.

He joined NSW Agriculture* in 1991 as the chemist in charge of the cattle dip testing laboratory which came under the Cattle Tick Program.  He moved to the Chemical Research Laboratory (CRL) at Lismore in 1999 and was there until the CRL amalgamated with the Organic section at Wollongbar.

Tony has over 30 years scientific laboratory experience in Primary Industry and other analytical chemistry laboratories in Australia.  He has co-authored 12 scientific papers, mainly in peer-reviewed publications.

He is currently an Analytical Chemist at Wollongbar and an advisor to the World Health Organisation on Pesticide Formulation Specifications.

*NSW Department of Primary Industries was formed on July 1, 2004 through an amalgamation of NSW Agriculture, NSW Fisheries, State Forests of NSW and the NSW Department of Mineral Resources.

Qualifications

• Certificate in Industrial Chemistry 1974 Queensland Institute of Technology
• Bachelor of Applied Science (Applied Chemistry) 1981 Queensland University (previously Institute) of Technology  
• Masters of Science (Candidate - External by Research) 2004 to 2008 – Southern Cross University – Thesis in submission

Current priorities

• Analysis of pesticide residues in foods and environmental samples
• Analysis of pesticide formulations in cattle and fruit dips
• Analysis of pesticide formulations for compliance 
• Environmental Chemistry – Removal of Estrogens from wastewaters using constructed wetlands
• Analytical Chemistry support to Environmental Research Projects

Select Publications

Tony Tyler (2008) “Horizontal Sub-surface Flow Constructed Wetlands (Reed Beds) effective in reducing Estrogen concentrations from primary treated effluent” MSc Thesis in submission

Tony Tyler (2008) “Evaluation Report on Specifications for Fenitrothion” WHO publication, in press

Li, C., T. Tyler, et al. (2007) "Optimisation of analytical method for estrogen in surface water and primary risk assessment in South Creek." Int. J. Water 3(4): 334–346

Tony Tyler (December 2006) “Testing soils for residues of persistent chemicals” PRIMEFACT No 320

Tony Tyler (2007) “Constructed Wetlands effective in reducing Estrogens in Sewage” presented at the What’s in our water Conference in Canberra, Australia

Tony Tyler (2007) “Analysis of Estrogens in Sewage by derivatisation and GC/MS” presented at the 21st Chemical Residue Chemists in Melbourne, Australia

Professional associations and activities

• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) member for 27 yrs
• Australian & New Zealand Society of Mass Spectrometry (ANZSMS) member for 4 yrs

Fields of Research

• 030108 Separation Science
• 030101 Analytical Spectrometry
• 030106 Quality Assurance, Chemometrics, Traceability and Metrological Chemistry
• 039901 Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry)
• 050206 Environmental Monitoring 
• 050299 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)

Keyword/phrase list of research interests

• pesticide formulations
• pesticide residues
• analytical chemistry
• pesticide chemistry
• environmental fate of pesticides
• endocrine disrupting compounds
• toxicology