Andrew Shalliker is a Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Western Sydney. He graduated from Deakin University with a BSc(Hons) (1997), a PhD (1992) and a DSc (2012). He has been employed in numerous positions, nationally and internationally, a QUT Postdoctoral Fellow (1995-1997) and as a Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge in Tennessee (1997-1999). In 1999 accepted a Lectureship position at the University of Western Sydney. In 2013 he was promoted to the position of Professor. He heads a small research group that explores a variety of aspects associated with liquid chromatography. In particular, the research areas of interest are in the development of column technology, stationary phase design and the separation of complex samples using multidimensional approaches. He has approximately 110 publications and 6 patents.