[3] His PhD thesis was entitled "Investigation and characterisation of co-precipitation syntheses for the production of La1-xSrxMnO3" in the field of "Solid oxide fuel cells using Perovskite and ceramic powders".

[4] After 12 months traveling and work in Europe,[1] he returned to Australia and commenced work at the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in the education children's division, where he visited schools & juvenile detention centres presenting scientific experiments & explanations for the audience.

Network Ten in conjunction with CSIRO developed a programme called Scope, initially airing on Mondays at 4pm.

Dr Rob's appearances on Scope are nearly always in his signature white lab coat, even scuba diving in it one episode about marine life.

In 2006, Scope was nominated for "Most Outstanding Children's Program" in the 2006 TV Week Logie awards.

In February 2008, Dr Rob flew to New York City to appear on the Rachael Ray Show, where he used a food theme to demonstrate some scientific principles, using ingredients such as corn starch and hydrogen peroxide.

[15] Dr Rob also appeared as a member of the Brains Trust on episode 13 of The Einstein Factor, on ABC Television in Australia, which went to air on 3 May 2009.