Vanessa K. Peterson is a Neutron Instrument Scientist, at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
She established an independent research program at ANSTO which specialised on improving understanding of energy systems and how they work.
[2] In 1999, Peterson obtained a first class honors degree in chemistry at the University of Technology in Sydney (UTS), followed in 2004 by a PhD at UTS and ANSTO, on "Diffraction investigations of cement clinker and tricalcium silicate using Rietveld analysis".
She leads a group researching energy technologies, including lithium batteries,[6] and fuel cells for cars which use petrol alternatives.
[10][11] Peterson publishes on a wide range of topics, including the physics or materials function, atomic scale structure, and low emissions technology such as lithium batteries.