Professor
Ben Selinger A.M. is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, the
Academy of Forensic Sciences and a Member of the Royal Institution of
Great Britain. He has served on the Council of the Australian Consumers
Assoc., Canberra Consumers, CSIRO Advisory Board, and on the National
Occupational Health and Safety Commission. Further details see
International Who's Who.
E-mail Prof Selinger : 
Telephone: 61 (0) 262815076, mobile 0407460339
My areas of interest include:
- Chemistry in the
Marketplace - in continuous print for 35 years.
- Chemicals, Health and the Law (Versel Scientific Consultants)
- For the Australian Government, I have
chaired the Independent Panel on Intractable Waste and the Scheduled
Waste Working Group, followed by Chair of the Board of Directors of the
National Registration
Authority for agricultural and veterinary chemicals, as well as
numerous consultancies such as , asbestos, use of DDT in the Solomon
Islands, illicit drugs manufacture in Australia, gas poisoning on HMAS
Stalwart, scheduled waste at ICI Botany. I am currently working for the
Olympic
Co-ordiantion Authority on issues related to the (contaminated)
Olympic Site.
- I initiated an ABC talk-back programme 'Dial-a-Scientist' and am
actively involved in media presentation of science.
- Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (2007).
- Made a life member of CHOICE (Australian Consumers Association) 2007
Selected Publications
Why the Watermelon Won't Ripen in Your Armpit.
A collection of 'quirky' science questions with the answers provided
in terms that can be understood by non-scientists.
Allen & Unwin Australia (2000).
Chemistry in the Marketplace.
5th edition. Harcourt Brace, Sydney, (1998).
Risky Business.
Friday night Discourse at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Oct
24th 1997.
That Science is
a Health Hazard. World Series Debates, (ABCTV, 1994).
Scientific
Evaluation, in 'Expert Evidence'. (Eds. Freckleton and Selby)
The Law Book Co. (1993 - ).
Committing chemistry in a public
place. [ANZAAS Medal speech]. Chem. Aust., 605, November (1993) .
Thinking with Fourier, with
"Mac Fourier" (Macintosh Application). With Ralph
Sutherland et al., Oxford University Press (1991).
How to pick an
Expert. 2nd International Criminal Law Congress,
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