Richard Wuhrer is the Facility Research Manager of the Advanced Materials Characterisation Facility (AMCF) at Western Sydney University (WSU) and holds a PhD in Applied Science from UTS. 

Richard has extensive experience on various scanning electron microscopes, variable pressure and environmental scanning electron microscopes, microanalysis systems, X-ray mapping and X-ray diffraction. He has been involved in major research activities in the field of characterisation techniques, SEM, ESEM, EDS, WDS, XRM, EM maintenance, GSR, forensic characterisation techniques, thermal analysis, vibrational spectroscopy, EM Probe and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). He has also taught many courses and workshops on these techniques, as well as in the field of Materials Science and Engineering (Metallurgy, Organic and Inorganic Materials, Corrosion Science, Composites and Surface Engineering). He has extensive experience and successful collaborations with industry and instrument manufacturers in these areas. 

Richard is the Past President of the Australian Microbeam Analysis Society (AMAS). He has over 300 reviewed publications on a variety of topics from art works to gunshot residue analysis, surface engineering, biomimicry, development of new alloys and new materials. His main-focus however, remains on characterisation techniques and further development of these techniques through combining systems and aiding in the analysis of materials and biological materials.