Prof. Pavel Nesterenko, from the School of Chemistry at the University of Tasmania, Australia, visited the NCSR recently.  Prof. Nesterenko is a collaborator with the Mask Marie Curie IRES programme.  During his visit he met with Prof. Dermot Diamond and discussed strategic cooperation between the ACROSS Centre, University of Tasmania and the NCSR, particularly through the proposed ACE Obs environmental monitoring/earth observation proposal to be submitted to SFI.