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Mr Matthew Oosthuizen

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 0450783109
Mobile: 0450 783 109
Email: m.oosthuizen@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  

Matthew is a Lecturer and Unit Coordinator in Occupational and Environmental Health within the School of Medical and Health Sciences at Edith Cowan University. His teaching and research focus on occupational hygiene, chemical exposure risk management, workplace health monitoring, and laboratory safety, and he also teaches introductory chemistry and physics concepts for occupational and environmental health students.

Current Teaching

  • OHS1120 semester 2 and HST2258 semester 2

Background

Worked as a private tutor with Learnmate between 2018 and 2022, providing mathematics and chemistry support to secondary school students while completing undergraduate and masters by research. Since 2022, has also worked as a casual demonstrator and tutor at Edith Cowan University, teaching first- and second-year chemistry units

Professional Association

  • Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists (AIOH) - member

Awards and Recognition

  • Academic excellence scholarship ($15,000) - Curtin University
  • Research Training Program (RTP) Commonwealth Stipend and Fees Scholarship awarded in 2024 - PhD

Research and Areas of Interest

  • Safety Leadership
  • Occupational hygiene and exposure assessment
  • Chemical risk management in laboratory environments
  • Workplace air monitoring and health surveillance
  • Respiratory hazards, including respirable crystalline silica and welding fumes
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and ultrafine particle emissions
  • Occupational and environmental toxicology
  • University laboratory safety and safety culture
  • Occupational health education and training
  • Risk assessment and control verification
  • Workplace exposure standards and regulatory compliance

Qualifications

  • Master of Science, Edith Cowan University, 2023.
  • Professional Equivalence, Edith Cowan University, 2022.
  • Bachelor of Science, Curtin University of Technology, 2020.

Research Outputs

2025

Journal Articles

  • Oosthuizen, M., Staples, K., Liebenberg, A., Padamsey, K., Cattani, M., McCarthy, A., Oosthuizen, J. (2025). Occupational Exposure to Diesel Particulate Matter in Western Australian Mining: A Retrospective Analysis and Challenges to Future Compliance. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(1), 1412.
  • Oosthuizen, M., Staples, K., Liebenberg, A., Padamsey, K., Cattani, M., McCarthy, A., Oosthuizen, J. (2025). Welding Fume in the Western Australian Mining Industry: Impact of a Change to the Workplace Exposure Standard.. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(8), Article number 1238. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22081238.
  • Liebenberg, A., Padamsey, K., Staples, K., Oosthuizen, M., Cattani, M., McCarthy, A., Oosthuizen, J. (2025). Assessing compliance with evolving exposure standards: Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) exposure in Western Australian Mining. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(10), 1567. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22101567.
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