Dermot Henry has worked at Museum Victoria since 1982 in a variety of roles within the Geosciences collections. Since 2001 Dermot has been Manager of Natural Science collections. This role is responsible for coordinating the collection management functions across the Natural Science collections.
Dermot has published on a variety of mineralogical, petrological and meteoritical topics and has edited and contributed to three books on Victorian mineralogy. Since 1995 he has been the editor of the Australian Journal of Mineralogy. Dermot is a keen ‘field collector’ of rocks and minerals for the museum, collecting at sites around Australia and overseas. He has also encouraged significant donations by collectors to the Museum through the Federal Government’s Cultural Gifts program.
In recent times he has participated in studies using synchrotron radiation for the analysis of Phar Lap’s hair and of ancient Egyptian pigments.