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Biography

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Academic Education and Qualifications

1984: BA (Hons) in Geological Sciences, Trinity College, Cambridge Univ., UK,
1988: MA & PhD (Mineralogy/Metamorphic Petrology), Trinity College, Cambridge Univ., UK.
1988: Temporary Postdoc, Interdisciplinary Centre for High-Tc Superconductivity, Cambridge Univ., UK.
1988-90: Postdoc (Baryte solution/precipitation kinetics), Earth Sciences Department, Cambridge Univ., UK.
1990-3: Postdoc (Phase transitions at high pressure using synchrotron X-rays, diamond anvil cell design), Chemistry Department, Leicester Univ., UK.
"1993-4: Scientific Officer (temporary) Synchrotron Radiation Division, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK."
1994-9: Research Fellow, Disordered Materials Group, Research School of Chemistry, ANU.
2000: Technical Officer (casual) Forestry Dept, Faculty of Science, ANU.
2000-1: Research Fellow, Applied Mathematics Dept, Research School of Physical Science and Engineering, ANU.
2001-8: Scientific Officer in Geology Dept (2001-4), Earth and Marine Sciences Dept (2004-7) and Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU.

2007-, Coordinator, PhB program for Earth Sciences exclusive of Geophysics.
2007-, Co-convenor, 2nd year Mineralogy Undergraduate Program.
2005: K.S.W. Campbell Award for outstanding teaching in DEMS.

1998-: Associate Editor, "Mineralogical Magazine" (UK).
2007-: Australian National Representative, Commision for New Minerals and Mineral Classification, International Mineralogical Association.
2008-: Member, Pyrochlore Subcommittee of CNMMC, IMA.

Students Supervised:

PhD:

2008-: Fern Beavis (advisory panel with D.J. Ellis, S.A. Welch, S.M. Eggins). Multi-
element comparisons of natural and anthropogenic inputs into pristine estuarine
sediments, Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia.

2007-: Andrew Fyfe (advisory panel with R.J. Arculus, J.A. Mavrogenes, D.J. Ellis, C.
Gray). Geochemistry and petrogensis of magnetite bodies in Cane Grass deposit,
Yilgarn Block, Western Australia.

2007-: Andrew Higgins (advisory panel with S.G. Beavis, S.A. Welch, D.J.Ellis, U.
Troitzsch). Sulfidic materials and management of wetlands in the
lower Murray floodplain, Southeast Australia.

2007-: Simeon Hui (RSES; advisory panel with M.D. Norman, R.J. Arculus, M. Honda,
T. Ireland). Micro-impactors of the Earth and Moon: characteristics of
micrometeorites and lunar impact spherules and their implications for Solar System evolution.

2003-7: Julie Brown (co-supervision with R.J.Arculus, D.J. Ellis) The Deep Sulfur Cycle: insights from sulfide metamorphism in blueschist and eclogite, N.E. New Caledonia.
Submitted Apr. 2007. Accepted.

2002-7: Chris Gunton (co-supervision with D.C. McPhail). "An experimental study
of the effect of NaCl and Na2SO4 on CuII and Zn adsorption onto synthetic
goethite." Submitted Jan. 2007. Accepted.

2002-6: Anna Carnerup (co-supervision with S.T. Hyde, A-K Larsson, Dept. Applied Mathematics, RSPhysSE). "Biomorphs: morphology, chemistry and implications for the identification of early life". Submitted Jan. 2007. Accepted.

M.Phil:

2007-: Adi Maulana. Petrology of basement complexes in S.W. Sulawesi, Indonesia (chair of panel; co-supervision with D.J. Ellis).

Honours:

2007: Katherine Bermingham (Hales Scholar; co-supervision with M. Norman, RSES):
"Eucrites: an investigation into early planetary differentiation".

2007: Jenna Roberts (co-supervision with M.D. Norman, RSES):
"Lunar Impact-Melt breccias collected from the Apollo 17 Site".

2005: Andy Fyfe (co-supervision with R.J. Arculus, D.J. Ellis): "Retrograde
metamorphism and exhumation of Ultra-High Pressure majorite-bearing
ultramafic rocks from Qaidam, Central China".

2003: Ned Summerhayes (co-supervision with D.C. McPhail, K. Scott). "Zinc
mobility in the regolith: hemimorphite solubility".

3rd Year Special Topic:

2006: Katherine Bermingham (co-supervision with R.J. Arculus): characterisation of meteorite samples.