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Biography

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Academic Education and Qualifications

B.Sc. (Geology) Beloit College, l983
M.S. (Geology) University of Missouri-Rolla, l989
Ph.D. (Geology) Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, l994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

l994-1997     Post Doctoral Fellow, Petrochemistry and Experimental Petrology Group, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU.

• Lecturer Geology/RSES, ANU

2002       Tenured Senior Lecturer DEMS/RSES, ANU.

SOCIETIES AND JOURNALS:

1999-2004    Associate Editor, Economic Geology

Member:   

• Geological Society of Australia
• Society of Economic Geologists
• American Geophysical Union

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

ARC:

2001-2003 (CI: Mavrogenes) Cu solubility in supercritical hydrothermal brines measured in synthetic fluid inclusions “Large grant”, 150K.

2003-2005 (CI’s: O’Neill, Hermann, Mavrogenes and Arculus) Properties of hydrous fluids and silicate melts at very high pressures and temperatures, Discovery Grant, 240K.

2004 (CI’s McCulloch, ….Mavrogenes et al.) World-leading elemental and isotopic microanalysis and chemical speciation facilities for an environmentally sustainable Australia, LIEF Grant, 400K.

2004-2006 (CI: Mavrogenes) Sulfide Partial melting at Broken Hill: Process and Implications, Discovery Grant, 120K.

2006-2008 (CI’s Barley (UWA), Fiorentini (UWA), Mavrogenes et al.) Experimental constraints on Platinum-Group Element geochemistry: developing lithogeochemical exploration tools for nickel-sulfides in mafic and ultramafic systems, Linkage Grant, 160K (ANU share: 110K).

ANSTO:

1999-2006 Berry, O’Neill, Evans and Mavrogenes. Funding to visit synchrotrons; APS, Chicago and NSRRC, Taiwan, 50K.

CSIRO E&M:

2003-2006 Post doctoral Fellowship, Half salary and research support, 175K.

INDUSTRY:

1997-1999 Resolute Pty Ltd, Petrogenesis of the Challenger Au prospect, South Australia, 60K.

1998-2005 Small grants from Mining Companies to support honours students, 40K.

TEACHING:

1995-2003, 2005 GEOL3007 Economic Geology, Coordinator and Lecturer.

2000-2006 SREM2007/GEOL2016 Resources and Environmental Geochemistry, Coordinator (2000-2003) and Contributing Lecturer (2000-2006).

2001-2006 GEOL1002/1005 Earth Science, Coordinator 2002, 2006; Contributing Lecturer 2001-2006.

2004 GEOL2013 Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Petrology, Contributing Lecturer.

SERVICE:

2005-  Geoscience Curriculum sub-committee Chairman

2005- RSES Graduate Recruitment committee member

2005-Microprobe Committee Chairman

2001-2003 Geology Representative on Board of the Faculty of Science

1998RSES Chairman of Faculties

INVITED/KEYNOTE PRESTATIONS:

2003 New Frontiers in Research on Magmatic NiS-PGE Mineralisation, Centre for Global Metallogeny, University of Western Australia, Invited Speaker.

2005 STOMP (Structure and Tectonics of Mineralisation Processes) Conference, Townsville, Queensland. Keynote Speaker.

2005 Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Geochemistry, Andover N.H., Invited Speaker.