Earth Sciences
Our Research
Solid Earth Research focuses on four research themes which covers geodynamics, structural geology and structural geophysics, pure and applied geochemistry, economic geology, hydrogeology, environmental mineralogy, volcanology and applied palaeontology (basin analysis).
Structure and Dynamics of the Earth's Crust
- Lithosphere Exploration
- Structural Geology
- Structural Geophysics
- Plate Tectonics and Geodynamics
- Crustal Fluid Dynamics
- Near Surface Geophysics and Earth quake Hazards
- U-Discovery: Drones and Analytics in Earth, Atmosphere and Environmental Research
Simulation of Earth's Processes
- Mineral Surface Science and Microstructures
- Hydrothermal Experiments
- Mineral Reactions
- Bio-Mineralogy
- Synchrotron (+neutron) geoscience
- Experimental petrology
Minerals Metals and Energy
Deep Earth and Planetary Science
- Mantle Convection, SZ and Numerical Modelling
- Meteoritics and Planetary research
- Geochemistry of the Crust and mantle (Including IODP)
- Volcanology
- Environmental Geochemistry
Academic and Research Staff
Dr Laurent Ailleres: Structural Geophysics and 3D Modelling
Marion Anderson: Geochemistry of Yarra Valley Billabongs, Mineralogy and Geomorphology of Mars, Early Evolution of Life
Dr Robin Armit: Structural Geology, Structural Geophysics, Proterozoic tectonics
Professor Peter Betts: Tectonics, structural geology, structural geophysics
Professor Joel Brugger: Synchrotron Geoscience and Geochemistry
Associate Professor Fabio Capitanio: Geodynamics and Basin Analysis
Professor Ian Cartwright: Hydrochemistry, Groundwater, Surface water, Isotope tracers in Hydrogeology
Professor Peter Cawood: Origins and evolution of the Earth’s continental lithosphere, plate tectonics, structural geology, isotope geochemistry
Alok Chaudhari: Sulphide minerals, SEM FIB, XRay Diffraction
Dr Priyadarshi Chowdhury: Evolution of the Earth's Lithosphere Dynamics and Continental Crust; Petrology, Geodynamic Modelling
Professor Sandy Cruden: Experimental Tectonics and Structural Geology
Gan Duan: Hydrothermal fluids, fluid flow, rock deformation, ore formation
Dr Andrew Frierdich: Low-temperature Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Environmental Science, Sustainable ore-processing.
Dr Lachlan Grose: Structural Geology, 3D Geological modelling methods
Qiushi Guan: Thermodynamics, hydrothermal geochemistry
Dr Richard Jones: Glaciology, Geochronology, Geomorphology. Past behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets
Professor Andrew Mackintosh: Interactions between Glaciers, Ice Sheets and the Climate System
Dr Erin Martin: Tectonics, Paleogeography and Isotope Geochemistry of major changes in Earth history
Dr Felicity McCormack: Antarctica, Ice Sheet modelling and dynamics
Dr Laura Miller: Geochemistry and Experimental Petrology with a focus on Trace Element Geochemistry
Associate Professor Oliver Nebel: Geochemist, focus on High Temperature Processes
Dr Yona Nebel-Jacobsen: Lu-Hf, U-Pb, Zircons, General isotope Geochemistry and Analytical Models and Techniques
Dr Zsanett Pinter: Experimental Petrology, Geochemistry, Volatiles in the Earth's mantle, Melt-Rock Interactions
Dr Anindita Samsu: Geological fractures, basins, and structural inheritance
Dr Dan Sandiford: Earthquakes and plate tectonics
Dr Elisabeth Scobiorski: Geochronology, Petrochronology, and the evolution of the continental crust
Dr Anja Slim: Geological fluid dynamics
Associate Professor Andrew Tomkins: Economic Geology and Planetary Science
Professor Roberto Weinberg: Structural Geology, Granites and Crustal Fluid Flow
Dr Ross Whitmore: Applications of terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides to tectonic and surficial processes
Dr Yanlu Xing: Geochemistry, Thermodynamic Modelling, Hydrothermal Experiment, and Ore forming process.
Dr Xueying Yang: Isotopic geochemistry