Our people
Head of Department
Professor Juan Carlos Afonso
Professor Juan Carlos Afonso is a theoretical geophysicist and geodynamicist. His research focuses on the thermochemical structure and evolution of the lithospheric mantle, the mechanical and geochemical interactions between tectonic plates and the sublithospheric upper mantle, and their effects on small- and large-scale tectonic processes. His most recent research combines multiscale probabilistic inversion and numerical modelling techniques to address some of the most fundamental questions about the nature and evolution of the lithosphere and upper mantle using a formal combination of multiple satellite- (e.g. gravity, magnetic field) and land-based (e.g. geochemistry, seismic) data sets. He also works on the development of numerical algorithms to model the complex couplings between geochemical and geodynamic processes inside planets at multiple scales.
Deputy Head of Department
Professor Simon Martin Clark
Professor Simon Martin Clark’s research interests span the Earth and Materials Sciences. He uses neutron and synchrotron x-ray scattering and imaging to study material properties under non-ambient conditions and/or as a function of time. Current projects include development of proton conduction models for minerals and rocks, determining the atomic structures of liquids and melts and understanding concrete cancer.
Deputy Head of Department
Professor Simon George
Professor Simon George is an organic geochemist and marine geoscientist. He works especially on research areas to do with the geochemical record of the early evolution of life, petroleum geochemistry, marine geoscience, and bioremediation in cold climates. He teaches across all years, including the popular astrobiology unit “Life, The Universe and Everything”. He is also the director of the Macquarie University Marine Research Centre.
Academic Staff
| Name and contact details |
|---|
Prof. Juan Carlos Afonso |
Prof. Simon Clark |
Prof. Simon George |
Dr April Abbott |
Dr Olivier Alard |
Dr. Elena Belousova |
A/Prof. Nathan Daczko |
Dr. Christopher Firth |
Dr. Richard Flood |
Prof. Stephen Foley |
A/Prof. Heather Handley |
| Dr. Steven Hansen Title: Lecturer Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 107 E: steven.hansen@mq.edu.au |
Prof. Dorrit Jacob |
Prof. Martin Kennedy |
Dr. Mark Lackie |
Dr. Stefan Loehr |
A/Prof. Craig O’Neill |
Prof. Sue O’Reilly |
A/Prof. Tracy Rushmer |
A/Prof. Bruce Schaefer |
Dr. Kate Selway |
Prof. Simon Turner |
A/Prof. Yingjie Yang |
Professional Staff
| Name and contact details |
|---|
Ms. Jennifer Rowland |
| Ms. Sarah Collison Position: Senior Scientific Officer/ Fieldwork Manager Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 325 E: sarah.collison@mq.edu.au |
| Mr. Phil Dartnell Position: Academic Administratror Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 318 E: philip.dartnell@mq.edu.au |
| Ms. Rebecca (Bec) Dodd Position: Administration and Outreach Coordinator Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 318 E: bec.dodd@mq.edu.au |
| Ms. Aida Pujol Position: Administrator Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 318 E: aida.pujol@mq.edu.au |
Mr. Amit Shrestha |
Ms Fiona Yang (on leave) |
Scientific Staff
| Name and contact details |
|---|
Mrs Manal Bebbington |
Dr Steve Craven |
Dr Yi-Jen Lai |
Dr. Timothy Murphy |
Mr Peter Wieland |
Mr Nigel Wilson |
Research Staff
| Nam and contact details |
|---|
Dr Soumaya Abbassi |
Dr. John Adam |
Dr. Oliver Gaul |
Dr. Yoann Greau |
Dr. Jin-Xiang Huang |
Anthony Lanati |
Dr. Lucy McGee |
Dr Sean Murray |
Dr. Lev Natapov |
Dr Karita Neghandhi |
| Farshad Salajegheh Position: Research Assistant Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 115 E: farshad.salajegheh@mq.edu.au |
Dr. Bin Shan |
Dr Liene Spruzeniece |
Dr Shima Taheri |
Dr. Siqi Zhang |
Emeriti and Honorary Staff
Emeriti Staff
| Name | |
|---|---|
Emeritus Prof Trevor Green | trevor.green@els.mq.edu.au |
Emeritus Prof John Veveers | john.veevers@mq.edu.au |
Emeritus Prof Ronald Vernon | |
Emeritus Prof John Talent | jatalent32@gmail.com |
Emeritus Prof P Blair Hostetler | |
Emeritus Prof Peter Howard |
Honorary Associates
| Name | |
|---|---|
Dr John Adam | john.adam@mq.edu.au |
Dr Aharon Arakel | |
| Dr James Austin | james.austin@csiro.au |
Mr Stephen Cross | |
Dr Michael Cunningham | |
Dr Bruce Dickson | |
Dr David Durney | david.durney@mq.edu.au |
Ms Katherine Farrow | |
Dr Andrew Green | |
| bill.griffin@mq.edu.au | |
Professor Kaj Hoernle | |
Dr Vlad Malkovets | |
Associate Professor Ruth Mawson | ruth.mawson@mq.edu.au |
Dr Peter McCabe | |
Mr Paul Meszaros | paul.meszaros@mq.edu.au |
Miss Melissa Murphy | melissa.murphy@mq.edu.au |
Dr Ian Percival | |
Mr Abhish Prakash | |
Dr Phillip Schmidt | |
Dr Catherine Stafford | |
Professor Roger Summons |
Postgraduate Students
MRes Students
| Name and contact details |
|---|
Cameron Brown |
Christopher Corcoran |
Omar Elkhaligi |
Michael Farmer |
Anthony Finn |
Lucas Gamertsfelder |
Byron Gear |
Hindol Ghatak |
Tasman Gillfeather-Clark |
Harrison Jones |
Melanie Kime |
Stephanie Kovach |
Colleen McMahon |
Carla Raymond |
Luke Smith |
Morgan Stewart |
Bonnie Teece |
Alexander Tunnadine |
Harry West |
Haoming Wu |
PhD Students
| Name and contact details |
|---|
Toosin Agbaje |
Sophia Aharonovich |
David Barbosa da Silva |
Raul Brens Jr |
Cameron Brown |
Mathieu Chasse |
Bruno Colas |
Rosa Didonna |
Eileen Dunkley |
Katherine Farrow |
Michael Forster |
Robyn Gardner |
Louise Goode |
| Kui Han E: kui.han@hdr.mq.edu.au |
| Christine Harper E: christine.harper@hdr.mq.edu.au |
Margaret Harvey |
Paul Harvey |
Hadrien Henry |
Dilmi Herath |
Kim Jessop |
Lian Jiang |
Jelte Keeman |
Pablo Lara |
Nora Liptai |
Jianggu Lu |
Maria Manassero |
Samuel Matthews |
Keith McKenzie |
Uvana Meek |
| Jonathan Munnikhuis E: jonathan.munnikhuis@hdr.mq.edu.au Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 |
Thusitha Nimalsiri |
Benat Oliveira-Bravo |
Laura Otter |
Zsanett Pinter |
Terence Quinlan |
Md Habibur Rahman |
Farshad Salajegheh |
Sarath Patabendi Gedara |
Catherine Stuart |
| Marina Veter E: marina.veter@hdr.mq.edu.au Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 |
Kai Wang |
Jonathon Michael Wasiliev |
| Alexander Wellhauser E: alexander.wellhauser@hdr.mq.edu.au |
Shucheng Wu |
Bo Xu |
Huiyuan Xu |