Macquarie University

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 Title: Head of Department and Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 124 E: juan.afonso@mq.edu.au
Prof. Simon Clark Title: Deputy Head of Department and Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 131 E: simon.clark@mq.edu.au
Prof. Simon George Title: Deputy Head of Department and Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 329 E: simon.george@mq.edu.au
Dr April Abbott Title: Lecturer Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 324 E: april.abbott@mq.edu.au
Dr Olivier Alard Title: ARC Future Fellow Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 233 E: olivier.alard@mq.edu.au
Dr. Elena Belousova Title: Senior Lecturer Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 224 E: elena.belousova@mq.edu.au
A/Prof. Nathan Daczko Title: Associate Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 220 E: nathan.daczko@mq.edu.au
Dr. Christopher Firth Title: Lecturer Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 241 E: christopher.firth@mq.edu.au
Dr. Richard Flood Title: Senior Lecturer - on leave Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 208 E: richard.flood@mq.edu.au
Prof. Stephen Foley Title: Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 128 E: stephen.foley@mq.edu.au
A/Prof. Heather Handley Title: ARC Future Fellow Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 232 E: heather.handley@mq.edu.au
Dr. Steven Hansen Title: Lecturer Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 107 E: steven.hansen@mq.edu.au
Prof. Dorrit Jacob Title: Professor and Director MQGA Location: BD Building Lvl 3 E: dorrit.jacob@mq.edu.au
Prof. Martin Kennedy Title: Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 E: martin.j.kennedy@mq.edu.au
Dr. Mark Lackie Title: Senior Lecturer Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 108 E: mark.lackie@mq.edu.au
Dr. Stefan Loehr Title: Lecturer Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 334 E: stefan.loehr@mq.edu.au
A/Prof. Craig O’Neill Title: Associate Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 107 E: craig.oneill@mq.edu.au
Prof. Sue O’Reilly Title: Distinguished Professor and Director of CCFS Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 232 E: sue.oreilly@mq.edu.au
A/Prof. Tracy Rushmer Title: Associate Professor and Associate Dean, HDR Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 229 E: tracy.rushmer@mq.edu.au
A/Prof. Bruce Schaefer Title: Associate Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 233 E: bruce.schaefer@mq.edu.au
Dr. Kate Selway Title: ARC Future Fellow Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 120 E: kate.selway@mq.edu.au
Prof. Simon Turner Title: Distinguished Professor Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 228 E: simon.turner@mq.edu.au
A/Prof. Yingjie Yang Title: Associate Professor/ ARC Future Fellow Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 121 E: yingjie.yang@mq.edu.au

Professional Staff

Name and Contact Details
Ms. Jennifer Rowland Position: Department Manager Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 317 E: jennifer.rowland@mq.edu.au
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 Administrator Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 318 E: philip.dartnell@mq.edu.au
Ms. Jenny Fang Position: Administration and Outreach Coordinator Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 318 E: jenny.fang@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 Position: Administrator, Finance and Staff Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 318 E: amit.shrestha@mq.edu.au
Ms. Fiona Yang (on leave) Position: Administrator, Academic Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 318 E: fiona.yang@mq.edu.au

Scientific Staff

Name and Contact Details
Mrs Manal Bebbington Position: Lapidary Officer Location: E5A030 E: manal.bebbington@mq.edu.au
Dr Steve Craven Position: Research Officer Location: E5A058 E: steve.craven@mq.edu.au
Dr Yi-Jen Lai Position: Geochemist Location: E5A 204 E: yi-jen.lai@mq.edu.au
Dr. Timothy Murphy Position: Geochemist Location: E5A 204 E: timothy.d.murphy@mq.edu.au
Mr Peter Wieland Position: Geochemist Location: E5B206 E: peter.wieland@mq.edu.au
Mr Nigel Wilson Position: Technical Officer Location: E5A215 E: nigel.wilson@mq.edu.au

Research Staff

Name and Contact Details
Dr. Soumaya Abbassi Position: Research Associate Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 230 E: soumaya.abbassi@mq.edu.au
Dr. John Adam Position: Research Assistant Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 140 E: john.adam@mq.edu.au
Dr. Rachel Bezard Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow E: rachel.bezard@mq.edu.au
Dr. Oliver Gaul Position: Research Officer Location: BD Building Lvl 3 E: oliver.gaul@mq.edu.au
Dr. Yoann Greau Position: Research Officer Location: BD Building Lvl3 E: yoann.greau@mq.edu.au
Dr. Jin-Xiang Huang Position: Research Assistant E: jinxiang.huang@mq.edu.au
Anthony Lanati Position: Technical Assistant Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 130 E: anthony.lanati@hdr.mq.edu.au
Dr. Lucy McGee Position: Research Associate Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 241 E: lucy.mcgee@mq.edu.au
Dr Sean Murray Position: Research Associate Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 230 E: sean.murray@mq.edu.au
Dr. Lev Natapov Position: Research Fellow E: lev.natapov@mq.edu.au
Dr Karita Neghandhi Position: Research Associate Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 231 E: karita.neghandhi@mq.edu.au
Farshad Salajegheh Position: Research Assistant Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 115 E: farshad.salajegheh@mq.edu.au
Dr. Bin Shan Position: Research Associate E: bin.shan@mq.edu.au
Dr Liene Spruzeniece Position: Research Associate Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 129 E: liene.spruzeniece@mq.edu.au
Dr Shima Taheri Position: Research Associate Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 129 E: shima.taheri@mq.edu.au
Dr. Siqi Zhang Position: Research Associate Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 130 E: siqi.zhang@mq.edu.au

Emeriti and Honorary Staff

Emeriti Staff

Name	Email
Emeritus Prof Trevor Green	trevor.green@els.mq.edu.au
Emeritus Prof John Veveers	john.veevers@mq.edu.au
Emeritus Prof Ronald Vernon	ronald.vernon@mq.edu.au
Emeritus Prof John Talent	jatalent32@gmail.com
Emeritus Prof P Blair Hostetler
Emeritus Prof Peter Howard

Honorary Associates

Name	Email
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
Prof. William Griffin	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 E: cameron.brown5@students.mq.edu.au
Christopher Corcoran E: christopher.corcoran@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 212
Omar Elkhaligi E: omar.elkhaligi@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 114
Michael Farmer E: michael.farmer@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 214
Anthony Finn E: anthony.finn@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 137
Lucas Gamertsfelder E: lucas.gamertsfelder@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 116
Byron Gear E: byron.gear@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 116
Hindol Ghatak E: hindol.ghatak@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 218
Tasman Gillfeather-Clark E: tasman.gillfeather-clark@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 118
Harrison Jones E: harrison.jones@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 136
Melanie Kime E: melanie.kime@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 328
Stephanie Kovach E: stephanie.kovach@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 239
Colleen McMahon E: colleen.mcmahon@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 117
Carla Raymond E: carla.raymond@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 133
Luke Smith E: luke.smith@hdr.mq.edu.au Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 118
Morgan Stewart E: morgan.stewart@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 134
Bonnie Teece E: bronwyn.teece@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 328
Alexander Tunnadine E: alexander.tunnadine@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 238
Harry West E: harry.west@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 135
Haoming Wu E: haoming.wu@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 112

PhD Students

Name and Contact Details
Toosin Agbaje E: oluwatoosin.agbaje@students.mq.edu.au Location:BD Building Lvl3
Sophia Aharonovich E: sophia.aharonovich@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 326
David Barbosa da Silva E: david.barbosa-da-silva@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 215
Raul Brens Jr E: raul.brens@mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 239
Cameron Brown E: cameron.brown@students.mq.edu.au
Mathieu Chasse E: mathieu.chasse@students.mq.edu.au
Bruno Colas E: bruno.colas@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 133
Rosa Didonna E: rosa.didonna@mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 218
Eileen Dunkley E: eileen.dunkley@mq.edu.au Location:E6D
Katherine Farrow E: kate.farrow@mq.edu.au Location:E6D
Michael Forster E: michael.forster@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 136
Robyn Gardner E: robyn.gardner@mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 217
Louise Goode E: louise-rebecca.goode@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 219
Kui Han E: kui.han@hdr.mq.edu.au
Christine Harper E: christine.harper@hdr.mq.edu.au
Margaret Harvey E: Margaret.harvey@students.mq.edu.au Location:E6D
Paul Harvey E: paul.harvey@mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 219
Hadrien Henry E: hadrien.henry@students.mq.edu.au Location:BD Building Lvl3
Dilmi Herath E: dilmi.herath@students.mq.edu.au Location:BD Building Lvl3
Kim Jessop E: kim.jessop@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 217
Lian Jiang E: lian.jiang@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 326
Jelte Keeman E: jelte.keeman@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 237
Pablo Lara E: pablo.lara@mq.edu.au Location: E6D
Nora Liptai E: nora.liptai@students.mq.edu.au Location: BD Building Lvl3
Jianggu Lu E: jianggu.lu@students.mq.edu.au Location: BD Building Lvl3
Maria Manassero E: maria.manassero@hdr.mq.edu.au Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 117
Samuel Matthews E: samuel.matthews@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 119
Keith McKenzie E: keith.mckenzie@students.mq.edu.au
Uvana Meek E: uvana.meek@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 216
Jonathan Munnikhuis E: jonathan.munnikhuis@hdr.mq.edu.au Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2
Thusitha Nimalsiri E: thusitha.nimalsiri@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 136
Benat Oliveira-Bravo E: benat.oliveira-bravo@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 115
Laura Otter E: laura.otter@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 137
Zsanett Pinter E: zsanett.pintr@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 136
Terence Quinlan E: terence.quinlan@students.mq.edu.au
Md Habibur Rahman E: md-habibur.rahman@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 234
Farshad Salajegheh E: farshad.salajegheh@mq.edu.au Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 115
Sarath Patabendi Gedara E: Sarath-kumara.samaya-manthr@hdr.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 134
Catherine Stuart E: cait.stuart@mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2 Rm 216
Mehdi Tork Qashqai E: mehdi.tork-qashqai@students.mq.edu.au
Irina Tretiakova E: irina.tretiakova@students.mq.edu.au
Marina Veter E: marina.veter@hdr.mq.edu.au Location: 12 Wally's Walk Lvl 2
Kai Wang E: kai.wang5@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 113
Jonathon Michael Wasiliev E: jonathon-michael.wasiliev@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 119
Alexander Wellhauser E: alexander.wellhauser@hdr.mq.edu.au
Shucheng Wu E: shucheng.wu@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 1 Rm 119
Bo Xu E: bo.xu2@students.mq.edu.au Location:BD Building Lvl3
Huiyuan Xu E: huiyuan.xu@students.mq.edu.au Location:12 Wally's Walk Lvl 3 Rm 327

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