Our people
Head of Department
Professor Dorrit Jacob
Professor Dorrit Jacob joined the Department as an ARC Future Fellow in 2013 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2016. She studied Mineralogy and Geology at Johannes-Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany and obtained a Dr. rer. nat. from the Georg-August University in Göttingen (Germany). Both Diploma and PhD Thesis were undertaken and supervised at the Max-Planck Insitute for Chemistry in Mainz. Dorrit worked at the Ernst Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald (Germany) before returning to the University in Mainz for her Habilitation. She held a position as DFG Heisenberg Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg-University before coming to Macquarie University. Dorrit is also a fully trained chemical lab technician (CTA).
Dorrit applies geochemical and mineralogical tools to two research fields in low- and high-temperature geochemistry. Her main interest lies in deciphering the code of carbonate biominerals (mussel shells, foraminifera, etc.) which are used for paleoclimate reconstructions, but can act very stubbornly when asked to release consistent information. Her second research field for now more than 20 years is the geochemistry and petrology of mantle xenoliths and diamonds brought up from the subcratonic lithosphere by kimberlites. She is an expert in radiogenic isotope and trace element chemistry and more recently added spectroscopic methods to her portfolio.
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 remediation of oil and fuel spills. He is currently leading a project that is building a new laser micropyrolysis gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer that will bridge the analytical gap between organic petrography and organic geochemistry. 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 |
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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 |
Prof. Dorrit Jacob |
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 |
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Ms. Martina Stiemer |
Ms. Sarah Henry |
Mr. Amit Shrestha |
Ms. Fiona Yang |
Ms. Emma Bromleu |
Ms. Aida Pujol |
Ms. Sarah Collison (on leave) |
Scientific Staff
| Name and Contact Details |
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Mrs Manal Bebbington |
Dr Sean Murray |
Dr Yi-Jen Lai |
Dr. Timothy Murphy |
Mr Peter Wieland |
Mr Nigel Wilson |
Research Staff
| Name and Contact Details |
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Dr. John Adam |
Dr. Sophia Aharonovic |
Dr. Oliver Gaul |
Dr. Yoann Greau |
Dr. Jin-Xiang Huang |
Dr. Hadrien Henry |
Dr. Robyn Gardner |
Dr. Paritosh Giri |
Dr. Walid Ben Mansour |
Dr. Chunfei Chen |
Dr. Montgarri Castillo-Oliver |
Farshad Salajegheh |
Dr. Brandon Mahan |
Beñat Oliveira-Bravo |
Laura Otter |
Dr. Romain Tilhac |
Dr. Fei Wu |
Dr. John Creech |
Dr Shima Taheri |
Dr. Siqi Zhang |
Rosa Didonna |
Ilya Fomin |
Michael Förster |
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 |
|---|
Michael Alderson |
Benjamin Alsop |
Lou-Andrea Gennatas |
Lauren Gorojovsky |
Stephanie Hawkins |
Angela Mabee |
Joshua Shea |
Peter Targett |
Alice Van Tilburg |