Fields of Research

Volcanology
Marine geoscience
Computational methods in fluid flow, heat and mass transfer (incl. computational fluid dynamics)
Fuzzy computation
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis)
Palaeoclimatology
Geology

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Geological hazards (e.g. earthquakes, landslides and volcanic activity)
Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

345 - The Wilkes Land sector including the Aurora Basin, and its most probable subglacial geology; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Open Science Conference 2020: Antarctic - Global Connections
A multidisciplinary approach to the understanding of the magmatic and volcanic history of Heard Island, Kerguelen Plateau; IAVCEI Scientific Assembly: Predicting Volcanic Eruptions
Basaltic cryptodomes and daily records of phreatomagmatic eruption - Miocene submarine volcanism at Cape Grim, Tasmania, Australia; IAVCEI 2017 Scientific Assembly
Cape Grim, NW Tasmania - a world class example of submarine basaltic intraplate volcanism; Australian Earth Sciences Convention
Construction of an intraplate island volcano: The volcanic history of Heard Island; Bulletin of Volcanology
Construction of an intraplate island volcano: the volcanic history of Heard Island; Bulletin of Volcanology
Geological development of Heard Island, Central Kerguelen Plateau; Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
McDonald Islands - an example of submarine and subaerial phonolitic volcanism on the Kerguelen Plateau, the southern Indian Ocean; IAVCEI 2017 Scientific Assembly
Multivariate geothermal heat flow models of Antarctica, towards Aq2; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2020
Petrology of Fresh Submarine Lavas from Recent Phonolitic Volcanism on the Central Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean; American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2019
Rocks from the Cascade Seamount: an archive of the unzipping of Gondwana and the initiation of the ACC?; AGU Chapman Conference on Submarine Volcanism: New Approaches and Research Frontiers
Shallow seafloor gas emissions near Heard and McDonald Islands on the Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean; Earth and Space Science
Shallow seafloor gas emissions near Heard and McDonald Islands on the Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean; GeoHab
Submarine geology and geomorphology of active Sub-Antarctic volcanoes: Heard and McDonald Islands; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Submarine glacial landforms and interactions with volcanism around Sub-Antarctic Heard and McDonald Islands; AGU Fall Meeting
Submarine sedimentary bedforms and benthos surrounding the Heard and McDonald Islands World Heritage Site; Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat
Temporal and environmental constraints on the eruption history of Gaussberg Volcano; SCAR Open Science Conference 2020. Ice Sheet-Solid Earth Interactions: GIA, Landscape Evolution and Geothermal Heat Flux
The Louisiade ophiolite: a missing link in the western Pacific; Terra Nova
Volcanism on and around Heard and McDonald Islands: a complex history contributing to life in the Southern Oceans?; The Antarctic Frontier: Developing Research in an Extreme Environment
Volcanism on Heard Island, the southern Indian Ocean; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research: Biennial meetings and open science conference 2016

Research Projects

The geological evolution of Heard Island, Australian Antarctic Territory; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)

Research Candidate Supervision