Fields of Research

Resource geoscience
Exploration geochemistry
Geochemistry
Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Geochronology
Mineralogy and crystallography
Isotope geochemistry

Research Objectives

Mineral exploration
Copper ore exploration
Precious (noble) metal ore exploration
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

B- and O-isotopic compositions of tourmaline constrain late-stage magmatic volatile exsolution in Tasmanian tin-related granite systems; Mineralium Deposita
Buckskin Lithocap, Yerington, Nevada: what dose an upflow zone look like in a lithocap?
Cathodoluminescence features, trace elements, and oxygen isotopes of quartz in unidirectional solidification textures from the Sn-mineralized Heemskirk Granite, western Tasmania; American Mineralogist
Chemical composition, genesis and exploration implication of garnet from the Hongshan Cu-Mo skarn deposit, SW China; Ore Geology Reviews
Conditions of formation for magmatic-hydrothermal features in the Sn-mineralized Heemskirk Granite, Western Tasmania, SE Australia; SEG 2017 Ore Deposits of Asia: China and Beyond
Geochronological, geochemical and Pb isotopic compositions of Tasmanian granites (southeast Australia): controls on petrogenesis, geodynamic evolution and tin mineralisation; Gondwana Research
Quartz: A tool for vectoring and fertility assessments in magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits
Sn mineralisation-related slushy textures in the Heemskirk Granite in Western Tasmania, Australia; Future Understanding of Tectonics, Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability.
The formation of magmatic-hydrothermal features in Sn-mineralized and barren Tasmanian intrusions, Southeast Australia: insights from quartz textures, trace elements, and microthermometry; Economic Geology
Tourmaline Synthesis – Tourmaline mineral chemistry: a tool for vectoring and fertility assessments in magmatic-hydrothermal environments
Tourmaline-rich features in the Heemskirk and Pieman Heads granites from western Tasmania, Australia: characteristics, origins, and implications for tin mineralization; American Mineralogist
Volatile exsolution in Western Tasmanian Sn granites: insights from mineral textures and stable isotopes; SEG International Exposition and 84th Annual Meeting
Zircon U-Pb dating and stable isotopic compositions for constraining the genesis of the Chagangnuoer magnetite deposit in western Tianshan, NW China; Ore Geology Reviews: Journal for Comprehensive Studies of Ore Genesis and Ore Exploration

Research Projects

Magmatic-hydrothermal volatile exsolution and mineralisation in Tasmanian Sn granites; Society of Economic Geologists Foundation Inc (SEGF)

Research Candidate Supervision