PhD Student Session

Some of the best geoscience research is being done by upcoming students – both at home and abroad. In this session, we’ll shine the spotlight on current and future stars of geology, geophysics and more, with a focus on cutting edge geoscience research focussed on Queensland’s mineral resources.

Panel Speakers:

• Chris Emproto, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan, Earth & Environmental Sciences – ‘Using stable isotopes to unravel the origins of iron oxide copper gold deposits in the Cloncurry District’
• Xin Wang, Research Fello, The University of Queensland – ‘Garnet Geochemistry for Fingerprinting of Mineralization Processes: The Mount Garnet Zinc Deposit, NE Queensland, Australia’
• Alanis Olesch-Byrne, PhD Candidate, James Cook University – ‘The structural controls on ore deposit genesis: Mary Kathleen REE-U ore deposit’
• Chibuzo Chukwu, PhD Candidate, Monash University – ‘A new approach to imaging crustal structures using Machine Learning on Geophysical data’
• Tianjiao Yu, PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology - 'How cumulate is your whole rock?'
• Yifei Lin, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland – ‘To understand, study and characterise current, known problems with risk management practice, using causal network topology analysis’
• Avish Kumar, PhD Candidate, James Cook University – ‘The Genesis of Copper Mineralisation at the Baal Gammon Deposit in Northeast Queensland’
• Jenna McGovern, PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland – ‘Pb Zn mineralisation in the Canning Basin, Western Australia’