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Academic Staff
- Mehrooz Aspandiar, Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology)
- Mick Filmer, Bachelor of Science (Mine and Engineering Surveying)
- Petra Helmholz, Bachelor of Surveying
- Milo Barham, Bachelor of Advanced Science (Earth Sciences) (Honours)
- Nick Timms, Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology) (Honours)
- Ian Fitzsimons, Graduate Diploma in Mineral Exploration Geoscience
- Chris Elders, Master of Science (Geology) – Basin Analysis and Petroleum Geology Stream
- Chris Kirkland, Master of Science (Geology) – Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology Stream
- Todd Robinson, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Geospatial Intelligence
- David Antoine, Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group
- Phil Bland, Space Science and Technology Centre
- Christine Erbe, Centre for Marine Science and Technology
- Kliti Grice, WA Organic Isotope Geochemistry Centre
- Pete Kinny, The Institute for Geoscience Research
- Chris Kirkland, Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, Centre of Exploration Targeting – Curtin Node
- Zheng-Xiang Li, Australia-China Joint Research Centre for Tectonics and Earth Resources
- David Antoine, Professor | Biological oceanography, Remote sensing
- Mehrooz Aspandiar, Senior Lecturer | Exploration geochemistry, Paleopedology
- Joseph Awange, Professor | Environmental geoinformatics, Mathematical geosciences
- Milo Barham, Senior Lecturer | Sedimentology, Provenance
- Dave Belton, Senior Lecturer | Laser scanning, Photogrammetry
- Gretchen Benedix, Professor | Extraterrestrial geology, Cosmochemistry
- Phil Bland, John Curtin Distinguished Professor | Cosmochemistry, Extraterrestrial geology
- Alison Blyth, Senior Lecturer | Paleoenvironments, Isotope ecology
- Victor Calo, John Curtin Distinguished Professor | Mathematical geology, Rock Mechanics
- Aaron Cavosie, Senior Research Fellow | Mineralogy, Meteoritics
- Sten Claessens, Senior Lecturer | Geodesy, Gravimetry
- Chris Clark, Professor | Metamorphic petrology, Geochronology
- Marco Coolen, Associate Professor | Geomicrobiology. Biogeochemistry
- Hadrien Devillepoix, Research Associate | Astrophysics, Meteoritics
- Ashraf Dewan, Senior Lecturer | Environmental geoinformatics, Climate change
- Luc Doucet, Research Fellow | Igneous petrology, High-T geochemistry
- Allison Dugdale, Senior Lecturer | Ore deposits, Exploration geochemistry
- Alec Duncan, Senior Research Fellow | Marine acoustics, Sonar
- Chris Elders, Professor | Basin Evolution, Structural geology
- Ahmed El-Mowafy, Associate Professor | Satellite positioning, Engineering surveying
- Christine Erbe, Director, Centre for Marine Science & Technology | Marine acoustics, Bioacoustics
- Katy Evans, Associate Professor | Metamorphic petrology, Ore deposits
- Noreen Evans, Professor | Analytical geochemistry, Geochronology
- Will Featherstone, Professor | Geodesy, Gravity
- Mick Filmer, Lecturer | Geodesy, Remote sensing
- Ian Fitzsimons, Professor | Metamorphic petrology Tectonics
- Lucy Forman, Research Associate | Extraterrestrial geology, Meteoritics
- Denis Fougerouse, Research Fellow | Nanogeoscience, Geochronology
- Alexander Gavrilov, Associate Professor | Marine acoustics, Oceanography
- Jack Gillespie, Research Associate | Geochronology, Tectonics
- Kliti Grice, John Curtin Distinguished Professor | Organic geochemistry, Stable Isotopes
- Michael Hartnady, Research Associate | Geochronology, Tectonics
- Petra Helmholz, Senior Lecturer | Photogrammetry, Geomatics
- Robert Howie, Research Associate | Fireball camera network, Spacecraft systems
- Ivana Ivanova, Senior Lecturer | Spatial data quality, Geoinformatics
- Tim Johnson, Associate Professor | Metamorphic petrology, Early Earth
- Paul Johnston, Senior Research Fellow | Geodesy, Solid Earth geophysics
- Fred Jourdan, Professor | Geochronology, Igneous geochemistry
- Pete Kinny, John Curtin Distinguished Professor | Geochronology, Isotope geochemistry
- Jon Kirby, Associate Professor | Isostasy, Geodesy
- Chris Kirkland, Professor | Geochronology, Analytical geochemistry
- Michael Kuhn, Associate Professor | Geodesy, Gravity
- Nicolas Labanda, Research Fellow | Computational geomechanics, Numerical modelling
- Anthony Lagain, Research Associate | Extraterrestrial geology, Meteoritics
- Zheng-Xiang Li, John Curtin Distinguished Professor | Geomagnetism, Tectonics
- Yebo Liu, Research Associate | Paleomagnetism, Paleogeography
- Rob McCauley, Associate Professor | Marine acoustics, Bioacoustics
- David McMeekin, Senior Lecturer | GIS, Geoinformatics
- Katarina Miljkovic, Senior Research Fellow | Extraterrestrial geophysics, Extraterrestrial geology
- Alexander Nemchin, Professor | Geochronology, Cosmochemistry
- Hugo Olierook, Research Fellow | Geochronology, Exploration geochemistry
- Richard Palmer, Research Associate | Computer science, Photogrammetry
- Amy Parker, Research Associate | Geodesy, Remote sensing
- Iain Parnum, Senior Research Fellow | Marine acoustics, Marine geophysics
- Sergei Pisarevskiy, Senior Research Fellow | Geomagnetism, Tectonics
- Vladimir Puzyrev, Senior Research Fellow | Machine learning, Numerical modelling
- Steve Reddy, Professor | Nanogeoscience, Structural geology
- Tristan Reed, Research Associate | Geoinformatics, Spatial analysis
- Charlotte Robinson, Research Associate | Biological oceanography
- Todd Robinson, Senior Lecturer | Geoinformatics, Remote sensing
- Sergio Rojas Hernandez, Research Associate | Rock Mechanics, Petroleum Engineering
- Ellie Sansom, Research Associate | Meteoritics, Extraterrestrial geology
- Alan Scarlett, Research Associate | Biogeochemistry, Analytical geochemistry
- Leonid Shumlyanskyy, Research Fellow | Geochronology, Igneous petrology
- Tony Snow, Senior Lecturer | Surveying
- Nick Timms, Associate Professor | Mineralogy, Structural geology
- Martin Towner, Research Fellow | Extraterrestrial geology, Meteoritics
- Lewis Trotter, Research Associate | GIS
- Alex Walker, Research Associate | Ore geology, Tectonics
- Kan Wang, Research Fellow | GNSS, Satellite positioning
- Chong Wei, Research Associate | Marine geophysics, Bioacoustics
- Simon Wilde, John Curtin Distinguished Professor | Geochronology, Tectonics
- Daniel Wilkes, Research Fellow | Marine geophysics
- Dom Wolff-Boenisch, Senior Lecturer | Aqueous geochemistry, Environmental geology
- Jianhong Xia, Associate Professor | Geoinformatics, Transport geography
- S.M.Mahbubul Ameen, Visiting Research Fellow | Geochronology, Geochemistry
- Gareth Baynam, Adjunct Associate Professor | Clinical genetics, Photogrammetry
- Claire Charlton, Visiting Research Associate | Marine biology, Conservation
- Binghan Chen, Visiting Research Associate | Metamorphic petrology, Phase equilibria
- Bill Collins, Visiting Adjunct | Geodynamics, Petrology
- Jane Cunneen, Adjunct Research Fellow | Basin evolution and Structural geology
- Paul Greenwood, Adjunct Research Fellow | Petroleum geochemistry, Organic geochemistry
- Thi Hoa Pham, Visiting Research Fellow | Geoinformatics, Environment
- Julie Hollis, Adjunct Researcher | Petrology, Geochronology
- Pantea Hosseini, Adjunct Visiting Researcher | Addiction, Medical sciences
- Marisa Ioppolo-Armanios, Adjunct Associate Professor | Environmental chemistry, Spectroscopy
- Trudi Kennedy, Adjunct Research Fellow | Planetary science, Astronomy
- Clem Kuek, Visiting Researcher | Applied microbiology, Biotechnology
- Mervyn Lynch, Emeritus Professor | Environment, Remote sensing
- Charlotte Mack, Adjunct Research Associate | Paleontology, Biostratigraphy
- Gottfried Mandlburger, Visiting Research Associate | Photogrammetry, Geodesy
- Darryl McMahon, Adjunct Research Fellow | Acoustics
- Darryl McMahon, Adjunct Research Fellow | Acoustics, Particle physics
- Lynne Milne, Adjunct Research Fellow | Palynology, Botany
- Ross Mitchell, Adjunct Research Fellow | Tectonics, Paleomagnetism
- Tobias Muller, Visiting Research Fellow | Acoustics, Geophysics
- Anita Murray, Visiting Research Fellow | Marine ecology, Bioacoustics
- Chris Norman, Visiting Researcher | Planetary science, Mechatronics
- Prabhat Pal, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow | Naval architecture, Ship design
- John Penrose, Emeritus Professor | Marine acoustics, Sonar
- Emily Peterman, Adjunct Research Fellow | Nanogeoscience, Metamorphic petrology
- Bob Pidgeon, Adjunct Professor | Geochronology, Isotope geochemistry
- Bob Pidgeon, Adjunct Professor | Geochronology, Isotope geology
- Amaury Pourteau, Adjunct Research Fellow | Metamorphic petrology, Tectonics
- Andrew Putnis, Adjunct Professor | Mineralogy, Nanogeoscience
- Marcos Rossi dos Santos, Adjunct Professor | Ecology, Marine biology
- Chandra Salgado Kent, Research Associate | Marine ecology, Bioacoustics
- Lorenz Schwark, Adjunct Professor | Petroleum geochemistry, Paleoenvironments
- Justy Siwabessy, Adjunct Research Fellow | Marine acoustics, Biodiversity
- Matthew Slivkoff, Adjuct Research Fellow | Remote sensing, Marine optics
- Gregory Smith, Adjunct Professor | Sedimentary geology, Organic petrology
- Christopher Spencer, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow | Tectonochemistry, Geochronology
- Chris Swain, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow | Isostasy, Geodesy
- Richard Taylor, Adjunct Research Fellow | Microscopy, Microanalysis
- Peter Teunissen, Adjunct Professor | Geodesy, GNSS
- Geoff West, Emeritus Professor | Photogrammetry, Spatial analysis
- Weihua Yao, Adjunct Research Associate | Tectonics, Provenance
- Nan Zhang, Adjunct Research Associate | Geophysics, Geodynamics
Professional Staff
- Josh Beardmore, Senior Research Officer
- Daniel-Cristian Busan, Research Assistant
- Martin Cupak, Software Developer
- Ben Hartig, Project Coordinator
- Alex Holman, Technical Officer
- Peter Hopper, Laboratory Technician
- Carl Lares, Technical Officer
- Kadija Oubelkheir, Research Officer
- Malcolm Perry, Senior Research Technician
- Leslie Rich, Mine Surveying Technical Assistant
- Andrew Wieczorek, Technical Officer