Our people

Head of School

Ian Fitzsimons

Deputy Heads of School

School Business Manager

Chelsea Little

Directors and Research Advocate

Mehrooz Aspandiar, Director, Learning and Teaching
Ahmed El-Mowafy, Director, Graduate Research
Katy Evans, Research Advocate

Academic Staff

Phil Bland, Planetary Science
Chris Elders, Basins Oceans and Biogeoscience
Fred Jourdan, Geology
Vacant, Spatial Sciences

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

Annette Labrooy, Administrative Officer
Chelsea Little, School Business Manager
Yacoob Padia, Business Manager
Caroline Rockliff, Administrative Officer
Renae Sayers, Research Ambassador

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

Deborah Fukuyama, Teaching Support Coordinator
Pam Kapica, Teaching Support Officer

Amber Duxbury, School Student Service Officer