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My Resume

PROFESSIONAL ​INFO​​

I'm a Lecturer in Ore Systems at the University of Edinburgh. My interests are focussed on modern and ancient hydrothermal systems, orogenic belts and volcanic processes. I have published extensively on the application of geochemical and isotopic tools to aid our understanding of VHMS, sediment-hosted and mesothermal Au deposits.

 

My PhD was completed in 2012 at the University of Southampton on the 'Evolution and mineralization of volcanic arc sequences: Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland', funded by the BGS University Funding Initiative.

 

In June 2015 I received the President's Award from The Geological Society of London. "These awards, instituted in 1980 by Professor Perce Allen, are conferred upon geoscientists who are within ten years of their first degree in geoscience or a cognate subject and who have made a notable early contribution to the science."

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I have completed postdoctoral positions at CSIRO (Perth, Australia) on Archean VHMS deposits, and at University College Dublin (Ireland) on Irish-type Zn-Pb mineralization. I Joined the University of Edinburgh in July, 2020.

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Recipient of the AB Edwards Medal for best Economic Geology paper in the Australian Journal of Earth Sciences in 2019. 

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EMPLOYMENT
2020 - Current
Lecturer in Ore Systems
University of Edinburgh
2015-2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Research Fellow
  •  Geological Survey Ireland   
  •  University College Dublin, Ireland 
  • Irish Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences (iCRAG) 

October 1st, 2015 – May 31st, 2017.

UCD Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Origin and discovery of Irish-type orebodies: new isotopic methods

 

Project Objectives:

  • Clumped O-C isotope analysis will be used to separate the temperature and fluid d13C and d18O signatures of hydrothermal fluids, to constrain fluid flow in the orebody and its halo.

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June 1st, 2017 - July 1st, 2020

GSI Postdoctoral Research Fellow / UCD Research Fellow - A detailed Sm-Nd and Pb isotope study of the pre-Carboniferous basement of Ireland, assessing its implications for Zn-Pb mineralization

 

Project Objectives:

  • Sm-Nd and Pb isotope investigation of the pre-Carbonfierous basement of the island of Ireland to define major terranes, deep seated crustal structures, and first order controls on base-metal mineralization.

  • Detailed Pb isotope study of the Lisheen Zn-Pb deposit and its satellite orebodies.

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2012-2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Mineral Resources, CSIRO, Perth, Western Australia

August 20th, 2012 – August 20th, 2015

CSIRO Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Embedded Researcher for the Geological Survey of Western Australia -

VHMS prospectivity of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

 

Project objectives:

  • Stimulating exploration interest for VHMS mineralisation in the Yilgarn Craton.

  • Investigating the prospectivity and exploration maturity of individual greenstone belts within the craton and identifying target areas which warrant further investment/investigation within these.

  • Developing geochemical and/or petrological exploration tools specific to VHMS deposits.

 

Case studies included:

  • Age, setting, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Ag-Zn-(Au) Nimbus deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: a shallow water and low temperature VHMS system.

  • Setting and geochemical halos associated with Zn-(Cu) mineralization at Erayinia in the Eastern Goldfields.

  • Hydrothermal alteration associated with the Archean Teutonic Bore VHMS deposit, Western Australia: lithogeochemistry, mineral chemistry and hyperspectral constraints.

  • Geology and geochemistry of the Gum Creek greenstone belt, western Yilgarn Craton: greenfields VHMS exploration.

 

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2011-2012
Geologist
Dalradian Gold Ltd., Omagh, Northern Ireland, UK

March 28th, 2011 - April 6th, 2012 (industry placement during Ph.D)

Dalradian Gold Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of Dalradian Resources

www.dalradian.com

 

  • Geologist working on regional exploration program.

  • Duties:

    • Mapping of hydrothermally altered volcanics and regional prospecting.

    • Interpretation of airborne and ground geophysics.

    • Regional target generation for a new drilling campaign for mesothermal Au, VHMS, SEDEX, and shear zone hosted Au mineralization.

    • Location and management of diamond drillholes in regional exploration program.

    • Logging of drillcore and interpretation of geochemical data for target refinement.

    • Management of regional prospecting campaign (two seasons) and soil surveys.

    • Writing licence extension reports and drilling proposals.

EDUCATION
2008-2012
Ph.D (Earth Sciences)
University of Southampton, UK. 

Evolution and Mineralization of Volcanic Arc Sequences: The Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland

 

Funded by:  British Geological Survey, Dalradian Resources, Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, University of Southampton, Natural History Museum London, Metallum Resources, Natural Environment Research Council

 

Supervisors:

Stephen Roberts (University of Southampton)

Mark Cooper (Geological Survey of Northern Ireland / British Geological Survey)

Garth Earls (formerly Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, Dalradian Gold)

Richard Herrington (Natural History Museum, London)

Stephen Piercey (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)

2007-2008
MSc Geochemistry (with distinction)
University of Leeds, UK

Thesis:  Residence and growth timescales of sanidine phenocrysts from the Avellino eruption of Somma-Vesuvius, Italy

 

Funded by:  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Supervisor:  Daniel Morgan

2003-2007
MSci Geology  (2.1 with hons)
University of Birmingham, UK

Thesis:  A geochemical investigation of in situ crystal fractionation in high level alkali syenitic magma chambers: a case study using the North Qôroq nepheline syenite centre, Gardar Province, S. Greenland 

 

Supervisor:  Andrew Chambers

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