News
Award for Miss Tanya Chambers
Tanya was awarded the research support award in 2011 presented by the Vice Chancellor. This is in recognition of all the support Tanya has provided to WA-OIGC, many research groups and departments over a number of years. Well done Tanya.
Award for Anais Pagès
2011: Anais Pagès awarded best overall presentation in isotope category
(early career < 5 years since PhD) at the 11th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference & 4th Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conference, Cairns, July 2011.
Curtin Paleontologist runner up for the Eureka Prize.
Curtin Media Release, August 2011
WA-OIGC take part in the Curtin's Open Day Innovation Display
PhD Studentship available
The Department of Applied Geology is offering the opportunity for a student to undertake collaborative PhD studies in an exciting new research program to study the role of organics in mineral systems.
For further information see the attached PDF.
PhD available for 3 years (in ERA 5* rated research area at Curtin University)
All PhD projects have top-up scholarships available.
A 3 year PhD project is available from ca. Jan 2012. Entitled – Biomarkers and stable isotopes in cherts spanning the greatest extinction event (Permian/Triassic) and its subsequent recovery. The project is open to national applicants holding CUPSA or APA or full international scholarship. The project will involve a combination of organic geochemical techniques including GC–MS, GC–IRMS, LC–MS, PY–GCMS. Please also see our website for additional information.
Contact K.Grice@curtin.edu.au
For further information see the attached PDF.
PhD available for 3 years
All PhD projects have top-up scholarships available.
A 3 year PhD project is available from ca. Jan 2012. Entitled – Biomarker, Isotope and mineralogy of the Eremophila well from the Devonian of Canning Basin, WA. The project is open to national applicants holding CUPS or APA or full international scholarship. The project will involve a combination of organic geochemical techniques including GC–MS, GC–IRMS, LC–MS and PY–GCMS. Please also see our website for additional information.
Contact K.Grice@curtin.edu.au and C.Jaraula@curtin.edu.au
For further information see the attached PDF.
PhD available for 3 years
All PhD projects have top-up scholarships available.
A 3 year PhD project is available from ca. Jan 2012. Entitled – Preservation and taphonomy of the exceptionally preserved fossils from the Gogo Formation, Western Australia. The project is open to national applicants holding CUPS or APA or full international scholarship. Please also see website for additional information.
Contact K.Trinajstic@curtin.edu.au and K.Grice@curtin.edu.au
For further information see the attached PDF.
PhD available
PhD opportunities in Organics and Metal Mineralising Systems
For further information see the attached PDF.
Curtin Top-ranked for Earth Sciences Research – ERA results
The Federal Government has announced the results of its Excellence in Research for Australia 2010 survey of Australian Higher Education Institutions. Based on measures of research quality and productivity aggregated over the period 2003 to 2008, Curtin was one of only six Australian Universities to be awarded the highest possible ranking of 5 for the Earth Sciences discipline overall, indicating “outstanding performance well above world standard”. This is outstanding recognition for the quality and impact of research in WA-OIGC (Department of Chemistry) and Department of Applied Geology and allied research groups within WASM and the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Full results are published on the Australian Research Council website.
WA-OIGC is an international recognised Centre contributing to world-class research aiming to:
- Improve the ability to forecast environmental responses to climate change;
- Help to manage current threats to biodiversity;
- Increase the ability to identify crude oil and gas sources, to the benefit of petroleum exploration;
- Improve understanding of controls on water quality and to help protect our precious freshwater resources which are already under intense pressure from climate change and urban development.
Research in current priority areas at Curtin: Application areas of biomarker and compound specific isotope research include the study of climatic trends both past and present, issues concerning environmental sustainability research (e.g., water, sediments and soil) as well as assisting the full realisation of Australia’s natural resources (e.g., petroleum, gas exploration).
These application areas are consistent with the ARC National Research Priorities (i.e., Environmentally sustainable Australia – developing deep Earth resources – water a critical resource). Curtin has identified "Resources and Energy and Sustainable Development and Technologies" as key research themes.
The Centre is also part of the The Institute of Geoscience Research (TIGeR) a new research initiative that comprises researchers from the Tectonics Special Research Centre (TSRC) and the John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry (JdLCMS). TIGeR is one of the university’s leading research groups and is a Curtin University Tier 1 Research Centre. WA-OIGC also has a formal link with Curtin Water Quality Research Centre (CWQRC). Certain academics within the centre are associated with IGCP project and are members of the Australian Centre for Astrobiology.
