Our people

School leadership group

Name	Title
Ian Fitzsimons	Head of School
Tim Johnson	Deputy Head of School
Joshua Lim	School Business Manager
Domenik Wolff-Boenisch	Director, Learning and Teaching
Ahmed El-Mowafy	Director, Graduate Research
Katy Evans	Research Advocate

Discipline leads

Name	Title
Gretchen Benedix (Planetary Sciences)	Professor
Petra Helmholz (Spatial Sciences)	Associate Professor
Fred Jourdan (Geology)	Professor
Brett Harris (Geophysics)	Professor
Kliti Grice (Climate, Oceans & BioGeosciences)	John Curtin Distinguished Professor

Course and major coordinators

Name	Title
Mehrooz Aspandiar	Bachelor of Applied Geology
Mick Filmer	Bachelor of Mine and Engineering Surveying
Sten Claessens	Bachelor of Surveying (Honours)
Milo Barham	Bachelor of Advanced Science (Earth Sciences) (Honours)
Nick Timms	Bachelor of Science (Earth and Planetary Sciences) (Honours)
Ian Fitzsimons	Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Mineral Exploration Geoscience
Chris Kirkland	Master of Geoscience (Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology)
Todd Robinson	Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Geospatial Intelligence
Gretchen Benedix	Graduate Certificate in Space Environment

Directors of research institutes, centres and groups

Name	Title
David Antoine	Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group
Phil Bland	Space and Science Technology Centre
Christine Erbe	Centre for Marine Science and Technology
Kliti Grice	WA Organic Isotope Geochemistry Centre
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

Academic staff

Name	Title
Amir Allahvirdizadeh	Research Associate \| Satellite positioning, Geodesy
S.M.Mahbubul Ameen	Research Fellow \| Geochemistry, Mineralogy
David Antoine	Professor \| Biological oceanography, Remote sensing
Mehrooz Aspandiar	Senior Lecturer \| Exploration geochemistry, Paleopedology
Joseph Awange	Professor \| Environmental geoinformatics, Mathematical geosciences
Milo Barham	Associate Professor \| Sedimentology, Provenance
Dave Belton	Senior Lecturer \| Laser scanning, Photogrammetry
Gretchen Benedix	Professor \| Meteoritics
Phil Bland	John Curtin Distinguished Professor \| Planetary Science
Alison Blyth	Senior Lecturer \| Paleoenvironments, Isotope ecology
Katelyn Boase	Research Associate \| Geomicrobiology
Michael Carson	Research Fellow \| Exploration Geophysics
Aaron Cavosie	Senior Research Fellow \| Mineralogy, Meteoritics
Sten Claessens	Senior Lecturer \| Geodesy, Gravimetry
Chris Clark	Professor \| Metamorphic petrology, Geochronology
Olivia Collet	Research Fellow \| Exploration Geophysics
Marco Coolen	Associate Professor \| Geomicrobiology. Biogeochemistry
Hadrien Devillepoix	Research Associate \| Astrophysics, Meteoritics
Ashraf Dewan	Associate Professor \| Environmental geoinformatics, Climate change
Navdeep Dhami	Senior Research Fellow \| Geomicrobiology
Luc Doucet	Research Fellow \| Igneous petrology, High-T geochemistry
Max Dröllner	Research Associate \| Geochronology, Isotope geochemistry, Sedimentology
Alec Duncan	Senior Research Fellow \| Marine acoustics, Sonar
Ahmed El-Mowafy	Professor \| Satellite positioning, Engineering surveying
Amy Elson	Research Associate \| Organic geochemistry
Christine Erbe	John Curtin Distinguished Professor \| Marine acoustics, Bioacoustics
Katy Evans	Professor \| Metamorphic petrology, Ore deposits
Noreen Evans	Professor \| Analytical geochemistry, Geochronology
Mick Filmer	Senior Lecturer \| Geodesy, Remote sensing
Ian Fitzsimons	Professor \| Metamorphic petrology, Tectonics
Lucy Forman-Amel	Research Fellow \| Extraterrestrial geology, Meteoritics
Denis Fougerouse	Research Fellow \| Nanogeoscience, Geochronology
Alexander Gavrilov	Associate Professor \| Marine acoustics, Oceanography
Paul Greenwood	Senior Research Fellow \| Analytical geochemistry
Kliti Grice	John Curtin Distinguished Professor \| Organic geochemistry, Stable Isotopes
Boris Gurevich	John Curtin Distinguished Professor \| Rock physics
Brett Harris	Professor \| Exploration geophysics, Hydrogeology
Michael Hartnady	Research Associate \| Geochronology, Tectonics
Joshua Hedgepeth	Research Associate \| Extraterrestrial geophysics
Petra Helmholz	Associate Professor \| Photogrammetry, Geomatics
Alex Holman	Research Fellow \| Analytical geochemistry
Robert Howie	Research Associate \| Space systems, Planetary science
Chuan Huang	Research Fellow \| Geophysics, Geodynamics
Roman Isaenkov	Research Associate \| Exploration seismology, Marine geophysics
Ivana Ivanova	Senior Lecturer \| Spatial data quality, Geoinformatics
Tim Johnson	Professor \| Petrology, Early Earth
Eriita Jones	Research Fellow \| Remote Sensing, Planetary Science
Fred Jourdan	Professor \| Geochronology, Igneous geochemistry
Chris Kirkland	Professor \| Geochronology, Analytical geochemistry
Uwe Kirscher	Research Fellow \| Paleomagnetism
Ben Knight	Research Fellow \| Computational geodynamics
Juan Li	Research Fellow \| Remote sensing
Janne Liebmann	Research Associate \| Stable isotopes, Geochronology
Yebo Liu	Research Fellow \| Paleomagnetism, Paleogeography
Rob McCauley	Professor \| Marine acoustics, Bioacoustics
Vassili Mikhaltsevitch	Senior Research Fellow \| Rock physics
Katarina Miljkovic	Associate Professor \| Extraterrestrial geophysics, Extraterrestrial geology
Alexander Nemchin	Professor \| Geochronology, Isotope geochemistry
Tram Anh Ngo	Research Associate \| Geographic Information Systems
Hoang Nguyen	Research Fellow \| Exploration Geophysics
Paul Nguyen Hong Duc	Research Associate \| Underwater acoustics
Hugo Olierook	Research Fellow \| Geochronology, Exploration geochemistry
Richard Palmer	Research Associate \| Computer science, Photogrammetry
Chandanlal Parida	Research Fellow \| Biological oceanography
Iain Parnum	Senior Research Fellow \| Marine acoustics, Marine geophysics
Roman Pevzner	Professor \| Exploration seismology
Sergei Pisarevskiy	Senior Research Fellow \| Geomagnetism, Tectonics
Stephen Poropat	Research Associate \| Paleontology
Steve Reddy	Professor \| Nanogeoscience, Structural geology
Todd Robinson	Associate Professor \| Geoinformatics, Remote sensing
Ellie Sansom	Research Fellow \| Meteoritics, Extraterrestrial geology
Alan Scarlett	Research Associate \| Biogeochemistry, Analytical geochemistry
Bettina Schaefer	Research Associate \| Organic geochemistry
Lyn Schofield	Research Associate \| Photogrammetry
Mr Pavel Shashkin	Research Fellow \| Seismology
Leonid Shumlyanskyy	Research Fellow \| Geochronology, Igneous petrology
Evgeny Sidenko	Research Associate \| Marine geophysics
Tommaso Tachetto	Research Associate \| Nanogeoscience
Christopher Taylor	Research Associate \| Paleoecology
Konstantin Tertyshnikov	Senior Research Fellow \| Seismology
Nick Timms	Associate Professor \| Mineralogy, Structural geology
Cristina Tollefsen	Research Fellow \| Underwater acoustics, Physical oceanography
Martin Towner	Research Fellow \| Extraterrestrial geology, Meteoritics
Lewis Trotter	Research Associate \| Geographic Information Systems
Stéphanie Vialle	Senior Research Fellow \| Experimental geophysics, Rock physics
Bruno Vieira Ribeiro	Research Associate \| Geochronology, Petrology
Chong Wei	Research Associate \| Marine geophysics, Bioacoustics
Daniel Wilkes	Research Fellow \| Underwater acoustics
Dom Wolff-Boenisch	Associate Professor \| Aqueous geochemistry, Environmental Geology
	Research Associate \| Geochronology, Isotope geochemistry

Adjunct staff

Name	Title
Gareth Baynam	Adjunct Associate Professor \| Clinical genetics, Photogrammetry
Capri Beck	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Bioacoustics
Teresa Bednarek	Adjunct Research Associate \| Marine biology
Jason Bennett	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Mineralogy, Ore deposits
Andrej Bona	Adjunct Professor \| Seismology
Michael Brown	Adjunct Professor \| Metamorphic geology
Claire Charlton	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Marine biology, Conservation
Bill Collins	Adjunct Professor \| Geodynamics, Petrology
Tim Dean	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Exploration geophysics
Chris Elders	Emeritus Professor \| Basin evolution, Structural geology
Timmons Erickson	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Mineralogy, Microsctructrue
Hamed Gamaleldien	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Geochemistry, Geodynamics
Paul Johnston	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Geodesy
Trudi Kennedy	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Planetary science, Astronomy
Pete Kinny	John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor \| Geochronology, Isotope geochemistry
Jon Kirby	Adjunct Associate Professor \| Isostasy, Geodesy
Clem Kuek	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Applied microbiology, Biotechnology
Michael Kuhn	Adjunct Associate Professor \| Geodesy, Gravity
Anthony Lagain	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Planetary science
Maxim Lebedev	Adjunct Professor \| Experimental rock physics
Zheng-Xiang Li	John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor \| Geomagnetism, Tectonics
Derek Lichti	Adjunct Professor \| Photogrammetry
Brian Luinstra	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Hydrogeology
Mervyn Lynch	Emeritus Professor \| Environment, Remote sensing
Charlotte Mack	Adjunct Research Associate \| Paleontology, Biostratigraphy
Craig Maloney	Adjunct Associate Lecturer \| Surveying
Darryl McMahon	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Acoustics
Lynne Milne	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Palynology, Botany
John Penrose	Emeritus Professor \| Marine acoustics, Sonar
Emily Peterman	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Nanogeoscience, Metamorphic petrology
Thi Hoa Pham	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Geoinformatics, Environment
Bob Pidgeon	Adjunct Professor \| Geochronology, Isotope geochemistry
Andrew Putnis	Adjunct Professor \| Mineralogy, Nanogeoscience
Volodymyr, Puzyrev	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Numerical modelling, Artifical intelligence
Pat Rich	Adjunct Professor \| Paleontology
Geoff Robb	Adjunct Associate Lecturer \| Surveying
Lorenz Schwark	Adjunct Professor \| Petroleum geochemistry, Paleoenvironments
Robert Seggie	Adjunct Professor \| Sedimentolgy, Stratigraphy, Petroleum geology
John Simmonds	Adjunct Senior Research Fellow \| Mineral exploration
Justy Siwabessy	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Marine acoustics, Biodiversity
Gregory Smith	Adjunct Professor \| Sedimentary geology, Organic petrology
Hugh Smithies	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Geochemistry
Andrew Squelch	Adjunct Senior Lecturer \| Computational image analysis
Brain Tattitch	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Experimental petrology, Economic geology
Peter Teunissen	Adjunct Professor \| Geodesy, GNSS
Bennett Tunbridge	Adjunct Associate Lecturer \| Surveying
Milovan Urosevic	Emeritus Professor \| Seismic exploration
Geoff West	Emeritus Professor \| Photogrammetry, Spatial analysis
Simon Wilde	John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor \| Geochronology, Tectonics
Andy Wilson	Adjunct Research Fellow \| Sedimentology, Stratigraphy
Jianhong (Cecilia) Xia	Adjunct Associate Professor \| Geographic Information Systems
	Adjunct Research Associate

Professional staff

Name	Title
Martin Cupak	Software Developer
Fergus Downey	Research Assistant
Deborah Fukuyama	Teaching Support Coordinator
Andrew Gray	Senior Engineer (Electronics, Optics & Metocean)
Murray Hehir	Technician
Peter Hopper	Senior Technical Officer
Pam Kapica	Teaching Support Officer
Annette Labrooy	Administrative Officer
Carl Lares	Technical Officer
Chase Lieuwes	Research Assistant
Joshua Lim	School Business Manager
Malcolm Perry	Senior Research Technician
Caroline Rockliff	Administrative Officer
Renae Sayers	Program Manager
Lisa Smith	Project Officer
Chelsea Tay	Research Assistant
Tristan Ward	Embedded Software Engineer
Andrew Wieczorek	Technical Officer