{"id":5247,"date":"2015-05-27T01:09:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T17:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/new-director-for-tiger\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T07:59:21","slug":"new-director-for-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/new-director-for-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"New Director for TIGeR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin University has appointed distinguished geoscientist Professor Andrew Putnis as the new Director of The Institute for Geoscience Research (TIGeR). Professor Putnis was previously Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Munster, Germany, and Lecturer in Earth Sciences at Cambridge University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTIGeR\u2019s role is to promote research excellence and enhance the national and international profile of Curtin Geosciences,\u201d Professor Putnis said. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be leading this institute in its multi-scale, multi-disciplinary approach integrating the latest technology with collection data from across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first of a series of international TIGeR conferences will be held at Curtin in September with the theme \u2018Key issues in fluid-rock interaction: from the nano to the macroscale\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Andris Stelbovics, Pro Vice-Chancellor Science and Engineering said the appointment strengthens TIGeR\u2019s position as one of Curtin\u2019s high-impact centres. \u201cThe team at TIGeR includes many of Curtin\u2019s top researchers with proven track-records,\u201d Professor Stelbovics said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.curtin.edu.au\/media-releases\/new-director-to-lead-geoscience-research-at-curtin\/\">Read more about Professor Andrew Putnis&#8217;s appointment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curtin University has appointed distinguished geoscientist Professor Andrew Putnis as the new Director of The Institute for Geoscience Research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":5248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"8334,4621,4734,6608,8045,6087","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-5247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":[{"title":"Mine and Engineering Surveying","qualification":"Bachelor of Science (Mine and Engineering Surveying)","link":"http:\/\/courses.curtin.edu.au\/course_overview\/undergraduate\/mine-engineering-surveying","description":"The mine and engineering surveying major provides you with basic studies in mathematics, computing and science and an introduction to surveying and mapping techniques. 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