Our Researchers
Staff
Dr Alex McCoy-West
Senior Lecturer, Exploration Geochemistry
Lab Affiliation: Head – IsoTropics Geochemistry Laboratory
Research interests: Novel stable isotopes, radiogenic isotopes, exploration geochemistry, continent formation
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Dr Sminto Augustine
Technical Officer (Geochemistry)
Lab affiliation: Technical Officer, IsoTropics
Research interests: Radiogenic & Stable Isotopes, Analytical Geochemistry, Mass spectrometry
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Dr Anne Kaufmann
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Fingerprinting Sustainable Ores
Lab affiliation: IsoTropics PDRA 2023-2026
Research interests: Non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry, Sustainable resources, Magmatic-hydrothermal systems
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Student Researchers
Mark Nestmeyer
PhD Candidate
Lab affiliation: PhD Researcher 2022-2025
Research interests: stable isotopes, rare earth elements, iron oxides
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Samantha Russo
PhD candidate
Lab affiliation: PhD Researcher 2023-2026
Research interests: Nd isotopes, clay minerals, weathering processes
Yamei Tian
Visiting Scholar
Lab affiliation: Visiting PhD Scholar 2023-2025
Research interests: Mo isotope, Petrological geochemistry, Ore deposit geochemistry
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Swastik Shinde
PhD candidate
PhD Researcher 2024-2028
Research interests: Igneous petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry
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Ambili Narayanan
PhD candidate
PhD Researcher 2025-2029
Research interests: Isotope geochemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Radiogenic and Stable isotopes, Banded Iron Formations
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Alumni
Dr Brandon Mahan
Adjunct Senior Lecturer
Lab affiliation: Foundation Member 2020-2023
Research interests: planetary formation, Isotope metallomics, analyte separation
Where am I now? University of Melbourne.
Where am I now? University of Melbourne.
Dr Dafne Koutamanis
PDRA, IsoTropics Geochemistry Laboratory
Lab affiliation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2022-2024
Research interests: Isotope geochemistry, palaeoecology, human evolution
Where am I now? Griffith University
Where am I now? Griffith University
Hilary Lewis
Honour Student
Lab affiliation: Lab Research Officer 2022-2023
Research interests: in situ Sr isotopes, water chemistry, shark vertebrae
Where am I now? PhD Candidate at Australian National University
Where am I now? PhD Candidate at Australian National University