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Biography
Dr. Yuan Mei is a Senior Research Scientist and leader of Experimental and Computational Geochemistry Team in CSIRO Mineral Resources. Yuan lead a research team combined experimentalists and molecular modellers together to understand the geochemical reactions of mineral-fluid interaction at a molecular level. Before she joint CSIRO in 2015, she has worked at universities (University of Adelaide and Monash) as a Postdoctoral Fellow on an ARC Discovery Project in 2013-2015, and was granted a PhD degree in Geochemistry by the University of Adelaide in 2014.
Her research demonstrates that molecular simulations are coming of age in exploring the molecular structures, thermodynamic properties and spectra information of minerals and fluids from ambient to extreme conditions. The major achievement in her academic career is the quantitative calculation of the thermodynamic properties of the metal complexation and acid dissociation that control metal mobility in hydrothermal systems. The thermodynamic properties calculated in her research have been incorporated into popular thermodynamic databases and are able to be applied to geochemical modelling by hundreds of users, to provide better understanding of the dissolution, transportation and precipitation of metals in ore-forming systems. Leveraging the recent advances in high performance computers and state-of-the-art in-situ synchrotron techniques, Dr Mei’s molecular modelling helps to build essential geochemical models of element cycles in lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere.
Her current research focuses on using molecular simulation and geochemical modelling approaches to tackle two big challenges for a sustainable future -
1) geochemistry of critical minerals for more efficient exploration and processing
2) carbon dioxide removal for net zero emission.
As a curiosity driven and impact oriented researcher, she is open to collaborations in both academic and industry.
Professional Areas
Current Roles
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Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO Mineral Resources -
Team Leader
Experimental and Computational Geochemistry
Academic Qualifications
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2014
PhD in Geochemistry
University of Adelaide
Professional Experiences
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2015-2018
OCE Postdoctoral Fellow
CSIRO Mineral Resources -
2014-2015
Research Fellow
Monash University -
2013-2014
Research Fellow
The University of Adelaide
Achievements and Awards
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2023-2023
CSIRO Ruby Payne-Scott Career Development Award
CSIRO -
2023-2023
CMR Best paper Award
CSIRO Mineral Resources -
2021-2024
ResearchPlus (R+) CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship
CSIRO -
2021-2021
CMR Science Achievement – Early Career Researcher
CSIRO Mineral Resources -
2020-2020
Julius Career Award
CSIRO -
2019-2019
CMR Science Achievement Award
CSIRO Mineral Resources -
2018-2019
Ruby Payne-Scott Career Development Award
CSIRO
Other highlights
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2022-2022
Dr Mei was awarded the Jin-Jingfu Memorial Lectureship by International Association of GeoChemistry (IAGC). This memorial lecture was established to commemorate Professor Jin-Jingfu’s intellectual legacy and encourage early-career scientists (who received their PhD within about 10 years) to pursue rigorous research in geochemistry, as a recognition of their contribution on a single geochemical research topic through one or a series of publications, which have resulted in a measurable impact in their discipline. The lecture is on any subject of water-rock interaction geochemistry and the selected lecturer can be based in any country. This award is a great recognition of her research in molecular simulation and geochemical modelling of fluid-rock interactions. (https://www.iagc-society.org/news/12746709)
Grants
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2019-2021
ARC Discovery Project DP190100216 “Aqueous fluids in the deep earth”
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2020-2022
Lead guest editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
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2019-2023
CMR Diversity and Inclusion committee member
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2016-2021
Member of the merit allocation committee for the national Energy and Resources allocation scheme at Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
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2018-2020
Lead guest editor of Ore Geology Review special issue
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2016-2020
Guest Editor of Geofluids special issue “Advances in Numerical Simulations of Hydrothermal Ore Forming Processes”
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2018-2023
Academic editor of Geofluids
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Publications
ORCID 0000-0001-6251-3483
We have publications by Dr Yuan Mei