Biography
Sandra is a structural geologist with over 20 years of experience. She has worked across the government, industry and academia sectors – most notably for the Geological Survey of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia and AngloGold Ashanti and Fugro Airborne Surveys. Her work has bridged the scales from understanding the tectonic development of a region to vectoring to ore deposits at the prospect scale using geology, geophysics, mineralogy and geochemistry. Her recent work in mineral systems science includes integrating multi-scale interdisciplinary datasets in order to complete multicommodity analyses using fuzzy logic methods that include integrated geological domain knowledge into the analyses. She also worked in project generation within regions throughout Australia, areas in South East Asia and the Americas.
Academic Qualifications
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1992
Bachelor of Science
Monash University -
1994
Master of Science
Monash University -
2004
Doctor of Philosophy
Curtin University
Grants
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2018-2021
MRIWA 521: Geodynamics through time: Geodynamic, lithospheric and crustal-scale controls on multi-stage basin evolution and orogenesis and links to mineralizing processes.
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2016-2017
Department of Geology, Ministry of Mineral Resources, Government of Greenland: Integrated Geological-Geophysical mapping techniques in remote access areas
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2016-2019
MRIWA 476: An integrated multi-scale study of crustal structure and prospectivity of the eastern Yilgarn Craton and adjacent Albany-Fraser Orogen
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2015-2018
MRIWA 465: Deep crustal-scale structure, geological evolution and multi-commodity prospectivity analysis of the Halls Creek Orogen, Kimberley region, Western Australia
Professional Experiences
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2014-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre of Exploration Targeting, University of Western Australia -
2008-2014
Project Generation Geologist
AngloGold Ashanti -
2005-2007
Geophysical Interpreter
Fugro Airborne Surveys -
2004-2005
Postdoctoral Fellow
Curtin University -
1994-2001
Regional Geologist
Geological Survey of Western Australia