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BENTLEY WA 6102 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Mark leads the Value-added Critical Minerals Program in CSIRO's Mineral Resources Research Unit. The program focuses on developing Australia's capability to add value to minerals mined here by processing them into chemicals, metals and materials for modern manufacturing. Value-added Critical Minerals is home to CSIRO's hydrometallurgy capability and characterisation expertise and draws on a broader skill-base in pyrometallurgy, materials science and metal production.
Mark has a research background in geoscience, materials analysis and mineralogy, and through his leadership roles in Mineral Resources has developed a professional interest in the politics and policies of critical mineral supply chains. This has positioned him to lead the Value-added Critical Minerals Program for CSIRO integrating knowledge from orebody geoscience through mineral processing to materials production.
Mark joined CSIRO as a postdoc in 2012 and has led teams in exploration geology, orebody geoscience and mineral resources characterisation. Prior to joining CSIRO Mark worked as a structural geologist examining large-scale folding in the northern Zagros Mountains and the application of digital mapping technologies to structural geology. This work followed his PhD at the University of Liverpool where he worked on the deformation and metamorphism of rock at high temperatures in the Scottish Highlands.
Professional Areas
Academic Qualifications
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2005
MGeol (N. America)
University of Leeds -
2009
PhD
University of Liverpool
Professional Experiences
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2022-2026
Research Director - Characterisation
CSIRO -
2018-2022
Group Leader - Orebody Geoscience
CSIRO -
2016-2018
Team Leader - Geoscience to Geometallurgy
CSIRO -
2012-2015
OCE Postdoctoral Fellow
CSIRO -
2009-2012
Senior Research Geoscientist
Geospatial Research Ltd.
Achievements and Awards
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2018-2018
Science Excellence Award - Early Career Researcher
CSIRO Mineral Resources
Grants
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2017-2020
ARC Discovery Project 170101893: Wet and Stressed - Nature's mechanisms for leaching and remobilising metals
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2021-2024
ARC Linkage Project 200200897: Unravelling multi-scale processes leading to high grade gold mineralisation
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2018-2019
ARC LIEF Project 190100176: Cutting-edge electron backscatter diffraction for materials analysis
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2023-2025
GSA Governing Council
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2018-Present
Mineral Resources Diversity and Inclusion Committee
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2017-2023
Mineral Resources Science Committee
ORCID 0000-0002-4519-7279
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