Professor of Geophysics, University of Sydney
I am an Earth scientist interested in assimilating the wealth of geological and geophysical data into a four-dimensional Earth model (through space and deep time), connecting solid Earth to surface processes. I received my undergraduate degree in geology/geophysics from the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Germany, and my PhD in Earth Science from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, California. After joining the University of Sydney in 1993 I built the EarthByte Research Group. The EarthByters are pursuing open innovation, involving the collaborative development of open-source software as well as open-access global digital data sets and virtual globes. Our fundamental aims is data synthesis through space and time, assimilating the wealth of disparate geodata into a virtual experimental planet.
Travelling through deep time to find copper for a clean energy future
Jul 18, 2021 10:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
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