Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

My research, conducted through detailed fieldwork and careful laboratory investigation, currently focuses on world-class magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE (platinum-group elements) deposits, the tectonic setting in which they occur, petrogenesis of associated mafic-ultramafic rocks, causes of sulfide saturation in mafic magma, concentration of immiscible sulfide liquids in magma plumbing systems, controls on the compositions of base metals and PGE in sulfide ores, and models that can be used to assist in exploration targeting.

• 2009-present, Honorary Lecturer, Society of Economic Geologists
• 2009-present, Guest Fellow, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 2011, Regional Vice President Lecturer, Society of Economic Geologists
• 2009, Fellow, Geological Society of America
• 2006-2010, Guest Professor, China University of Geosciences-Beijing
• 2005-2010, Guest Professor, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China
• 2005-2009, Cuiying Chair (distinguished guest) Professor, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
• 2003, Fellow, Society of Economic Geologists