B.Sc. (Hons)  Geology.    University of Melbourne.
Ph.D.  Geology.    University of Melbourne.

• Computer applications in the earth sciences, digital processing techniques in remotely-sensed data
• Manufacture of both bulk and customised high-precision sample standards
• Supervision of graduate students in earth sciences at Columbia and Melbourne Universities
• Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, New York, USA, lecturing in undergraduate igneous and metamorphic petrology
• Part-time tutor in optical mineralogy, igneous petrology, and economic geology, University of Melbourne

Paul is the managing director and Consulting Geologist at ORE Research and Exploration Pty. Ltd.

Prior to ORE, Paul has worked as a senior Geological Consultant at Geophysical Exploration Consultants; he has worked in the research department of geology at the University of Melbourne; and he has been a research scientist at Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, New York.

From 1986-1988 Paul was the Principal Investigator for the Australian Mineral Industries Research Association (AMIRA) and was awarded a research grant for the “Geochemical Criteria for Platinum Metal Exploration”, to develop new techniques for platinum metal prospecting within Australia.

From 1982-1984 Paul was a co-investigator on the AMIRA project “Precious Metal and Sulphide Immiscibility: Implications for Ore Genesis and the Importance of Source Rocks for Gold Deposits”.

From 1978-1981 he was the Principal Investigator on a number of National Science Foundation and Office of Naval Research (USA) grants in marine geology, investigating the petrology of oceanic fracture zones.

He is also a member of the Geological Society of Australia.

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