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Dr Ria Mukherjee

Lecturer in Earth Science - School of Environmental and Rural Science

Building: Room 234, COO2 Building

Biography

Ria is a Lecturer in Earth Sciences in the School of Environmental and Rural Science. She has a bachelors, masters and PhD from India. Her research is focused on understanding the key magmatic processes linked to the formation of critical metals of Cr, Ni, Ti-V, and the platinum-group elements (PGEs). Her research aims to help in exploration of these resources, which aligns with the Australian Critical Mineral strategy 2023-2030 and support the endeavour of maintaining sustainable supply chains of these metals. These resources are significant as they support the transition to greener energy, especially in the production of batteries, which are crucial in the manufacture of EV’s. Her interest is also to use these ores of critical metals as tools to fingerprint the chemical and geodynamic evolution of the Earth. Her strengths and skills are field geology, petrology and geochemistry that is used extensively to solve her research questions.

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