Professor Trevor Ireland
Areas of expertise
- Geochronology 040303
- Isotope Geochemistry 040203
- Stellar Astronomy And Planetary Systems 020110
- Planetary Science (Excl. Extraterrestrial Geology) 020108
- Geochemistry 0402
Research interests
SHRIMP Ion microprobe analysis of terrestrial and extraterrestrial materials
Geochronology of Gondwana, particularly New Zealand, Antarctica, Australia
Trace element geochemistry
Sulfur isotope geochemistry
Isotope systematics of refractory inclusions in primitive meteorites
Origin and evolution of the solar nebula
Hayabusa and Osiris-REx Asteroid Sample Return Missions
Biography
BSc(Hons) in Geology and Physics from Otago University (NZ) [1981]
PhD in Isotope Geochemistry from ANU [1987]
Post Docs in Washington University in St Louis; Max-Planck Institut für Geochemistry, Mainz
QEII Fellow (ANU) [1990]
Resrach Fellow (ANU) [1994]
Asst Professor, Stanford University [1997]
Assoc. Professor (ANU) [2000]
Professor, ANU [2008]
Researcher's projects
Analysis of water in nominally anhydrous minerals
Triple O isotope analysis of meteoritic materials (including refractory inclusions, chondrules, Mars meteorites).
S isotopes in Archean rocks, microbial fractionations