Professional Achievements

Master of Science 1992 “Geology and Geochemistry of the Silexite Deposits of the Mole Granite, New England NSW, and their Economic Potential” University of Technology, Sydney.

 

PhD 2007 “The Depositional Environment of the Newcastle Coal Measures: Insights from Tuffaceous Sedimentation, Tree Preservation and Long Distance Correlations” Newcastle University. Read more…..

 

1990’s – Newcastle Coalfield Read more…..

 

1999-2005 Discovery of latest open-cut coal mine in NSW: I played a pivotal role in the discovery and subsequent exploration of the Anvil Hill coal deposit that is now the Mangoola Mine operated by Xstrata near Denman in the Hunter Valley. The discovery was driven by the research in my PhD which not only challenged existing academic concepts on local coal formation but also perceptions of coal prospectivity in the upper seams of the Hunter Valley. Read more…..

 

2004 Renamed the Wollombi Coal Measures to the Newcastle Coal Measures following the re-evaluation of the correlation between the two measures in my research, and accepted by the Coalfield Geology Council of New South Wales (Australia). Read more…..

 

2007 Award for Excellence in Coal Geology Read more…..

 

2010 – 2013 Coal Seam Gas / Coal Bed Methane Exploration and Geology Read more…..

 

2013-14 Australian Guidelines for the Estimation and Classification of Coal Resources: Convened the Committee reviewing the guidelines due for release later in 2014.