Prof Ian Fitzsimons BA(Hons)(Camb), PhD(Edin), FGS, FMinSoc, MGSAust Tel: +61 (0)8 9266 2455 Fax: +61 (0)8 9266 3153 Room: 312-305B I.Fitzsimons@curtin.edu.au

Academic Background

Ian joined Curtin as a lecturer in 1998, after research positions at the University of Edinburgh, Royal Holloway University of London, and Monash University. He has a first class Honours degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Cambridge and was awarded a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1992 for his thesis on "The metamorphic histories of some Proterozoic granulites from East Antarctica". Ian's initial appointment at Curtin was a joint research and teaching position within the Tectonics Special Research Centre, and he became one of the Deputy Directors of the Centre in 2003 until the end of its nine-year funding period in 2005. He was Head of the Department of Applied Geology from 2005 to 2009.

Research Interests

The mineralogy, petrology, geochronology, field geology and tectonic setting of metamorphic rocks, particularly those exposed in Precambrian high-grade terranes. The Proterozoic geology of Antarctica, Australia, India, Madagascar, sub-saharan Africa and South America, the assembly of the Gondwana and reconstructions of Precambrian supercontinents.

Research Publications

Teaching Responsibilities

• Geology 202 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
• Geology 214 - Geochemistry
• Geology 244 - Petrology and Geochemistry (unit controller)
• Geology 291 - Geological Field Mapping
• Geology 316 - Crustal Evolution (unit controller)
• Geology 392 - Geological Field Mapping

External Responsibilities

• Editorial Advisory Board Member for: Antarctic Science, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Journal of the Geological Society of London, Precambrian Research.
• Vice-President of the International Association for Gondwana Research.
• Member of the Earth and Environmental Science Assessment, Moderation and Review Panel, Curriculum Council of Western Australia.
• Member of the External Liaison Committee, Geological Survey of Western Australia, Department of Industry and Resources, Government of Western Australia.
• Member of the Governing Board, Earth Sciences Western Australia.

Academic Awards

• 2001 Curtin Student Guild Excellence in Teaching Award.
• 2000 Max Hey Medal of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for research excellence in mineralogy, petrology. and geochemistry.