Professor Kate Wright
Professor of Minerals Chemistry
Acting Associate DVC, Research Training
Room: 500.3126
Phone: +61 8 9266 3554
Email: kate@ivec.org
Background
- BSc. (Hons) Geology, University College London (1986)
- PhD Mineral Physics, University College London (1991)
- PDRA, UMIST Manchester UK 1991-1994
- NERC Research Fellow, Manchester UK 1994-1996
- Royal Society University Research Fellow, Manchester/London 1996-2004
- Senior Researcher. Project Leader (Geopolymers), Curtin University 2004-2006
- Professor of Minerals Chemistry, Executive Committee Member Parker CRC for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions, Curtin University, 2006 onwards
Fields of Interest
- Atomistic detail of mineral processing techniques
- Use of minerals in pollution remediation and control in the environment
- Microscopic defects in minerals and their influence on macroscopic behaviour
- Structure and reactivity of mineral surfaces
- The effects of water on the stability and rheology of minerals in the Earth's upper mantle and transition zone
Computational mineralogy group
Post-doctoral Research Fellows:
- Dr Feiwu Zhang
- Dr Dino Spagnoli (joint with Prof Julian Gale)
PhD Students
- Ms Shani Sperink (joint with A/Prof Nigel Marks)
- Mr Sergey Lynkov (joint with Porf Julian Gale and Dr Keith Barnard (CSIRO))
