Room: 303.231
Phone: +61 8 9266 3554
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Prof Kate Wright
Professor of Minerals Chemistry
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 of Technology 2004 – 2006
- Professor of Minerals Chemistry, Executive Committee Member Parker CRC for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions, Curtin University of Technology, 2006 -
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
