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Macquarie University, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9850 8382

Address: 12 Wally's Walk, Macquarie University Sydney, NSW, Australia

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22.01.2022 Happy #thinsectionthursday This is a thin section of mylonite from Caswell Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand, showing plagioclase, quartz, epidote, biotite, muscovite. Daczko, N. R., Klepeis, K. A., & Clarke, G. L. (2002). Thermomechanical evolution of the crust during convergence and deep crustal pluton emplacement in the Western Province of Fiordland, New Zealand. Tectonics, 21(4), 4-1. ... #geology #earthscience #STEM #mqearthenv #sciencerocks See more

16.01.2022 In 2020 our seminar series, like so much else, has been online. This has allowed us to record and post them to our YouTube channel. Assoc Professor Paul Hesse presented on 9th October: "Re-thinking the last ice age in the Southern Hemisphere"

11.01.2022 Very striking colours in todays hinsection photomicrographs of diorite. Minerals include amphibole, biotite, plagioclase, quartz, and chlorite. #thinsectionthursday All our digital thin sections are available at ImageMatrix: https://imagematrix.science.mq.edu.au/gallery/

02.01.2022 Dorrit Jacob arrived at Macquarie about 7 years ago having successfully applied for a Future Fellowship. Before that, she had carved a very successful career in Germany, with positions as lab manager of geochemical facilities at the University of Mainz and then at Greifswald after the fall of the Berlin Wall. In a stellar trajectory, she was awarded the very prestigious Heisenberg Chair as Full Professor at the University of Mainz, in 2012. It was indeed fortunate for us and... for Australia, that she was willing to leave this position for the Future Fellowship here. Dorrit was promoted to full Professor in 2017 then interim Head of Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and then steered the new Earth and Environmental Sciences amalgamation process, so we have all become familiar with and benefited from her focus, fairness and energy. She also reorganised and directed MQGA for a time, and supported ongoing funding streams there. And this was all parallel to her frontline research which is another long success story! Dorrit’s appointment as the new Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences in the ANU College of Science at ANU is a truly prestigious appointment and opens up the possibility for Dorrit to be a huge force in Earth Sciences nationally and to help steer the future directions in Geoscience over the next critical years towards 2030. Dorrit is one of those people of great enthusiasm and positive energy that create a great working environment. And those of us who were decanted to the Hearing Hub while refurbishments took place, well remember her continuing supply of excellent cakes, keeping morale high. Dorrit contributed greatly to our department in many ways and helped to raise the international profile of geoscience at Macquarie: we look forward to closer connections with ANU in the future through Dorrit’s influence. So thank you Dorrit for your broad range of contributions here at Macquarie. From all of us at Earth and Environmental Sciences we wish you well down in Canberra.

01.01.2022 Dr Kerrie Tomkins happily camping in the rain and mud on Mt Anne in Tassie, in her old leaky tent. We sent her our five quick questions to gain a little insight into Kerrie: If you could go anywhere for a holiday where would you go and who would you take with you? If I could go anywhere for a holiday given the borders are shut, I would love to go bushwalking in Tasmania for a month or longer if possible. I really enjoy the peace and quiet of being outside in nature. I would t...ake my partner Pete, and definitely leave the mobile phone and computer at home. What’s your favourite thing to drink? At the moment it’s coffee, but more out of need than want! A random fact that none of us here know about you? I had a lazy eye when I was child. To correct it, I had to wear a patch and looked like a pirate. What’s your favourite movie or TV show and why? I love all the BBC period dramas, such as Pride & Prejudice or North & South. I don’t really watch much TV, but for some reason the BBC shows are captivating. What you enjoy about working at Macquarie? The best thing about Macquarie is the amazing people! I have a group of really close friends whom I met when we were all science students here in the 1990’s. Since then, I’ve gained many great friends and colleagues. #mqearthenv #meettheteamwednesday