Awards
- Winner, Measurement in Action category, IET Innovation Awards 2014 (with University of Tasmania, Natural History Museum, Lakehead University and AMIRA International), Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2014
- Award for Excellence in Exploration Geoscience, AMIRA, 2012
- Thayer Lindsley International Travelling Lectureship, Society of Economic Geologists, 2007
- International Research Fellowship, pmd*CRC Australia, 2005
- Max Hey Medal, Mineralogical Society, 1997
External Positions
- Council member, SEG Council, Society of Economic Geologists, 2017 - 2019
- Member, SEG Nominations Committee, Society of Economic Geologists, 2016 - 2016
- Chair, Fellowship Admissions Committee, Society of Economic Geologists, 2012 - 2013
- Member, SGA Council, Society for Geology Applied to Ore Deposits (SGA), 2012
- Grant reviewer, NERC Peer Review College, 2008 - 2012
- Member, Committee on Committees, Society of Economic Geologists, 2005 - 2007
- Chair, Thayer Lindsley Lecturer Nominations Committee, Society of Economic Geologists, 2002 - 2004
- Webmaster and ad hoc committee member, Mineral Deposits Studies Group (Geological Society of London), 1990
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Member, Irish Association for Economic Geology
- Member, Mineral Deposits Studies Group (Geological Society of London)
- Fellow, Mineralogical Society
- Fellow, Society of Economic Geologists
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- Research Leader in Mineral Deposits, The Natural History Museum, 2014
- Honorary Research Associate, CODES, University of Tasmania, 2011
Industrial Connections
- Anglo American plc, LODE LA-ICP-MS Laboratory / Genesis of the Sakatti Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, Finland
- BHP Minerals, Commercial data delivery, consulting and research collaboration
- CODELCO El Teniente, Molybdenum transport and deposition in porphyry ore systems
- Gold Fields Exploration Inc., Geological optimisation for sustainable copper-gold mining
- Quantum Pacific Exploration, Commercial data delivery, consulting and research collaboration
- Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Ltd, LODE LA-ICP-MS laboratory / Mineral indicators of porphyry copper fertility
Editorial Boards
- Economic Geology, Associate Editor