Brent McInnes

Brent is a Research Professor at Curtin University and Director of the John De Laeter Centre for Isotope Research in Perth, Western Australia.

Previous to this he was employed as a Chief Research Scientist in the Division of Earth Sciences and Resource Engineering of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).

Educated in Canada and trained at the California Institute of Technology, he has 26 years of international experience in the geoscience and resources research sector.

A Fellow and former VP Australasia of the Society of Economic Geologists, his honours include the 2003 CSIRO Chairman’s Gold Medal for Research Excellence, the 2007 CSIRO National Service from Science Award and the 2007 Fulbright Coral Sea Scholar at NASA.

He has led multiple public-private partnership projects with companies including Australian Scientific Instruments, Barrick, BHP-Billiton, INCO, Rio Tinto and Sinopec.

He is interested in intellectual pursuits with economic outcomes.

Specialties: Economic geology, isotope geochemistry, marine geoscience, generation and evaluation of exploration plays, geochemical exploration techniques, instrument design and market evaluation, exploration technology assessment, R&D management, international development