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Owen Peter Missen

(he/him)
Lecturer in Environmental Geology, University of Tasmania

I am the Environmental Geology Lecturer in Earth Sciences at University of Tasmania. I research the environmental mineralogy and geochemistry of Critical Minerals, the essential components of the green energy transition. My research focuses on the oxidation zone, favouring a multidisciplinary approach to mineralogical research. I teach mineralogy and environmental geology to undergraduate students and am supervising six PhD projects across a range of mineralogical, geometallurgical and economic geology topics.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Lecturer, University of Tasmania
  • 2022–2023
    Research fellow, University of Tasmania
  • 2022–2022
    Research assistant, Monash University
  • 2022–2022
    Geosciences Researcher, Museums Victoria

Education

  • 2022 
    Monash University, PhD / Geochemistry
  • 2017 
    University of Melbourne, Master of Science / Chemistry
  • 2015 
    University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Science / Chemistry