Associate Professor Lindsay Collins
Assistant Director, Perth

Dept of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology
PO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845
Tel: 08 9266 7977. Fax: 08 9266 3135.
Email: l.collins@curtin.edu.au

PRESENT APPOINTMENT
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology , Perth

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
BSc (Honours) University of Western Australia
PhD University of Western Australia (1983)

PRESENT AND PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
2003-Present: Assistant Director Perth, CRC LEME
1999- March 2005: Head, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University
1997-1999: Chair, Consortium for Ocean Geoscientists of Australian Universities
1992: Director, National Key Centre for Resource Exploration
1988- Associate Professor, Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Applied sedimentology; genesis of mineral sand deposits; regolith and sedimentary evolution of palaeochannel systems; coastal landform evolution; carbonate depositional systems

TEACHING AND RESEARCH SUPERVISION
Over 50 Honours, Masters and PhD geoscience students supervised in a range of sedimentology related research fields.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Invited Visiting Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , 1993.
Completed 6 oceanographic voyages as Chief Scientist/Co-Chief Scientist aboard the CSIRO/National Facility Research Vessel FRANKLIN (55 metres).
Member, Geological Society of Australia
Member, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (WA Division)

PUBLICATIONS
Over 50 publications in refereed journals covering topics in applied sedimentology.