Rate My Professor Axel Schmitt

Curtin University

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5.08/20/2025

Passionate about student development.

4.05/21/2025

Makes complex topics easy to understand.

5.03/31/2025

Always supportive and inspiring to all.

4.02/27/2025

Makes every class a rewarding experience.

5.02/10/2025

Inspires a passion for knowledge and growth.

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Professor Axel Schmitt is a Full Professor at the John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, where he leads the large-geometry Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) laboratory since 2023 and serves as CAMECA Program Lead. Affiliated with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, his research employs advanced SIMS techniques for geochronology and geochemical analysis. Schmitt obtained his Diploma in Mineralogy in 1995 and Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in Mineralogy in 1999 from the University of Giessen, Germany. His doctoral thesis examined melt generation and magma chamber processes in the Purico Complex and implications for ignimbrite formation in the Central Andes. Previously, he held positions at the University of California, Los Angeles, including Manager of the NSF National Ion Microprobe Facility from 2009 to 2014, Associate Professor-in-Residence from 2011 to 2014, and earlier roles as post-doctoral researcher and research associate starting from 2000. From August 2015, he served as Professor at the University of Heidelberg.