Derek Wyman

Derek Wyman is an Associate Professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney, where he has held the position since February 2000. He obtained his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan. Wyman's research centers on geoscience, geology, geochemistry, and geodynamics. His primary fields of interest include igneous rocks, mineral deposits, and their interrelationships with large-scale tectonic and geodynamic processes. He conducts studies on the Yilgarn Craton in Western Australia and comparable well-mineralized rocks in Canada. Wyman supervises Honours and PhD students and teaches courses in geology and geophysics, including units on plate tectonics and volcanology.

Wyman's scholarly contributions include numerous publications on Archean volcanism, mantle processes, and terrane reconstructions. Key works feature 'Komatiites From Mantle Transition Zone Plumes' published in Frontiers in Earth Science in 2020, which explores the origins of Archean komatiites and links between plume and arc magmatism; 'Locating Lhasa Terrane in the Rodinia and Gondwana Supercontinents' in GSA Bulletin in 2022; 'Post-Collisional Silica-Undersaturated Bamaoqiongzong Volcanic Rocks in the Eastern Lhasa Terrane' in Journal of Petrology in 2023; 'Discovery of a Heavy Silicon Isotope Mantle Reservoir' in National Science Review in 2025; and 'Lamprophyres, Gold and Orogenies: A Mineral Systems Perspective' in Geological Society, London, Special Publications in 2025. Additional research addresses reappraising petrogenesis of ancient magmas in the Yilgarn Craton's Youanmi Terrane (Precambrian Research, 2024) and episodic progression toward plate tectonics. In 2022, he was ranked among the global elite researchers by Stanford University in Earth Sciences. Wyman participates in collaborative projects with institutions like the Geological Survey of Western Australia and delivers seminars on geodynamic topics.

Professional Email: derek.wyman@sydney.edu.au