Rate My Professor Janne Liebmann

Dr Janne Liebmann is a Lecturer in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Curtin University. She commenced her PhD at Curtin University in 2018, focusing on linking atmospheric oxygenation to deep Earth processes during the Great Oxidation Event, and transitioned to a staff position in 2021. Liebmann obtained her BSc in 2014 and MSc in 2017 from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Her research applies isotope geochemistry and geochronology to investigate the evolution of Earth's crust, mineral systems, and surface environments, particularly in the Archean and Proterozoic. She explores secular changes in tectonics, continental emergence, and their impacts on atmospheric oxygen levels. As a member of the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group, her work addresses challenges in mineral exploration by providing temporal and geochemical insights into crustal processes.

Liebmann received the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) in 2026 for her project 'Mining Earth’s Memory – From Crustal Thickness to Mineral Prediction,' funded with $516,678. This project maps Australia's crustal thickness variations over millions of years to develop predictive models for mineral deposits. Her key publications include 'Strategies towards robust interpretations of in situ zircon Lu–Hf isotope analyses' (Geoscience Frontiers, 2020), 'Paleoproterozoic increase in zircon δ18O driven by rapid emergence of continental crust' (Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019), 'Disparities in oxygen isotopes of detrital and igneous zircon identify erosional bias in crustal rock record' (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022), 'Effect of water on δ18O in zircon' (Chemical Geology, 2021), 'Time-strain evolution of shear zones from petrographically constrained Rb–Sr muscovite analysis' (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023), 'Rutile Ages and Thermometry Along a Grenville Anorthosite Pathway' (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2023), and 'A crustal Pb isotope map of southeastern Australia' (2024). She has delivered seminars on supercontinent cycles and continental rise influencing atmospheric oxygen and serves as a Research Integrity Advisor.