Rate My Professor Rosanna Murphy

Dr. Rosanna Murphy serves as Lecturer in Chemistry within the School of Science and Technology, Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. She specializes in geochemistry and chemical education, contributing to the department's research and teaching in these areas. Murphy coordinates key undergraduate units such as Introductory Chemistry (CHEM100), Science in Practice (SCI100), and Chemistry II (CHEM120), where she supports students in developing foundational skills in chemical principles and scientific practice. Her role underscores her commitment to advancing chemical education alongside her geochemical expertise.

Murphy completed her PhD at Macquarie University from 2011 to 2015, focusing on the thesis 'Stabilising a craton: The origin and emplacement of the 3.1 Ga Mpuluzi Batholith' in Swaziland/South Africa, which examined ancient crustal stabilization processes in the Kaapvaal Craton. This work was presented at the Goldschmidt Conference in 2013. Previously affiliated with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Core to Crust Fluid Systems at Macquarie University, she holds an honorary position there and has provided analytical support using LA-ICP-MS for numerous studies. Her research interests encompass tectonics, geochronology, granite petrology, analytical geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, MC-ICP-MS, laser ablation, and zircon dating. Murphy has co-authored impactful publications, including 'Genesis of the Paleoproterozoic Ammassalik Intrusive Complex, South-East Greenland' (Precambrian Research, 2018), 'Roll-Back, Extension and Mantle Upwelling Triggered Eocene Potassic Magmatism in NW Iran' (Journal of Petrology, 2018), 'Crustal Evolution of NW Iran: Cadomian Arcs, Archean Fragments and the Cenozoic Magmatic Flare-up' (Journal of Petrology, 2017), 'Zircon U-Pb geochronology, Hf isotopes and geochemistry of intrusive rocks in the Simorgh prospecting area, Lut Block, eastern Iran: petrogenesis and geological implications' (2018), and 'Geochronology of metasedimentary and igneous rocks in the Lamboo Province, Kimberley region: reassessing collisional geodynamic models' (2022). These contributions have earned 457 citations on ResearchGate, influencing understandings of global crustal evolution and magmatic systems.