Rate My Professor Sebastien Meffre

Sebastien Meffre is Professor in Earth Sciences and Head of Discipline, Earth Sciences, in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Tasmania. He earned his PhD from the University of Sydney, completing his doctoral studies from 1992 to 1995 on ophiolites in New Caledonia. His career at the University of Tasmania includes prior roles such as senior researcher in Earth Sciences and associate professor, leading to his current full professorship and disciplinary leadership position. Meffre is also associated with the Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Sciences (CODES), contributing to research on ore deposits and earth processes.

Meffre's research specializations include tectonics, geochronology, laser ablation mass spectrometry, isotope geochemistry, field geology, stratigraphy, exploration geology, sedimentology, geological mapping, and petrography. His current research focuses on improving techniques for U-Pb isotopic dating of rocks and analyzing gold and trace elements in pyrite to understand the timing of mineralization events. He has produced an extensive body of work, with 345 publications on ResearchGate cited over 15,000 times and more than 16,800 citations on Google Scholar. Key publications comprise 'Factors controlling chemistry of magmatic spinel: an empirical study of associated olivine, Cr-spinel and melt inclusions from primitive rocks' (2001), 'Gold and trace element zonation in pyrite using a laser imaging technique: Implications for the timing of gold in orogenic and Carlin-style sediment-hosted deposits' (2009), 'Paleozoic tectonics of the southern Chinese Tianshan: Insights from structural, chronological and geochemical studies of the Heiyingshan ophiolitic mélange (NW China)' (2011), 'The key role of mica during igneous concentration of tantalum' (2014), and 'Tectonics and metallogeny of mainland Southeast Asia—A review and contribution' (2014). In teaching, Meffre delivers undergraduate and postgraduate units in tectonics, geochronology, igneous petrology, marine geology, mineralogy, and environmental geology, coordinating courses such as Humans: Earth Shapers (KEA104). His leadership as Head of Discipline advances Earth Sciences research and education at the University of Tasmania.