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Professor Gideon Rosenbaum
Professor

Gideon Rosenbaum

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Overview

Background

Gideon Rosenbaum's research interests are in the fields of structural geology and tectonics. He is particularly interested in the geodynamics of convergent plate margins.

BSc, Hebrew University, 1997; MSc, Hebrew University, 1999; PhD, Monash University, 2004.

Availability

Professor Gideon Rosenbaum is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Masters (Coursework) of Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University

Funding

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2028
    Finding critical copper beneath volcanoes
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    Can soft collision lead to plate tectonic reorganisation? Revisiting the Ontong Java Plateau collision paradox
    The Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    The lost ocean of eastern Australia and its critical metals endowment
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2020 - 2024
    Magmatic response to slab deformation and implications to ore formation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Centre for Geoanalytical Mass Spectrometry (CGMS) - Achieving excellence in isotope geochemistry and geochronology
    UQ Research Facilities Infrastructure Grants
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Basement terrane of the Queensland Plateau
    Australian and New Zealand IODP Consortium
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Next-generation multi-collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) with laser-ablation capability for in situ high-throughput and high resolution isotope dating and characterizat
    UQ Major Research Facility Fund
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    A fully automated, fully shielded palaeomagnetic system (ARC LIEF project administered by Curtin University of Technology)
    Curtin University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    The Missing Link in the Tasmanides: Evaluating Tectonic Evolution and Resource Exploration Potential of the Southern Thomson Fold Belt (ARC Linkage Project administered by the University of Newcastle)
    University of Newcastle
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    Unravelling the geodynamics of eastern Australia during the Permian: the link between plate boundary bending and basin formation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    A world-class rock magnetic facility to support Australian palaeomagnetic and environmental research (ARC LIEF Grant administered by ANU)
    ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions
    Open grant
  • 2012
    The Geomicrobiology Laboratory
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Events through time: eruptions, extinctions, impacts, orebodies and orogenies - upgrading the national argon geochronology network (ARC LIEF Grant administered by ANU)
    ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    A fully coupled numerical approach for modelling lithospheric extension
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Instrumentation for elemental analysis of geological and environmental samples
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2010
    Fully automated and OH&S compliant geological, biological, and environmental preparation facility
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    The dynamic strength of continents and how they break apart (ARC Discovery Project administered by the University of Western Australia)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Origin of the New England contorted mountain belt: implications for plate tectonics, magmatism and mineralisation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009
    The future of palaeoclimate and archaeological research in Australia: next generation instrumentation for chronology and environmental reconstruction
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2009
    UQ Virtual Facility for Thermochronology, Noble Gas Geochemistry and Geochronology
    UQ School/Centre Co-Funding
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Investigating the structure and evolution of the Continental Crust: A Virtual Facility for thermochronology, noble gas geochemistry and geochronology
    ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Aseismic ridge subduction and the formation of ore deposits: tracking porphyry mineralisation in space and time
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    The development of lithospheric tear faults in convergent plate boundaries
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Interactions between crust and lithosphere in convergent margins
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Professor Gideon Rosenbaum is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The role of crustal-scale structures on the evolution of orogenic curvatures in northeastern Australia: implications for the Palaeozoic evolution of eastern Gondwana

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Teresa Ubide Garralda

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Tectonic reconstruction of the northern New England Orogen (Queensland, Australia): testing the arc-continent collision hypothesis

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Devonian to Triassic arc modulation in the New England Orogen (eastern Australia)

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Structure and tectonics of the Marlborough and Rockhampton ultramafic massifs

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Teresa Ubide Garralda

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Unlocking anomalous volcanic arcs: magma transport from storage to eruption across the Andes

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Teresa Ubide Garralda

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Magmatic architecture and dynamics across arc volcanoes. A microanalytical perspective

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Teresa Ubide Garralda

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Crystal records of volcanic eruption triggers

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Teresa Ubide Garralda

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the triggers of volcanism and mineralisation in subduction zones

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Teresa Ubide Garralda

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

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  • Earth's structure
  • Geology
  • Tectonics

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