Person
Smith, Raymond Ernest (Ray)
- Occupation
- Geochemist and Geologist
Summary
Ray Smith has been considered one of Australia's leading exploration geochemists and regolith geoscientists.
Details
In his research he has pursued innovative approaches to the locating and recovering of Australian mineral resources, and is an expert in identifying mineral resources within Australia's extremely weathered landscapes. His work exploring regolith land-mapping and geochemical mapping in lateritic terrains changed the mining industry's approach to mineral exploration.
He was director and chief executive officer of both the CRC for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME-1, 1995-2001) and its successor the CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME-2, 2001-2008).
Chronology
- 1963
- Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons 1), University of Sydney
- 1967
- Education - PhD in geology and geochemistry, University of Sydney
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- 1968 - 1969
- Career position - Research Associate, Faculty of the State University of New York at Binghamton
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Research Manager, then Exploration Manager for Union Miniere Development and Mining Ltd, Western Australia
- 1973 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineralogy
- 1978 - 1988
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineralogy
- 1988 - 1998
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineralogy
- 1995
- Career position - Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME-1)
- 1998 - 2004
- Career position - CSIRO Fellow
- 2000
- Career position - Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME-2)
- 2004 -
- Career event - Appointed to position of Emeritus CSIRO Fellow
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- 'Smith, Raymond Ernest', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491925. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Raymond Ernest Smith', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Smith-Raymond-Ernest. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 29 May 2012, Last modified: 11 April 2016