Person

Hill, Robin (1941 - )

Born
10 August 1941
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Geologist and Petrologist

Summary

Geologist Robin Hill is an expert in nickel exploration and has been influential in developing the nickel industry in Australia. Hill worked at the CSIRO in the Division of Mineralogy, which became the Division of Exploration and Mining in 1993, from 1973 to 2004.

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Hill received the following CSIRO awards:

1991 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for nickel exploration research;

1992 - Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award for his work on how some Western Australian nickel deposits are formed enabling Companies to demonstrably increase the effectiveness and success rate of their exploration activities.

Chronology

? - 2004
Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Exoloration and Mining
1963
Education - Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology, University of Queensland
1968
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1968 - 1973
Career position - Postdoctoral researcher at Pennsylvania State University
1973 - ?
Career position - Research scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineralogy, later Division of Exploration and Mining (Various positions)
1990
Award - Barlow Memorial Award, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1991
Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
1992
Award - Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award, CSIRO
1996
Award - Gibb Maitland Medal, Geological Society of Australia

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Rebecca Rigby

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