Person
Smith, Raymond Ernest (Ray)
- Occupation
- Geochemist and Geologist
Summary
Ray Smith is considered one of Australia's leading exploration geochemists and regolith geoscientists. 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).
Details
Smith received the following CSIRO awards:
1994 - Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award (with colleagues) for significantly changing exploration strategies in the mining industry, particularly in regions where mineral deposits are concealed beneath laterite;
1997 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues in the Lateritic Environments Team) for their contributions to mineral exploration.
Chronology
- 1963
- Education - Bachelor of Science (Hons 1), University of Sydney
- 1967
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in geology and geochemistry, University of Sydney
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, 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 - 1984
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineralogy
- 1984 - 1995
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Mineralogy and Geochemistry
- 1985 - 1987
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Minerals and Geochemistry
- 1988 - 1993
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Exploration and Geoscience
- 1990 - 2009
- Career position - Adjunct Professor in Exploration Geochemistry, Curtin University of Technology
- 1991
- Award - Gibb Maitland Medal, Geological Society of Australia
- 1993 - 1998
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining
- 1994
- Sir Ian McLennan Impact from Science and Engineering Award (with colleagues), CSIRO
- 1995
- Award - President's Award, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- 1995
- Award - Gold Medal, International Association of Exploration Geochemists
- 1995 - 2001
- Career position - Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME-1)
- 1997
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues in the Lateritic Environments Team)
- 1998 - 2004
- Career position - CSIRO Fellow
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in geology
- 2001 - 2002
- 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
See also
- Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-entrepreneurship-award/. Details
- Wolff, Helen, 'Sir Ian McLennan Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/sir-ian-mclennan-award/. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 29 May 2012, Last modified: 28 March 2024