DrVasileios Chatzaras
Senior Lecturer in Geology
Faculty of Science
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- Senior Lecturer in GeologyFaculty of Science
Research projects & supervision summary
Active students
PhD
- Eric Wang- Seismic Modelling for Sydney
- Utpal Singh - Imaging the lithosphere and mapping deep mineral systems
- Puqing Li - Structural, Rheological, and Seismic Heterogeneity of the Upper Mantle Constrained from Mantle Xenoliths
- Yahya AlQahtani- A multiscale geophysical and structural analysis of Proterozoic Tectonics and Mineral Systems
Past students (USyd)
Honours
- Penelope Beltran-Rehberg, 2025 - Investigating granulite facies metamorphism in Paleoproterozoic rifted basins, with examples from Broken Hill, NSW
- Kelly Zhao, 2024 - Multi-scale quantitative analysis of fracture networks in the Narrabeen Group: Investigating the effect of lithology
- Leeah Betts, 2024 - Investigation of the seismic hazard, vulnerability and risk of the Sydney-Hunter region
- Julian Horniblow, 2023 (University Medal) -The structure and flow of forearc mantle: Massif du Sud ophiolite, New Caledonia
- Marlon Newling, 2023- Melt Migration and Deformation in the Mantle-Crust Transition Zone of a Nascent Forearc, Massif du Sud, New Caledonia
- Eric Wang, 2022 (University Medal) - Modelling Seismic Hazard and Risk in Sydney
- Emily Benjamin, 2021 - Beneath the Streets of Sydney: The structural, compositional, and geochemical characterisation of the Luna Park Fault Zone
- Demetrios Avdalis, 2021 - Compositional and Structural Characterisation of the Parramatta Fault Zone
RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONA multiscale geophysical and structural analysis of Proterozoic Tectonics and Mineral Systems.
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONInvestigating the Dynamic Drivers Shaping Fold and Thrust Belts From Plate Margins to Intracontinental Settings
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONMapping the Structure and Petrophysical Properties of the Lithospheric Mantle Beneath the Southern New England Orogen, Eastern Australia
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONSeismic Modelling for Sydney - Improving Fault, Vs30, and Ground Motion Model Datasets in Sydney
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONStrain and seismic anisotropy characterization from 3D data: applications to the lithospheric mantle
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONStructural Rheological and Seismic Heterogeneity of the Upper Mantle Constrained from Mantle Xenoliths