I am an Associate Professor in the Environmental Science program in UniSA STEM.
My teaching has evolved from an igneous petrology and field geology focus to now focusing on Earth and climate systems and the evolution of the landscape and the fate of metals within the landscape. My teaching is focused on providing students with an insight into the inner workings of the Earth and the manner in which the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere are linked. I try to inspire our students to think about the influence we have on the planet and the influence that the earth has on societies around the world. This includes recognising that our modern society is heavily reliant on mineral resources and thinking about the development and use of... Read more
About me
I am an Associate Professor in the Environmental Science program in UniSA STEM.
My teaching has evolved from an igneous petrology and field geology focus to now focusing on Earth and climate systems and the evolution of the landscape and the fate of metals within the landscape. My teaching is focused on providing students with an insight into the inner workings of the Earth and the manner in which the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere are linked. I try to inspire our students to think about the influence we have on the planet and the influence that the earth has on societies around the world. This includes recognising that our modern society is heavily reliant on mineral resources and thinking about the development and use of these resources in a sustainable manner. Unfortunately that often requires understanding the negative impacts of previous extraction/mining on the present environment of Australia.
My research is driven equally by general curiosity about our natural world and an interest is better understanding how the Earth has evolved and working towards finding applications for that knowledge to benefit industry/society. A background in geochemistry and isotope geochemistry has meant that I am able to work on a wide range of scientific problems and enjoy this diversity. This includes my original fields of igneous petrology and geochronology to student projects such as metamorphic petrology, Ediacaran paleontology and sedimentology, regolith geochemistry and plant biogeochemistry, and recent collaborative projects as diverse as elemental imaging of diffusive gel thin-film samples, mouse lungs and oat grains.
I have recently lead the installation and commisioning of a new Laser Ablation Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry facility at UniSA. This includes a Teledyne Photon Machines Iridia 193nm ArF laser and a TOFWERK ICP-TOF R mass spectrometer. We are fortunate to also be able to connect this up to an adjacent Agilent 8900 ICP-MS. We're still exploring all of the wonderful advantages of the fast washout Iridia and the ICP-TOF but 10 ms ablation cell washouts and a measurement rate of 33,000 times per second means that we can do things very fast - with "all" of the elements at once. This equates to sample scanning speeds of up to 2mm per second using a 20 um spot size - lightning fast!
Please contact me via email (justin.payne (at) unisa.edu.au) or Susie Ritch (susie.ritch (at) unisa.edu.au) if you are interested in using the facility.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Adelaide
Science (Geology) The University of Adelaide
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Mass spectrometry for mass geochronology, ARC - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities Grant, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2022
MinEx CRC Project 8 Geological Architecture and Evolution, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
Source to spectrum: Finding deposits beyond the Fe oxide-Cu-Au envelope, ARC - Linkage Project, 09/11/2016 - 30/11/2020
Tectonic Geography of the World's Oldest Petroleum Play, the McArthur Basin, ARC - Linkage Project, 25/07/2017 - 24/07/2020
Source to spectrum: Finding deposits beyond the Fe oxide-Cu-Au envelope (Industry Partner), SA Dept of Innovation and Skills (formerly DSD), 01/07/2016 - 08/05/2020
FMGL Rudall-Paterson Exploration Project, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, 01/06/2016 - 31/12/2018
LE 140100141 - High sensitivity and precision mass spectrometry for tracing Australia’s ancient evolution and securing our future groundwater resources’ - Hand,…. Payne and 8 others. Total Value - $829,023
‘Strategic advances in LA-ICP-MS instrumentation development to aid in in-situ characterisation of the chemical effects of fluid-rock interactions’ – Payne, Kelsey, Barovich, Cook, Kennedy, Hill. Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources Strategic Research Initiative 2012 - $41,353
Premier's Science and Research Fund 2010 - ‘Developing World-Class Trace Element Imaging facilities through Key Analytical Infrastructure Advances’ - Hand, Cook, Tester, Payne and 15 others. - $766,000
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2017 |
35
36
|
2017 |
17
17
19
|
2016 |
112
112
3
|
2015 |
28
28
|
2015 |
23
22
|
Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
Open access
12
|
2024 |
Open access
2
|
2024 |
2
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2024 |
1
|
2023 |
Open access
3
3
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2023 |
Open access
3
|
2023 |
Open access
1
|
2022 |
Open access
7
7
1
|
2022 |
15
13
2
|
2022 |
12
10
3
|
2022 |
Open access
3
3
|
2022 |
Open access
4
2
|
2021 |
Open access
8
8
|
2021 |
12
9
5
|
2021 |
15
15
|
2020 |
14
15
|
2020 |
8
8
|
2019 |
Open access
17
16
|
2019 |
Open access
10
9
|
2019 |
Open access
29
26
|
2019 |
15
15
|
2019 |
Open access
22
22
|
2019 |
Open access
34
33
|
2019 |
23
21
1
|
2019 |
29
28
|
2018 |
23
23
|
2018 |
16
12
5
|
2018 |
16
12
2
|
2018 |
|
2018 |
Open access
11
11
|
2018 |
14
9
|
2017 |
Open access
10
6
1
|
2017 |
53
48
|
2017 |
Open access
|
2017 |
Open access
79
71
27
|
2017 |
35
36
|
2017 |
15
15
|
2017 |
17
17
19
|
2017 |
37
29
|
2016 |
57
57
|
2016 |
Open access
47
40
2
|
2016 |
Open access
10
28
|
2016 |
112
112
3
|
2015 |
Open access
37
38
|
2015 |
89
77
|
2015 |
45
41
18
|
2015 |
28
28
|
2015 |
23
22
|
2014 |
70
68
|
2014 |
40
73
|
2014 |
108
101
12
|
2014 |
108
105
|
2014 |
84
88
18
|
2013 |
Open access
99
90
|
2013 |
43
37
|
2012 |
87
78
|
2011 |
33
33
|
2011 |
56
55
|
2011 |
33
32
|
2011 |
22
22
|
2011 |
96
91
|
2010 |
51
50
|
2009 |
178
86
|
2009 |
44
40
|
2008 |
Open access
131
130
|
Past Awards:
Awarded to a researcher under the age of 35 for outstanding contributions to South Australian geosciences
Awarded to best paper by an author within 6 years of completion of their first degree
Awarded to best PhD Thesis completed within the Faculty of Sciences
Scholarship for research-related international travel - $5,000
Travel Scholarship supporting research with a focus on economic geology - $5,000
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Aarhus University | DENMARK |
Academia Sinica | TAIWAN |
Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Australian Synchrotron | AUSTRALIA |
Boise State University | UNITED STATES |
California Institute of Technology | UNITED STATES |
China University Of Geosciences (Beijing) | CHINA |
Chinese Academy of Sciences | CHINA |
Council for Geoscience | SOUTH AFRICA |
CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation | INDIA |
CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Czech Academy of Sciences | CZECH REPUBLIC |
Demetallica | AUSTRALIA |
Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy - SA | AUSTRALIA |
Department of the Premier and Cabinet | AUSTRALIA |
Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro | BRAZIL |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Fortescue Metals Group | AUSTRALIA |
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
GeoAfrica Prospecting Services | NAMIBIA |
Geological Survey of Ethiopia | ETHIOPIA |
Geological Survey of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Ghent University | BELGIUM |
Government of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Indian Statistical Institute | INDIA |
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science | AUSTRALIA |
International Geoscience Services | UNITED KINGDOM |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
Kochi University | JAPAN |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Mansoura University | EGYPT |
McGill University | CANADA |
Ministry of Mines, Research and Development Directorate | ETHIOPIA |
Minotaur Exploration Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Monax Mining Limited | AUSTRALIA |
National Geophysical Research Institute | INDIA |
National Taiwan University | TAIWAN |
Northern Territory Geological Survey | AUSTRALIA |
NT Geological Survey | AUSTRALIA |
Origin Energy | AUSTRALIA |
Peking University | CHINA |
Santos Ltd | AUSTRALIA |
South Australian Museum | AUSTRALIA |
South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) | AUSTRALIA |
SRK Consulting | AUSTRALIA |
St Francis Xavier University | CANADA |
Stellenbosch University | SOUTH AFRICA |
Suez Canal University | EGYPT |
Sultan Qaboos University | OMAN |
Teale & Associates | AUSTRALIA |
The University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
UiT The Arctic University of Norway | NORWAY |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Bern | SWITZERLAND |
University of California | UNITED STATES |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Graz | AUSTRIA |
University of Kerala | INDIA |
University of Leoben | AUSTRIA |
University of Lyon | FRANCE |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of São Paulo (Brazil) | BRAZIL |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Toliara | MADAGASCAR |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography | CHINA |
Xinjiang Laboratory of Mineral Resources and Digital Geology | CHINA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student LearningDepartment of Education and Training, Australian Government |
2017 |
MemberAustralian Geoscience Educators Network (AUGEN) |
2017 |
MemberGeological Society of Australia |
2017 |
MemberGeochemical Society |
2017 |
MemberGeochemical Society American Geophysical Union |
2017 |
MemberSociety of Economic Geologists |
2017 |
Advisory Group Member for Science Alive EventRoyal Agricultural and Horticultural Society |
2016 |
Advisory Group Member for Science Alive EventRoyal Agricultural and Horticultural Society |
2015 |
Teaching Awards:
Raimondo, T., Weber, D., Payne, J.L., Bruce, D. & Schebella, M. (Environmental and Geospatial Sciences Program Team). 2017 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT). Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. Citation: For transforming field-based teaching of Environmental and Geospatial Science and the attainment of critical field skills through immersive digital visualisations.
Raimondo, T., Weber, D., Payne, J.L., Bruce, D. & Schebella, M. (Environmental and Geospatial Sciences Program Team). 2016 UniSA Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Digital Learning. Citation: For transforming field-based teaching of Environmental and Geospatial Science and the attainment of critical field skills through immersive digital visualisations.
Teaching and Outreach Grants:
Payne, J.L., Raimondo, T., Bruce, D., Yue, W.L., Corcoran, P., Keppel, G. and Anderson, S. Project STADIA (Skill-based Teaching through Airborne Digital Imagery Analysis). UniSA Digital Teaching Equipment and Resources Fund (2015): $38,000.
Payne, J.L., ‘Our Ancient Past – Dating South Australia’s Oldest Rock’ – University of Adelaide Creativity and Innovation Fund – Open Day 2012 - $1545
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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110373 - Repurposing silicate minerals and wastes for carbon dioxide capture and healthy food production | Current |
Developing a model for the exploration of clay-hosted rare earth elements | Current |
Developing universal isotope technology to track origins of seafood | Current |
Magmatic and Metallogenic Evolution of the Delamerian Orogen | Current |
New approaches for rapid analysis and tracing of fluids and their ligands in regional mineral systems | Current |
Reading the rocks: integrating palaeontology, Adnyamathanha Aboriginal knowledge and geological interpretations in the Flinders Ranges | Current |
Transition to an ecologically sustainable landscape: a methodology | Current |
Fluid-controlled rheological responses during the formation of an intraplate orogen | Completed |
Heat flow and crustal heat production in Central and Southern Australia | Completed |
Palaeoenvironments and palaeoecology of the Ediacara biota, Flinders Ranges (South Australia) | Completed |
The hardest part of being a cephalopod: unravelling ecological and environmental histories of southern Australian cephalopods | Completed |