Dr Kate Selway is an Earth scientist who is passionate about understanding how our amazing planet works. Like a doctor taking an x-ray, Kate makes measurements on the Earth's surface to peer deep inside it. She runs mathematical models of her data to understand processes going on hundreds of kilometres beneath our feet. Kate has led research teams in the deserts of central Australia, the savannas of East Africa, and the frozen expanses of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Her research is currently focused on plate tectonics, knowing where to explore for ore deposits, and improving measurements of ice loss from ice sheets.
Kate was awarded her PhD from the University of Adelaide in 2007, where she continued working in research... Read more
About me
Dr Kate Selway is an Earth scientist who is passionate about understanding how our amazing planet works. Like a doctor taking an x-ray, Kate makes measurements on the Earth's surface to peer deep inside it. She runs mathematical models of her data to understand processes going on hundreds of kilometres beneath our feet. Kate has led research teams in the deserts of central Australia, the savannas of East Africa, and the frozen expanses of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Her research is currently focused on plate tectonics, knowing where to explore for ore deposits, and improving measurements of ice loss from ice sheets.
Kate was awarded her PhD from the University of Adelaide in 2007, where she continued working in research positions, including an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, until 2012. She then worked abroad in postdoctoral research positions at Yale University (2012-2013), Columbia University (2013-2015) and the University of Oslo (2015-2016). In 2017 Kate returned to Australia to commence an ARC Future Fellowship at Macquarie University and in 2021 she was delighted to return to Adelaide to take up a position as a Senior Research Fellow at the Future Industries Institute at UniSA.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy in Sciences (Earth Science) The University of Adelaide
Honours Degree of Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours The University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Science The University of Adelaide
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Mapping mineral systems of deep Australia, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
6
5
47
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
3
3
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
1
4
|
| 2022 |
Open access
5
3
9
|
| 2022 |
Open access
2
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
9
7
5
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| BHP (Australia) | AUSTRALIA |
| De Beers Group | SOUTH AFRICA |
| Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | IRELAND |
| Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | GERMANY |
| Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
| Pennsylvania State University | UNITED STATES |
| Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen | CHINA |
| University of California | UNITED STATES |
| University of Oslo | NORWAY |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Twente | NETHERLANDS |
Teaching & student supervision
