💼 Full-Time Position

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Magmatic Fertility of Porphyry Copper Deposits

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The University of Queensland
📍 Saint Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Location
Saint Lucia, Australia
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Posted
June 24, 2026
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Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

  • Full-time, fixed-term positionfor 2 years

  • Base salary will be in the range $104,209.38-$111,431+ 17% super (Academic LevelA) 

  • Based at ourvibrant

    • About This Opportunity 

    Join The University of Queensland as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and contribute tocutting-edgeresearch aimed at tracking magmatic processes associated with mineralisation in porphyry copper deposits. In this role, you will develop and apply machine-learning models to predict mineralisation using accessory minerals such as zircon and apatite, with a particular focus on integrating insights from plutonic,volcanicand sedimentary (detrital) records. This position offers an exciting opportunity to build yourexpertisewithin a high-impact and globally relevant field of geoscience research.

    You will join the vibrant magmatic petrology research team led by Associate Professor Teresa Ubide, contributing to the ARC Discovery Project “Finding criti...