b'Conferences and eventsNewsgeophysical support to variousLachlan completed his PhD at RMIT commodity groups within the AustralasiaUniversity in 2018. He is currently working region. By this stage of his career, heas Project Geophysicist for Anglo American had gained broad exploration exposureGroup Discovery and Geosciences in having worked in seven countries acrossBrisbane. where he will apply lessons a range of commodities in diverselearned during his PhD towards the terrains, culminating in 2014 with hisdiscovery of superior value deposits buried appointment at the age of 30 as Seniordeep under the sedimentary basins of Geophysicist with Fortescue MetalsNorth West Queensland.Group (FMG), the first geophysicist ever appointed by the company. His challenging role at FMG included exploration strategy and geophysical support to exploration teams, assistanceRegis Neroni receiving the Early Achievement to near-mine hydrological andaward from ASEG President Ted Tyne.geotechnical projects, new opportunities assessment and target generation,Shanti Rajagopalan Memorial management of geophysical budget andAward: Lachlan Hennessyassets, and staff mentoring and training. His efforts resulted in his promotion toThe Shanti Rajagopalan Memorial Award, the role of Lead Geophysicist at the ageinaugurated in 2013, is presented for of 33, with responsibilities spanningthe best paper published by a Student across Australia, South America andMember in Exploration Geophysics in the Europe. period prior to each ASEG Conference.Lachlan Hennessy receiving the Shanti Despite his youth, Regis is an industryThe award is named in memory of theRajagopalan Memorial Award from ASEG President leader with respect to his work andlate Dr Shanti Rajagopalan, who passedTed Tyne.mentoring junior colleagues bothaway in 2010 at the prime of her career. in geophysics and other fields ofShanti was one of the best known andASEG Service Medal: Marina geoscience. He is an enthusiasticrespected Members of the ASEG andCostelloeproponent of the promotion of appliedwas well known for her outstanding geophysics, helping to organise bothcontributions to the geophysicalThe ASEG Service Medal is awarded for in-house courses and industry trainingprofession. outstanding and distinguished service to events, such as the ASEG-affiliatedthe ASEG over many years. The recipient seminar in Perth on GeophysicalShanti was also a major contributor toin 2019 is Marina Costelloe, in recognition Inversion for Mineral Explorers in 2014. the ASEG. She was a great supporterof her outstanding service to the ASEG, of her local branch, served as Victorianthrough contributions to the ASEG He has contributed in many ways toBranch President, and was activelyFederal Executive and State Branches, the local ASEG WA Branch, as a Branchinvolved in the organisation of ASEGfor her leadership and promotion of the committee member, as a keen reviewerconferences in Hobart and Melbourne.Society, and for her efforts in fostering for journal and conference material, andShe was also Editor of Explorationeducation, and diversity within the ASEG.through the technical sub-committeeGeophysics in 2000 and 2001.for the Perth 2019 AEGC conference.Marina is well known to most ASEG He has presented talks at conferencesBut it is most noteworthy in theMembers, through her senior leadership and Branch meetings, and he is the firstcontext of this award that, in 1987, asrole with the Mineral Systems Branch at person to have received awards for besta student Member, Shanti received theGeoscience Australia (GA), and through her oral paper at two consecutive ASEGinaugural Laric Hawkins Award for theactive involvement with the ACT Branch, conferences; at the 2016 conference inmost innovative use of a geophysicaland since 2015 on the Federal Executive, Adelaide (Minerals) and at the 1st AEGCtechnique from a paper presented atincluding ASEG President in 201819.2018 Conference in Sydney (Near Surfacethe ASEG Conference. It is therefore veryMarina has 25 years of experience in and Groundwater) appropriate that an award to encourageScience, Technology, Engineering and Regis is a role model for youngertechnical excellence by our studentMathematics (STEM) fields, including members of the profession, andMembers is named in honour of Shanti. industry experience in contracting, a worthy recipient of the EarlyThe recipient of the Shanti Rajagopalangeophysics, resource (groundwater, Achievement Award, which includes aMemorial Award for 2019 is Lachlanenergy and mineral) management, and $2000 contribution to the recipient inHennessy, formerly of RMIT Universityinformation technology. Marina was recognition of their achievement. Regisin Melbourne, for his paper co-authoredawarded a BSc and Graduate Diploma has indicated that he will donate thesewith Jim Macnae entitled Predictingof Science in geology and geophysics funds toward a travel grant to assist alightning sourced electromagneticfrom Sydney University in 1992, and an Student Member attend the next AEGCfields. The paper was published inMSc from James Cook University in 2004 conference to be held in Brisbane in2018 in Exploration Geophysics, Vol 49:4,where she completed an environmental 2021, in recognition of the generouspp 425433. The paper incorporatedreview of the Mary Kathleen Uranium people who made his first life-changingresearch work completed as part of hisMine, incorporating geophysics, visit to Australia possible. PhD thesis. geochemistry, and policy.OCTOBER 2019 PREVIEW 30'