b'AEGC 2021Presenter biographiesmanagement and supervising many geophysical surveys for72. Mr Alexander Furlan afurlan@brocku.camineral exploration. He is an author and co-author of many publications dedicated to airborne EM. In 2019 he was awardedAlex Furlan is a current MSc student at Brock University in the Barlow Medal for Best Geological Paper published in CIMOntario, Canada. He completed his undergraduate degree at the publications (Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, andUniversity of Toronto where he compiled and maintained the Petroleum). Nash Creek GIS database among other projects. After spending a summer as a project geophysicist, he started his Masters focusing on Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) electromagnetics.63. and 64. Dr Shastri Nimmagadda shastri.nimmag adda@curtin.edu.au 78. Dr Ned Stolz ned.stolz@planning.nsw.gov.auShastri is presently Research Fellow in the School ofNed received an Honours geophysics degree from Adelaide Management (Business Information Systems) Curtin University,University in 1985, spent five years on greenfields uranium and Australia. Shastri worked for Schlumberger Company inbase-metals exploration with CRA and then completed a PhD multiple geo-markets worldwide as an expert in geosciences.on electromagnetics at Macquarie University. The next ten years Shastri worked for several petroleum operating and servicewere on brown-fields exploration in the WA Goldfields at gold companies in India, Australia, Uganda, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi,and nickel mines where he gained experience with mining, Egypt, Malaysia, Colombia, Indonesia and Russia for more thanmanagement, databases, technology development and business 25 years. He did his PhD in information systems with a Masterstrategy. During this period, Ned learnt about ore-deposit geology of Information Technology, PhD, and M Tech in geophysicsand began mapping mineral systems using 3D modelling to in Australia. Current research interests include Big Dataintegrate geophysics, geology and geochemistry. Ned then joined support in industry environments, supply chain business dataGeoscience Australia where he led the geophysics capability modelling, data integration, warehouse modelling, processing,in planning and implementing regional-scale seismic, MT and interpretation and knowledge mapping. airborne electromagnetic surveys. He joined the Geological Survey of New South Wales in 2016 and currently manages the geophysics and 3D modelling programmes.65. Mr Graeme Eastwood graeme@perseusconsulting.com.au 79. Miss Astrid Carlton astrid.carlton@planning.nsw.Graeme is a Business Development Consultant for, amonggov.auothers, land seismic noise specialists. He has a BSc in geologyAstrid is a senior geophysicist in the Geoscience Acquisition & and geophysics from Liverpool University and an MSc inSynthesis unit of the Geological Survey of NSW (GSNSW). Since exploration geophysics from Leeds. He has worked forjoining GSNSW in 2007, Astrid has undertaken geophysical WesternGeco, Fugro and ION Geophysical in the UK, Malaysia,modelling, geological/geophysical interpretation and Indonesia, Azerbaijan, the UAE and now resides in Perth. many geophysical acquisition projects, including seismic, magnetotelluric, passive seismic, airborne magnetic-radiometric 66. Dr Sasha Banaszczyk sasha.banaszczyk@gmail.com and ground gravity surveys. She is currently responsible for geophysical acquisition and interpretation for GSNSW MinEx Sasha is a geologist and geophysicist, and recently completedCRC projects as part of a collaborative project to improve her PhD at the Centre for Exploration Targeting at The Universitygeological mapping in under cover.of Western Australia. Her research focused on extracting reliable geological information from electromagnetic datasets acquired over the Capricorn Orogen, WA. Sashas areas of interest include80. Dr James Goodwin james.goodwin@ga.gov.aupotential field, airborne electromagnetic and magnetotelluricJames Goodwin joined Geoscience Australia (GA) in 2010 inversion, the integration of different geophysical, geologicalwhere he continues to work as a senior geophysicist within and petrophysical datasets, and geophysical and geologicalthe Geophysical Acquisition and Processing Section. James is interpretation for minerals exploration. She is also an avidpassionate about supporting the responsible development of a white-water kayaker! diverse mineral resources sector that will benefit all Australians. In line with this, James manages the acquisition of airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys, and ensures their high 69. Dr Chong Zhang zchong_chn@163.com quality, before making them freely available as part of GAs Chong Zhang received a BS (2012) and a PhD (2017) innational compilations. Similarly, James undertakes 3D inversion geophysics from Jilin University. Now he is a geophysicistmodelling of gravity and magnetic datasets to aid mineral working at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences.potential assessments.His major research interests include deep structures and geodynamic processes of the earth and links to the81. Dr Nadege Rollet nadege.rollet@ga.gov.aumetallogenic systems, 3D geophysical modelling of ore districts, and gravity and magnetic methods and theirDr Nadege Rollet is a senior geoscientist at Geoscience applications in resource exploration. He is the PI of an NFSCAustralia. Nadege graduated from the University of ParisProject and has published more than 15 peer-reviewed papers.Pierre et Marie Curie, France where she obtained a MSc and He won the Innovation Achievement Award of the Chinesea PhD (1999) in geology and geophysics. Her studies focused Academy of Geological Sciences (2018, 2019) and the Macaoon structural framework and geodynamic of the Ligurian Sea, Young Scholars (2020). Western Mediterranean. Since joining Geoscience Australia, AUGUST 2021 PREVIEW 116'