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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Several PhD scholarships are available for national and International students (include fee waivers for exceptional scholars) at Curtin University, Perth in WA-Organic and Isotope Geochemistry, Curtin University.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://wa-oigc.curtin.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://wa-oigc.curtin.edu.au/</a><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">International Recognised Research in current priority areas: Application of biomarkers (organic geochemistry), compound-specific isotope analysis, palaeogenomics, & geomicrobiology
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Assisting the full realisation of Australia's future natural resources (e.g. petroleum, natural gas).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Studying microbial communities & activities in modern & ancient environments, including the deep biosphere.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Establishing new biochemical pathways in extant organisms.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Participation in Integrated Ocean Drilling Projects (IODP) & petroleum source rock characterisation projects.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Study of global anoxic events & mass extinctions of life.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Development of
<a href="http://wa-oigc.curtin.edu.au/research/instrumentation.cfm" target="_blank">novel tools used in organic & isotope geochemistry & in palaeogenomics/geomicrobiology.</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">The study of climatic trends both past & present.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Issues concerning environmental sustainability (e.g. water, sediments, soil).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#444444" lang="EN">Ecology of modern lakes & monitoring of coastal environments.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Professor Kliti Grice <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:K.Grice@curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">K.Grice@curtin.edu.au</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and A/Professor Marco Coolen <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Marco.Coolen@curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">Marco.Coolen@curtin.edu.au</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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