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Dietmar Müller received his undergraduate degree from Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel in Germany and completed his PhD in Earth Science at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, in 1993. He has been a Professor of Geophysics at the University of Sydney since 1993, where he established the University of Sydney Institute of Marine Science. He led several significant research initiatives including the ARC Basin GENESIS Hub, which he directed from 2015 to 2021, and the STELLAR industry project focused on critical mineral exploration from 2021 to 2024. An accomplished researcher, Müller has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher and has received multiple awards, including the Stephan Mueller Medal from the European Geoscience Union and the Clarke Medal from the Royal Society NSW. His research interests encompass plate tectonics, geodynamics, paleogeography, and the deep carbon cycle, with a strong focus on ocean basin evolution and resource exploration. He is also involved in leveraging machine learning for complex geodata analysis and is a member of several scientific societies, including the American Geophysical Union and the Geological Society of Australia.
University of Sydney • Sydney, Australia
Professor of Geophysics, established the University of Sydney Institute of Marine Science, led significant research initiatives.
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