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Grace Shephard is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Geophysics at the Australian National University. Her research interests encompass geophysics and geodynamics with a strong focus on computational and observational domains. She specializes in Plate Tectonic reconstructions and Palaeogeography, examining the interplay between tectonics, oceans, and climate. Her work investigates Mantle structure evolution, the history of subduction, and large-scale volcanism. Shephard received her PhD from the University of Sydney and has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Norwegian Centre of Excellence for Earth Evolution Dynamics and the Centre for Planetary Habitability. Currently, she is managing the Young Researcher Talent Grant project 'POLARIS - Evolution of the Arctic in deep time' and is set to commence a project on the 'AUSTRALIS - Deep time evolution of mineral systems in the Tasmanides' under the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship program. She is also involved in various collaborative projects, STEM outreach initiatives, and external scholarly memberships.
Australian National University • Canberra, Australia
Teaching and leading research projects in Geophysics.
Norwegian Centre of Excellence for Earth Evolution Dynamics • Norway
Conducted research on Earth’s evolution and tectonic processes.
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