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Qualifications

PhD, University of Adelaide
Bachelor of Science, University of Adelaide

Research

Research keywords

K-Ar dating of fault gouge
Tectonic setting of mafic rocks
tectonothermal history of low grade metamorhic terrains

Research expertise

Low grade metamorphism.

Determination of the tectonic setting of ultramafic and mafic igneous rocks in orogenic belts.

Determination of tectonothermal history of orogenic belts .

Dating of brittle deformation events.

Languages

English

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
040312	Structural Geology	85
040699	Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience Not Elsewhere Classified	15

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Retired - not applicable.

Teaching

Teaching keywords

retired

Teaching expertise

Retired - not applicable.

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Publications

No publications.

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants	16
Total funding	$702,823

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2003 (1 grants)

Plants as bioremediators: Employing aquatic macrophytes to address heavy metal contamination$5,000
Funding Body: Koppers Wood Products Pty Ltd

Project Team
Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Conjoint Professor Ray Rose, Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler, Emeritus Professor John Patrick
Scheme		Role
University Grant Partner funding		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	2003	2003
GNo:G0183115

1999 (1 grants)

Chemical and Magnetic Signatures in Tuffs of the Newcastle and Wollombi Coal Measures as a Quantitative Tool for Stratigraphic Correlation.$5,000
Funding Body: NSW Department of Mineral Resources

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	1999	1999
GNo:G0178714

1997 (1 grants)

Timing of deformation in the Delamerian fold belt, S.A. Is it synchronous or diachronous?$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler, Dr D Gray, Dr D Foster
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$5,000	1997	1997
GNo:G0176561

1996 (2 grants)

A Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive Spectrometer Facility$140,000
Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Research Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (RIEF)		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$140,000	1996	1996
GNo:G0176070

30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4 - 14 August 1996$937
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$937	1996	1996
GNo:G0176533

1995 (2 grants)

Microscopic characterisation of the anisotropic (coke) texture and agglomeration behaviour of chars generated by caking and non-caking coals in combustion......$13,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Project Team
Doctor Judy Bailey, Conjoint Associate Professor Philip Seccombe, Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Small Grant		Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$13,000	1995	1995
GNo:G0174866

Determination of the metamorphism in a nd tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the southern New England Fold Belt.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	1995	1995
GNo:G0174869

1994 (4 grants)

94 MECH C. Ultra clean laboratories for low-level isotopic and elemental analysis.$470,000
Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Mechanism C Infrastructure		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$470,000	1994	1994
GNo:G0174399

94 APP Determination of the metamorphism in and tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the Southern New England Fold Belt.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	1994	1994
GNo:G0175137

Determination of the metamorphism in a tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the southern New England Fold Belt$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	1994	1994
GNo:G0174766

XRF Rube - X Ray Centre$9,023
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Special Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$9,023	1994	1994
GNo:G0174722

1993 (2 grants)

'Low Temperature Metamorphism - Processes, Products & Economic Significance - IGCP Project 294', Santiago, Chile, 15 - 30 November 1993$1,863
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Travel Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,863	1993	1993
GNo:G0174416

Visit by prof Covadonga Brime, Professora Titular Dtpo Geologia, University Oviedo, Spain 25-6-93 to 4-8-93.$1,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Visitor Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$1,000	1993	1993
GNo:G0173400

1992 (3 grants)

Geology Of The Manning Group$10,000
Funding Body: CSIRO - Research Management Committee

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Collaborative Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$10,000	1992	1992
GNo:G0173680

Processes Of Crustal Evolution$7,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Project Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$7,500	1992	1992
GNo:G0174191

In Situ Determination Of Ree Abundances In Minerals As A Guide To Ore Forming Processes$4,500
Funding Body: CSIRO - Research Management Committee

Project Team
Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler
Scheme		Role
Collaborative Research Grant		Chief Investigator
Total Amount	Funding Start	Funding Finish
$4,500	1992	1992
GNo:G0173684

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Research Supervision

Number of current supervisions	1
Total current UoN PhD EFTSL	0.1

For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.

Current Supervision

Commenced	Proposed Completion	Program	Supervisor Type	Research Title
2013	2017	PhD (Geology)	Co-Supervisor	Supercells and Supercontinents: The Siberian Conundrum

Past Supervision

Year	Program	Supervisor Type	Research Title
2013	PhD (Geology)	Principal Supervisor	Implications of Structural, Metamorphic and Stratigraphic Features in a Palaeozoic Subduction Complex, Southeastern NSW, Australia

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Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler

Work Phone	(02) 4921 7044
Fax	(02) 4921 6925
Email	Robin.Offler@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Conjoint Associate Professor School of Environmental and Life Sciences Faculty of Science and Information Technology The University of Newcastle, Australia
Focus Area	Earth Sciences
Office	G106a, Geology, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
URL:	www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/robin-offler
Link	http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/environ-life-science/our_staff/offler_robin.html

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Grants and Funding

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2003 (1 grants)

Plants as bioremediators: Employing aquatic macrophytes to address heavy metal contamination$5,000Funding Body: Koppers Wood Products Pty Ltd

1999 (1 grants)

Chemical and Magnetic Signatures in Tuffs of the Newcastle and Wollombi Coal Measures as a Quantitative Tool for Stratigraphic Correlation.$5,000Funding Body: NSW Department of Mineral Resources

1997 (1 grants)

Timing of deformation in the Delamerian fold belt, S.A. Is it synchronous or diachronous?$5,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1996 (2 grants)

A Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive Spectrometer Facility$140,000Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4 - 14 August 1996$937Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1995 (2 grants)

Microscopic characterisation of the anisotropic (coke) texture and agglomeration behaviour of chars generated by caking and non-caking coals in combustion......$13,000Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Determination of the metamorphism in a nd tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the southern New England Fold Belt.$10,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1994 (4 grants)

94 MECH C. Ultra clean laboratories for low-level isotopic and elemental analysis.$470,000Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

94 APP Determination of the metamorphism in and tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the Southern New England Fold Belt.$10,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Determination of the metamorphism in a tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the southern New England Fold Belt$10,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

XRF Rube - X Ray Centre$9,023Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1993 (2 grants)

'Low Temperature Metamorphism - Processes, Products & Economic Significance - IGCP Project 294', Santiago, Chile, 15 - 30 November 1993$1,863Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Visit by prof Covadonga Brime, Professora Titular Dtpo Geologia, University Oviedo, Spain 25-6-93 to 4-8-93.$1,000Funding Body: University of Newcastle

1992 (3 grants)

Geology Of The Manning Group$10,000Funding Body: CSIRO - Research Management Committee

Processes Of Crustal Evolution$7,500Funding Body: University of Newcastle

In Situ Determination Of Ree Abundances In Minerals As A Guide To Ore Forming Processes$4,500Funding Body: CSIRO - Research Management Committee

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Conjoint Associate Professor Robin Offler

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University of Newcastle

Plants as bioremediators: Employing aquatic macrophytes to address heavy metal contamination$5,000
Funding Body: Koppers Wood Products Pty Ltd

Chemical and Magnetic Signatures in Tuffs of the Newcastle and Wollombi Coal Measures as a Quantitative Tool for Stratigraphic Correlation.$5,000
Funding Body: NSW Department of Mineral Resources

Timing of deformation in the Delamerian fold belt, S.A. Is it synchronous or diachronous?$5,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

A Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive Spectrometer Facility$140,000
Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4 - 14 August 1996$937
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Microscopic characterisation of the anisotropic (coke) texture and agglomeration behaviour of chars generated by caking and non-caking coals in combustion......$13,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)

Determination of the metamorphism in a nd tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the southern New England Fold Belt.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

94 MECH C. Ultra clean laboratories for low-level isotopic and elemental analysis.$470,000
Funding Body: Department of Education, Training & Youth Affairs

94 APP Determination of the metamorphism in and tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the Southern New England Fold Belt.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Determination of the metamorphism in a tectonic setting of the rocks in the western part of the southern New England Fold Belt$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

XRF Rube - X Ray Centre$9,023
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

'Low Temperature Metamorphism - Processes, Products & Economic Significance - IGCP Project 294', Santiago, Chile, 15 - 30 November 1993$1,863
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Visit by prof Covadonga Brime, Professora Titular Dtpo Geologia, University Oviedo, Spain 25-6-93 to 4-8-93.$1,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

Geology Of The Manning Group$10,000
Funding Body: CSIRO - Research Management Committee

Processes Of Crustal Evolution$7,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle

In Situ Determination Of Ree Abundances In Minerals As A Guide To Ore Forming Processes$4,500
Funding Body: CSIRO - Research Management Committee