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Shaun Barker is an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the School of Natural Sciences, University of Tasmania, affiliated with the CODES ARC research center. His work focuses on exploration geochemistry, inorganic geochemistry, and structural geology with specialization in ore deposit systems and hydrothermal processes. He leads projects funded by government agencies and industry partners, including studies on mineral chemistry vectoring in copper deposits and carbonate-hosted hydrothermal systems.
Research interests include mineral indicator systems, fluid-rock interactions, and advanced analytical techniques like µXRF mineral mapping. He has supervised six doctoral students investigating topics ranging from porphyry copper deposits to structural tectonics in Tasmania and Queensland. Barker's recent projects include $1.2M Queensland government-funded studies targeting North West Queensland's mineral potential and AMIRA International-funded research on resistate indicator minerals for copper exploration.
His collaborations involve institutions like the University of Tasmania and industry partners such as Dreadnought Resources. Barker's work bridges fundamental geochemical research with applied mineral exploration, emphasizing the development of novel geochemical tools for deposit targeting.