Biography
Dr. Moreau uses multi-disciplinary approaches and tools to investigate how molecular scale interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere impact the chemistry of natural waters at global scales. These impacts include microbial generation of acid from natural and mining-derived metal-sulfide minerals (e.g., pyrite, arsenopyrite), using natural bacteria to remediate or immobilize mining and industrial contaminants in groundwater, microbially-controlled mineral weathering and hillslope evolution, deep seafloor biogeochemical processes that control the rheology of seafloor sediments and open ocean biogeochemical processes that control the fate of toxic metals in the marine food web. The overarching theme that connects Dr. Moreau's research is the ability of microbes to adapt to and dramatically influence the structure and chemistry of the planet, and by implication, how the Earth's geologic history both affects and reflects these processes.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest |
Country of Expertise |
| Geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, environmental aqueous geochemistry, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry |
United States of America, Australia |
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Doctorate of Philosophy |
University of California - Berkeley |
31-May-2006 |
|
Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
American Geophysical Union |
Full member |
01-Dec-1997 |
31-Dec-2009 |
| Member |
American Society for Microbiology |
Full member |
09-Jan-2005 |
31-Dec-2009 |
Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Other (Award) |
University of Melbourne |
"Early Career Researcher" award |
08-Sep-2008 |
| Other (Award) |
U.S. National Research Council Fellowship |
Prestigious postdoctoral fellowship |
31-Jul-2006 |
| Scholarship |
Geochemical Society |
Conference scholarship |
01-Aug-2006 |
| Scholarship |
Mineralogical Society of America |
Short-course scholarship |
08-Dec-2005 |
| Scholarship |
Mineralogical Association of Canada |
Short-course scholarship |
15-Mar-2005 |
| Scholarship |
Mineralogical Society of America |
Short-course scholarship |
20-Nov-2003 |
| Scholarship |
Clay Mineral Society of America |
Research scholarship |
12-Oct-2001 |
| Other (Award) |
NASA Space Grant Fellowship |
Prestigious graduate research fellowship |
30-Jun-1998 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Contracts
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Award Date |
| FARMS, RIVERS AND MARKETS |
Principal Supervisor |
NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION |
13/06/2008 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
Dr. Moreau was elected a United States Geological Survey/National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow for 2006-2008. He was awarded a grant of $108,000 (USD) to conduct research on the role of bacteria and natural organic matter in controlling the form and fate of mercury in estuarine and marine environments.
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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