Ryan Noble

Ryan Noble

Dr. Ryan Noble is a Senior Principal Research Scientist and the Group Leader of Predictive Mineral Systems Science with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Perth, Western Australia. He has been with CSIRO for 17 years working on geochemical research with application to the exploration industry. Ryan has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in soil science from the University of Tennessee and a Ph.D. in applied geology from Curtin University. Ryan has worked on numerous regolith and groundwater geochemistry projects related to gold, base metal, Ni, and U mineral exploration. More recently he has been researching clay-sized fraction chemistry and spectral mineralogy using machine learning to put the results into landscape contexts. He is a Past President and a Fellow of the Association of Applied Geochemists. Currently, Ryan serves on the Editorial Board for GEEA and as a Board Member of the Australian Geoscience Council and the Elements journal. He is the current Chair of Australian Earth Science Education (AusEarthEd). Building on his earlier activities in the AAG, Ryan is keen to continue his involvement to strengthen the AAG for the benefit of its members.