
Dr. Phillip Gopon
Bio
I joined the staff at the University of Leoben at the end of 2020. Prior to that I was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford and a non-stipendiary lecturer at St. Anne's College (constituent college of U. Oxford).
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While at Oxford I primarily looked at space weathering products on the Moon (with Prof. Jon Wade), but also worked on gold deposits (with Prof. Laurence Robb) as well as UHT-P rocks (with Prof. Dave Waters).
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Since 2017 I have also worked closely with the U. Oxford Dept. of Materials, and retain visiting scholar status in there in the Research group in Atom Probe TOmography and Reconstruction (RAPToR).
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When not looking at rocks for work, you'll usually find me and the family in the mountains, also generally looking at rocks.

Education
2016- PhD Geosciences- focus Petrology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advisors: John Valley, John Fournelle
2012- MSc Geology- focus Economic Geology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advisor: Phil Brown
2007- BSc Geology- focus Hard Rock Geology
The College of William and Mary in Virginia
UG Thesis Advisor: Brent Owens