Karin Hatch

Karin Hatch

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Adjunct Professor Karin Barovich

My research interests centre on the use of isotopic variations of elements such as Hf, Nd, Sr, and Pb to understand the origin and chemical evolution of the Earth and using radiogenic isotopes to determine the ages of rocks and geological events. I am also interested in science education, especially the transition into university study.

My teaching interests include igneous geology and geochemistry.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2020 - ongoing Adjunct Professor University of Adelaide
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    1991 - 1995 University of Arizona United States PhD
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2019 Co-Supervisor An exploration of the obscured metamorphic expression of subducted polytectonic rocks Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dillon Brown
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2018 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag (+ Cu) deposits in the Mount Isa region: An epigenetic approach to mineralisation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Bradley Wade Cave
    2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Linking metals to magmatism: The role of the Hiltaba Suite and Gawler Range Volcanics, Gawler Craton Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Claire Elise Wade
    2012 - 2016 Co-Supervisor What do Epsilon Hafnium Isotopic Arrays tell us about Wilson Cycle Tectonics? Implications for the Type Area in the Appalachian-Variscan Orogen Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Bonnie Joanne Henderson
    2011 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Sedimentation and geochemistry of the Loxton-Parilla Sands in the Murray Basin, southeastern Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Stephanie McLennan
    2008 - 2012 Principal Supervisor Basin Analysis and the Geochemical Signature of Paleoproterozoic Sedimentary Successions in Northern Australia: Constraints on Basin Development in Respect to Mineralisation and Paleoreconstruction Models Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Lex Lambeck
    2007 - 2012 Co-Supervisor Geotectonics in the Gawler Craton: Constraints from Geochemistry, U-Pb Geochronology and Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf Isotopes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Katie Howard
    2007 - 2011 Co-Supervisor Investigating the Metamorphic Evolution of Reworked Terrains Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kathryn Cutts
    2004 - 2009 Principal Supervisor Gold-in-Calcrete: A Continental to Profile Scale Study of Regolith Carbonates and their Association with Gold Mineralisation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Robert Dart
    2004 - 2008 Principal Supervisor Palaeo- to Mesoproterozoic Evolution of the Gawler Craton, Australia: Geochronological, Geochemical and Isotopic Constraints Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Justin Payne
    2004 - 2009 Co-Supervisor Reworking the Gawler Craton: Metamorphic and Geochronological Constraints on Palaeoproterozoic Reactivation of the Southern Gawler Craton, Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Rian Dutch
    2003 - 2006 Principal Supervisor Unravelling the Tectonic Framework of the Musgrave Province, Central Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Benjamin Wade
    2001 - 2006 Co-Supervisor Developing a Tectonic Framework for the Southern Curnamona Cu-Au Province: Geochemical and Radiogenic Isotope Applications Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Lachlan Rutherford

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