Adrienne Brotodewo

Dr Adrienne Brotodewo

Research Fellow

Future Industries Institute

Future Industries Institute

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

I am a geologist with expertise in geology, geochemistry, and geochronology. My research focuses on developing innovative geochemical tools using accessory mineral phases (e.g., zircon, apatite and monazite) to support mineral exploration, particularly in cover-dominated terranes. This research addresses a current global issue of an increase in demand for metals coupled with a decreasing rate of discovery, as the exploration frontier moves to deeper terranes which comes at an increased cost and risk.
 
This research is conducted through the MinEx CRC (Mineral Exploration Cooperative Research Centre), a collaborative initiative between industry, government, and academia. Within MinEx CRC (2019–2028), I serve as Coordinator of the Education and Training Program and as Project 7.5 Leader for NDI Support. 
 

Date Position Institution name
2026 - ongoing Research Fellow Adelaide University
2024 - 2025 Research Fellow University of South Australia
2021 - 2023 Research Associate University of South Australia

Date Institution name Country Title
2017 - 2021 University of South Australia Australia PhD

Year Citation
2026 Batch, T., Tiddy, C., Brotodewo, A., Giles, D., Dhnaram, C., & Lisitsin, V. (2026). Monazite chemistry for iron sulfide-copper-gold exploration in the Mount Isa Province, Queensland, Australia. Applied Geochemistry, 198, 106674.
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2025 Tylkowski, L., Tiddy, C., Giles, D., Cayley, R., Brotodewo, A., Thorne, R., & Edgar, W. (2025). Investigating detrital apatite from the Castlemaine Group, central Victoria, to unravel sources and multi-cycle sedimentation. Gondwana Research, 146, 146-162.
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2025 Batch, T., Tiddy, C., Brotodewo, A., Giles, D., Dhnaram, C., & Lisitsin, V. (2025). Monazite chemistry as an exploration tool for Cloncurry-style iron oxide-copper-gold deposits. Geochemistry Exploration Environment Analysis, 26(1), 23 pages.
DOI Scopus1
2024 Batch, T., Tiddy, C., Brotodewo, A., Giles, D., Little, G., Belperio, A., . . . Metelka, V. (2024). REE-bearing phosphate mineral chemistry for iron sulfide‑copper‑gold exploration: A study at Jericho, NW Queensland, Australia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 267, 15 pages.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2023 Kastury, F., Cahill, G., Fernando, A., Brotodewo, A., Huang, J., Juhasz, A. L., . . . Styan, C. (2023). Metallic mangroves: Sediments and in situ diffusive gradients in thin films (DGTs) reveal Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. lives with high contamination near a lead‑zinc smelter in South Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 857(Pt 3), 10 pages.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC6
2021 Brotodewo, A., Tiddy, C., Zivak, D., Fabris, A., & Giles, D. (2021). Geochemical discrimination of igneous zircon in the Gawler Craton, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 68(4), 557-579.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3
2021 Tiddy, C., Zivak, D., Hill, J., Giles, D., Hodgkison, J., Neumann, M., & Brotodewo, A. (2021). Monazite as an exploration tool for iron oxide‐copper‐gold mineralisation in the Gawler Craton, South Australia. Minerals, 11(8), 1-27.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2021 Brotodewo, A., Tiddy, C., Zivak, D., Fabris, A., Giles, D., Light, S., & Forster, B. (2021). Recognising mineral deposits from cover; a case study using zircon chemistry in the gawler craton, South Australia. Minerals, 11(9), 916.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2018 Brotodewo, A., Tiddy, C. J., Reid, A., Wade, C., & Conor, C. (2018). Relationships between magmatism and deformation in northern Yorke Peninsula and southeastern Proterozoic Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 65(5), 619-641.
DOI Scopus10 WoS9
  • MinEx CRC Project 7 – Finding Mineral Systems Under Cover, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027
  • Resistate mineral chemistry for Cu-Au exploration - Ernest Opoku, MinEx CRC, 19/06/2024 - 19/12/2027
  • MinEx CRC Project 7 – Finding Mineral Systems Under Cover, MinEx CRC, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024
  • Magnetite and monazite chemistry for iron oxide-copper-gold exploration - Travis Batch, MinEx CRC, 30/09/2021 - 12/04/2025
  • Resistate indicator minerals as an exploration tool for orogenic gold mineralisation: a case study from the Murray Basin, southeastern Australia - Luke Tylkowski, MinEx CRC, 01/03/2021 - 30/05/2025

Courses I teach

  • ENGI 1011 Engineering Geology and Surveying (2026)
  • PHYS 1015 Astronomy and the Universe (2025)
  • PHYS 1015 Astronomy and the Universe (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Principal Supervisor 191-Resistate mineral chemistry for Cu-Au exploration - Doctorate Full Time Mr Ernest Boamah Opoku
2024 Principal Supervisor 191-Resistate mineral chemistry for Cu-Au exploration Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ernest Boamah Opoku
2021 Co-Supervisor Apatite from the Castlemaine Group: implications for provenance and mineral exploration Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Luke Tylkowski

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