Fellow Research School of Earth Sciences.CCI Internal Governance Board Member.
(College of Physical Sciences)

PhD University of Tasmania
Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) University of NSW

Professional Background
1995 – 1999    Research Fellow (ARC) Dept of Geology, ANU
1994 -  1994    Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU
1991 – 1994    Postdoctoral Fellow (ARC), Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU
2001 -              Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU

Research and Teaching

My current research is focused on biomineralised materials such as otoliths ('fish earbones'), sponges, foraminifers, conodonts, human and mammalian teeth, with the aim of developing and applying improved methods for reconstructing past environments and for dating of environmental and archaeological events.

I have been involved alongside key technical support personnel in the development and construction of the aperture-imaging ArF (193nm) Excimer laser-ablation microsampling systems at the RSES. These systems are the most advanced laser sampling technology of their kind, offering a unique combination of enhanced sensitivity through He-under-Ar vortex cell design, spatial resolution (<10 to 400×1000microns), precise vertical and horizontal compositional profiling under computer driven stepper-motor control, applicability to a broad range of matrixes (including wide wide-band gap materials e.g. quartz, calcite), and flexible sampling handling capabilities (10x 1" mounts or 3x 1"mounts and 4x 50×25mm thins sections or 2x 100×25mm

Notable Publications

Tatsumi Y & Eggins SM (1995). Subduction zone magmatism. Blackwells, pp285.

Book Chapters

Ito E. De Deckker P., and Eggins S.M. (2003) Ostraocodes and their shell chemistry:implications for paleohyologic and paleoclimatoligc applications. In: Bridging the Gap-trends in the Ostracode Biological and Geological Sciences. Ed R.D. White. The Paleotological Society Special Publications, Vol. 9, November 2003, pp 119-151. Yale University, New Haven CT.

Journal Articles

Eggins S., Grün R., Pike A.W.G, Shelley M., Taylor L. (2003) ²³⁸U and ²³²Th profiling and U-series isotope anaysis of fossil teeth by laser ablation-ICPMS. Quaternary Science Reviews 22, 1373-1382.

Eggins, S.M., De Deckker P., and Marshall, J. (2003) Mg/Ca variation in planktonic foraminifera tests:implications for reconstructing palaeo-seawater temperature and habitat migration. Earth Planetary Science Letters 212, 291-306.

Eggins, S.M. (2003) Laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of geological materials as lithiumborate glasses. Geostandards Newsletter:The Journal of Geostandards and Geoanalysis 27, 147-162.