Kliti Grice

Professor Kliti Grice FAA is an organic and isotope geochemist known for her work in identifying geological and environmental causes for mass extinction events.[1]

She is the founding director of the Western Australian Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Centre (WA-OIGC) and is a Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. She has published 180 international peer reviewed articles (including in Science), in addition some 400 book chapters, plenaries and conference abstracts.

Grice obtained her PhD in 1995 at the University of Bristol (UK).[1] She subsequently undertook postdoctoral work as a research fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands.[1]

Grice was appointed as a senior research fellow at Curtin University in 1998 and became Professor of Organic and Isotope Geochemistry in 2007. She was awarded the J G Russell Award by the Australian Academy of Science for her research on stable carbon and hydrogen isotope signatures of chemical fossils.[2]

Grice is a member of the Australian National Committee of Earth Sciences (NCES).[3]

Research interest

Grice uses biomarkers and stable isotopes derived from natural products of ancient microbes, algae, flora and fauna retained in rocks to reconstruct the environments of modern to ancient past extinction events including those associated with petroleum and mineral reserves.

Her research has shown that some major biological extinction events can be traced to factors intrinsic to the Earth's systems, rather than external factors such as asteroid impacts.[4]

Awards and honours
  • 2018: ANZAAS Medal[5]
  • 2018: Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)[6]
  • 2014: Australian Organic Geochemistry (AOGC) Medal[7]
  • 2014: John Curtin Distinguished Professor
  • 2013: Honorary Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
  • 2013: ARC DORA Professorial Fellowship
  • 2012: Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Environmental Chemistry medal
  • 2009: Senior Researcher of the Year award, Curtin University, Division of Engineering, Science and Computing
  • 2008: Australian Research Council (ARC) QEII Fellowship
  • 2007: Young Researcher of the Year award, Curtin University, Division of Engineering, Science and Computing
  • 2002: JG Russel Award, Australian Academy of Science
  • 2002: The Premier's Inaugural Science Award for Early Career Achievement in Science, Western Australia
  • 2001: International Pieter Schenck Award for Outstanding Contributions in Organic Geochemistry
  • 2001: Inaugural early career

References
  1. "Professor Kliti Grice". Staff Profile. Curtin University. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. "Annual Report 2002–2003" (PDF). Australian Academy of Science. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. "National Committee for Earth Sciences - Page 2 - Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. "Public profile - Australian Centre for Astrobiology". aca.unsw.edu.au. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. "Academy Fellow wins ANZAAS Medal for her scientific achievements". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. "Professor Kliti Grice | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  7. https://news.curtin.edu.au/media-releases/curtin-scientist-wins-prestigious-organic-geochemistry-medal/
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