Dr Tim T. Werner

Tim Werner is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He completed his PhD at Monash University in 2017 and subsequently served as a postdoctoral research fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne. He has held Visiting Scholar positions at Yale University and the Vienna University of Economics and Business. In 2018, Dr. Werner joined the University of Melbourne as a Research Fellow in GIS and Extractive Industries, contributing to an ARC Laureate Project. In 2021, he secured funding for an ARC DECRA Fellowship, focussing on investigating critical metal resources, their mining footprints, and potential future supply chain impacts. He now coordinates the Responsible Mining and Energy Transition Group.

Dr. Werner's research expertise encompasses environmental engineering, geographical science, economic geology, physical geography and conservation biology. His interests span many topics, including mineral supply chain resilience and dynamics, land use changes, resource economics and governance, material recycling and waste management, and energy transition pathways. His current focus revolves around examining land use impacts of mining critical minerals.

Dr. Werner has collaborated closely with international partners, industry, and government entities on various research projects. Notable collaborations include Columbia University, Geoscience Australia, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, International Copper, Nickel and Lead-Zinc Study Groups, TMP Public (UK), and COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), securing >$1.3 million in research funding to date. He has been recognised through multiple awards, incuding the Dean's Award for Research Excellence (Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, 2023), the ISM Young Scientist Award (International Society for Mine Surveying, 2023), and the Mann Redmayne Medal (AusIMM, 2016).