Associate Professor Stuart Raymond Clark

My Expertise

Plate tectonics, subsidence, sinkhole formation, earthquakes

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Geodynamics, Seismology and seismic exploration, Gravimetrics, Magnetism and palaeomagnetism, Geomorphology and earth surface processes, Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis), Neural networks, Semi- and unsupervised learning, Geophysics, Basin Analysis, Structural Geology, Stratigraphy (incl. Biostratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy), Numerical Computation, Tectonics, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Marine Geoscience

SEO tags

Earth sciences

Mineral Exploration

Hydrogen Storage

Expanding Knowledge in the Earth Sciences

Biography

A/Prof. Stuart Clark is a geophysicist with an interest in understand the evolution of sedimentary basins and imaging and building models of the Earth. Prior to joining UNSW in 2017, he was the Director of Research at Kalkulo AS in Norway (2014-2017) and the Head of Department of Computational Geoscience for the Norwegian Simula Research Laboratory (2011-2014). In these roles he worked on and managed projects delivering cutting edge software...view more

Students collecting geophysical data in the field

Early Cretaceous Reconstruction of the Geological Structures of the Barents Sea

(with present-day topography and coastlines reconstructed for reference)

Subduction model showing a slab decending into the Earth's mantle from Clark et al., 2008.

My Grants

Professor Nasser Khalili; Professor Abbas Rajabifard; Professor Tommy Chan; Professor Dr Sisi Zlatanova; Professor Bijan Samali; Professor Chun Wang; Professor Ismet Canbulat; Professor Hamid Ronagh; Professor Srinath Perera; Professor Wei Gao; Professor Sridevan Parameswaran; Professor Deo Prasad; Professor Claude Sammut; Professor Stuart Barr; Associate Professor Wenjie Zhang; Dr Binghao Li; Dr Xuesong Shen; Dr John Barton; Dr Michael Cholette; A/Prof. Stuart Clark; Dr Jagannath Aryal; Dr Simitkumar Raval; Emeritus Professor Lin Ma; Dr Babak Shahbodagh; Dr Mohammad Vahab; Adjunct Professor Joseph Mathew; Dr Henry Gong; Mr Christian Holland; Mr Yimin Chen; Mr Martin Dunkley; Mr Scott Coleman; Mr James Linke; Dr Liang Zhao; Dr Shaik Mohamed Ghouse; Mr KE LIU; Dr Graeme Kernich; Mr Daniel Paull; Mr Brian Nicholls; Mr David Nguyen; Mr Luke Liria; Mr Fidel Gonzalez; Mr Trent Clewes-de Castella (2021-2027), ARC Industry Transformation Research Hub for Resilient and Intelligent Infrastructure Systems (RIIS) in Urban, Resources and Energy Sectors
S. Clark, J. Hauser, K. Regenauer-Lieb, T. Salles, H-P. Bunge and J. Lie (2020-2023), Kinematica: Inference-Based Rapid Resource Exploration Scenario Testing. Australian Research Council Linkage
K. Regenauer-Lieb, J. Afonso, S. Clark, S. Walsh, S. Thiel, K. Czarnota, T. Poulet and A. Jones (2019-2022), Illuminating AusLAMP: Thermodynamics inversion for mineral systems, Australian Research Council
S. Clark (2018-2021), 3D Dynamic Sedimentary Basin Reconstructions, Lundin Energy
S. Clark (2018-2021), Basin Reconstructions of the Northwest Shelf of Australia, CSIRO Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform

My Qualifications

Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching (University of New South Wales, 2022)
PhD in Geophysics (University of Sydney, 2007)
Master of Arts (University of Melbourne, 2004)
BSc.(Hons)/B. Arts (University of Sydney, 2002)

My Awards

Arc Postgraduate Council's Supervisor Award, 2021

UNSW Vice Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award (2019) - Rising Star

UNSW Engineering Hero Award (2020)

My Research Activities

My current research activities include:

Basin dynamics and subsidence
Automation of geophysical interpretation and geological model building
Numerical simulations of Earth processes, such as subduction

My Research Supervision

Supervision keywords

computational fluid dynamics

Areas of supervision

I am keen to recruit students in any of the following areas:

Geophysics
Basin Dynamics
Seismology
Tectonophysics and plate tectonics

Applied to:

Earth Evolution
Hydrogen Storage
Minerals Exploration

As well as any of the following applied to Geophysics or Geology:

Machine Learning
Numerical Modelling
High Performance Computing

Future PhD and Masters Research Students:

For admission, please have a look at the Submit an Application Page on the UNSW web-page using the Program Code 1630 (Civil and Environmental Engineering) or 2645 MPhil Engineering (CVENBR) - both these codes are administrative and allow the School to support your studies. Your actual topic will be defined by your thesis title and your Field of Research code attached to your project. I am also happy to jointly supervise students in other UNSW School, Faculties or in other universities.

Currently supervising

Harikrishnan Nalinakumar - Basin Evolution and Resource Potential of the Isa Superbasin and South Nicholson Basin
Elena Babina - The Influence of Dynamic Topography on the Formation and Evolution of the Barents Sea Basin with Computational Methods
Aseem Bin Sulaiman - Exploration for Salt domes Using Gravity and Seismic Data
Lisa Tannock - Fracture Mechanics in Basement Rocks

Recent Completions:

Peigen Luo - Slab Dynamics and the Evolution of the Aegean-Anatolian Region since the Oligocene
Hang Yin - Maximizing CO2 storage in subsurface formations (as secondary supervisor)
Lize Hermogenes De Mendonca - Neotropical Biogeography (as secondary supervisor)
George Marfo - High-Resolution Sequence-Stratigraphy of Mudstones and their Organic Rich Beds, Amadeus Basin, Australia (Secondary supervisor, Tehani Palu, Geoscience Australia)
Ruaa Alohali - Enhance the accuracy of multi-member clastic reservoir mapping and its fluid distribution. A case study in a heavily eroded reservoir in Central Arabia (Primary supervisor Prof. Martin van Kranendonk, UNSW)
Mackenzie Baker - The impact of the tectonics of the Australian plate on the paleogeography (Joint supervisor A/Prof. Malte Ebach, UNSW)
Patrick Makuluni - Automated Restoration of the Northwest Shelf, Australia (Secondary supervisors Dr. Juerg Hauser and Dr. Laurent Langhi, CSIRO and A/Prof. Ryan Armstrong, UNSW)
Mohammed Almedallah - Optimisation of Drilling Paths and Oil Rig Placement (Secondary supervisors Dr. Stuart Walsh, Monash University and A/Prof. Ryan Armstrong, UNSW)
Suleiman Altaheini - Studying 3D models of reservoir geology built from numerical models of rift and passive margin development (Co-Supervisor A/Prof. Peyman Mostaghimi, UNSW)
Aina Bugge - University of Oslo - Filtering techniques and numerical solutions related to image enhancement and automated geological interpretation of seismic data (Joint supervision with Prof. Jan Inge Faleide, UiO, Dr. Jan Erik Lie, Lundin Norway).