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  3. Dr Aileen Doran

Dr Aileen Doran

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    UCD

aileen.doran@icrag-centre.org

Biography

Aileen is a post-doctoral researcher with the iCRAG raw materials group, based at University College Dublin (UCD). Aileen completed her B.Sc. degree at University College Cork (UCC) in 2015, before working as a Graduate Geologist with the TELLUS project, Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) for a year. In 2021, Aileen completed her Ph.D with iCRAG and UCD focusing on the geology and geochemistry of Irish Zn-Pb metal deposits. In 2021, Aileen joined the Central African Copper Belt research group with Prof. Murray Hitzman, where she is studying the Lubambe deposit, Zambia.

As the world continues to grow and transition to greener technologies, we are going to need more raw materials to facilitate this change. Many materials (e.g., copper, cobalt, zinc) are fundamental for the generation of green technologies like wind turbines and electric vehicles. But, currently, there are not enough of these materials to supply world demand, and so we need to find more to facilitate these changes. Through improving our understanding of how these deposits form, we can help to predict where more resources may be. My research looks at sedimentary-hosted mineral deposits to better constrain the processes that led to ore formation of systems like these.

Role

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Institution

  • UCD

Research Area

  • Earth Resources

Expertise

  • Mineral Exploration

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