PhB student wins $180,000 scholarship

Publication date
Monday, 1 Dec 2014
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Jack Muir, a student in the Bachelor of Philsophy Science (Honours), PhB (Hons) program has won a $180,000 scholarship to study science in the United States.

Jack won a three-year John Monash Scholarship, part of a broader scheme to get more students into science and can now pick from the most prestigious universities in the world to further his research in earth sciences.

He specialises in geophysics - the study of the Earth's core and his work involves tomographic mapping of the Earth's insides, something that could lead to less intrusive mineral exploration and more sophisticated predictions of seismic activity.

"What it allows you to do is basically create maps of how likely earthquakes are to occur in the future," he said. "It's a really complicated area that is very relevant to everyday life. There are a lot of different disciplines that intersect to give a picture of how the Earth works."