Dave's research focuses on Earth's magnetic field. His areas of expertise are geophysics and data science, including the development of new statistical techniques to quantify past changes in the behaviour of Earth's magnetic field. Dave is currently working on a project to reconstruct field behaviour around Australia over the last ten thousand years. 

Penny examines the interaction of planetary materials with gases and the role of these processes in understanding the evolution of planetary environments and surfaces. Her areas of expertise are Geology, Geochemistry, Surface Processes and Mineralogy and Crystallography.

Nerilie's research focuses on how the Earth’s climate has behaved over the last millennium, and what that tells us about the climate changes we are seeing now. The past climate records that she develops come from corals, caves and ice cores, and she combine these with climate model data to study climate changes.

Andrew's work using geologic and fossil records has enabled scientists to use the geological record to reconstruct global plate tectonic movements and to understand variations in Earth's magnetic field through its history. He is an international leader in the field of environmental magnetic analyses of climate change, and has developed new methods in rock magnetism.