Associate Professor
Christoph Schrank
Faculty of Science,
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Biography
2014: Senior Lecturer (QUT)
2013: Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (QUT)
2012 - 2014: Lecturer (ECARD program, QUT)
2010 - 2012: Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) at the Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (UWA, CSIRO)
2009 - 2010: Postdoctoral researcher at the Western Australian Geothermal Centre of Excellence (UWA, CSIRO)
2004 - 2009: PhD at the University of Toronto, Tectonophysics laboratory (Prof. A. R. Cruden)
2002 - 2004: Diplom in Geology and Palaeontology (Master-equivalent) at Freie Universität Berlin Germany (Prof. M. R. Handy)
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Keywords
Structural geology, Rock physics, Analogue modelling, Numerical modelling, Synchrotron radiation (SAXS/WAXS, XFM, SXDM, XBDM, micro-CT), Faults, Rheology, Shear zones
Research field
Geology, Geophysics, Other earth sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Toronto)
- Diplom-Geologe (Free University of Berlin)
- Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
European Geosciences Union
Teaching
ERB204: Deforming Earth: Fundamentals of Structural Geology
ERB305: Field Methods
SCB500: Research Project ERB101
SEB411: Advanced data visualization and analysis (Honours)
Honours coordinator for Earth Science
Past undergraduate and postgraduate classes
Structural Geology
Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins
Microfabrics and Rheology
Geological Maps and Cross-sections I & II
Tectonic Modelling Plate Tectonics
SEB114/SEB116: Experimental Science II
Publications
- Hu, M., Sun, Q., Schrank, C. & Regenauer-Lieb, K. (2022). Cross-scale dynamic interactions in compacting porous media as a trigger to pattern formation. Geophysical Journal International, 230(2), 1280–1291. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230391
- Jones, M., van Riessen, G., Phillips, N., Schrank, C., Hinsley, G., Afshar, N., Reinhardt, J., de Jonge, M. & Kewish, C. (2022). High-speed free-run ptychography at the Australian Synchrotron. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 29(2), 480–487. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227673
- Elphick, K., Sloss, C., Regenauer-Lieb, K. & Schrank, C. (2021). Distribution, microphysical properties, and tectonic controls of deformation bands in the Miocene subduction wedge (Whakataki Formation) of the Hikurangi subduction zone. Solid Earth, 12(1), 141–170. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/208850
- Schrank, C., Gaede, O., Blach, T., Gioseffi, K., Mudie, S., Kirby, N., Regenauer-Lieb, K. & Radlinski, A. (2021). Fast in-situ X-ray scattering reveals stress sensitivity of gypsum dehydration kinetics. Communications Materials, 2, Article 51. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/230369
- Schrank, C., Jones, M., Kewish, C., Van Riessen, G., Elphick, K., Sloss, C., Nothdurft, L., Webb, G., Paterson, D. & Regenauer-Lieb, K. (2021). Micro-scale dissolution seams mobilise carbon in deep-sea limestones. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), Article 174. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213013
- Schrank, C., Gioseffi, K., Blach, T., Gaede, O., Hawley, A., Milsch, H., Regenauer-Lieb, K. & Radlinski, A. (2020). Tracking metamorphic dehydration reactions in real time with transmission small- and wide-angle synchrotron X-ray scattering: the case of gypsum dehydration. Journal of Petrology, 61(6), Article egaa041. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199083
- Wiemer, D., Schrank, C., Murphy, D., Wenham, L. & Allen, C. (2018). Earth's oldest stable crust in the Pilbara Craton formed by cyclic gravitational overturns. Nature Geoscience, 11(5), 357–361. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223805
- Schrank, C., Karrech, A., Boutelier, D. & Regenauer-Lieb, K. (2016). Ductile deformation of single inclusions in simple shear with a finite-strain hyperelastoviscoplastic rheology. In S. Mukherjee & K. Mulchrone (Eds.), Ductile shear zones: From micro- to macro-scales (pp. 46–58). Wiley-Blackwell. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95347
- Wiemer, D., Schrank, C., Murphy, D. & Hickman, A. (2016). Lithostratigraphy and structure of the early Archaean Doolena Gap greenstone belt, East Pilbara Terrane, Western Australia. Precambrian Research, 282, 121–138. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/222547
- Hansma, J., Tohver, E., Schrank, C., Jourdan, F. & Adams, D. (2016). The timing of the Cape Orogeny: New 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on deformation and cooling of the Cape Fold Belt, South Africa. Gondwana Research, 32, 122–137. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/222063
QUT ePrints
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/christoph.schrank
Selected research projects
- Title
- The role of pressure waves on the mechanics of earthquakes and faulting
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP170104550
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- Finite Strain with large rotations: A new hybrid numerical/experimental approach
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP140103015
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Finite Strain; Modelling; Experiments
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- A Predictive Framework for Tailings Dam Failure Using Open-Access Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning Models
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Craig O'Neill - Mapping nano-porosity in ductile shear zones with small-angle X-ray transmission scattering (SAXS)
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Michael Jones - Mapping nanopores in granitic mylonites with SAXS, XFM, and muXRD
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Michael Jones - Measuring the hidden fluid pathways in ductile shear zones with multi-modal synchrotron X-ray, electron-beam imaging
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Michael Jones - Reassessing the deformation history of the Western Fold Belt, Mount Isa, QLD
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr David Murphy, Dr Patrick Hayman - Understanding our Natural World via Situated Learning in Immersive Geology Field Trips
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Selen Turkay, Professor Daniel Johnson - Unravelling the pathways and mechanisms for mineralising fluid flow in limestone- and granite-hosted ductile shear zones
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Michael Jones
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Petrographic microscopy of geologic textural patterns and element-mineral associations with novel image analysis methods (2024)
- Planar Localisation Bands in the Shallow Regions of the Southern Hikurangi Subduction Wedge: Effects of Tectonic Setting and Lithology (2021)
- Tectonic Evolution of the Early Archaean Doolena Gap Greenstone Belt, East Pilbara Terrane, Western Australia (2017)
- Stream & Groundwater Responses to Episodic Recharge: Integrating Time-Series Analysis & Environmental Tracers (2016)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Assessing the Origins of Polygonal Sr Mn and Fe Depletion in Low-Temperature Calcite Veins: A Structural and Geochemical Investigation (2025)
- Stratigraphic Control and Emplacement Mechanisms for Vanadium Enrichment of the Black Shale Toolebuc Formation, Eromanga Basin, Queensland (2024)
- Integrated, injected CO2 seal capacity study of the Evergreen Formation, Surat Basin Australia (2023)
- Stratigraphy, Petrography and Geochemistry of the Kaiwhata Limestone, Pahaoa, New Zealand (2022)
- Impact of Crystallographically Preferred Orientation on Dehydration Kinetics of Gypsum (2021)
- Insights into the Kinetics of Solid Gypsum Dehydration from Wide- and Small-Angle Synchrotron X-Ray Scattering (2019)
- Millimetre-Scale Localisation of Strain and Dissolution in Oolitic Grainstone (2018)
- Putting Absolute, In-Situ U-Pb Ages to Early-Archaean Deformation Events in the Muccan Granitic Complex, East Pilbara Terrane (2018)
- On Carbonate Alteration Zones in a Greenstone Keel of the East Pilbara Terrane (Doolena Gap Greenstone Belt) (2017)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.