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Professor Steve Rogers is the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation at Charles Darwin University (CDU) who was appointed to CDU as the Director of Research and Innovation in 2020.
Professor Rogers has research and high-level leadership experience in the environment sector, mining exploration and mineral processing industries with an extensive understanding of the complex regional issues facing Northern Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
Professor Rogers was formerly the CEO at the Centre for Appropriate Technology Ltd (CfAT Ltd), an Aboriginal-controlled, not-for-profit technology and infrastructure solutions company based in Alice Springs, operating across rural and remote Australia.
With a PhD in Microbiology, Professor Rogers spent 13 years with the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Land and Water at the Waite Research Institute in Adelaide. His research interests include using microorganisms to clean contaminated industrial sites.
Professor Rogers has held several other positions working with global mining and oil and gas sectors, as the CEO of the CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration, Managing Director of the
Parker CRC for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions and WA program manager with the Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Outside of his career, Steve has been a volunteer firefighter in WA and the NT for 11 years, enjoys bush camping with his wife and is an amateur cook.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Kent
Award Date: 1 Sept 1992
Master, Environmental Technology, Imperial College-University of London
Award Date: 1 Sept 1988
Bachelor, BSc (Hons) Environmental Studies, Sunderland Polytecnic
Award Date: 1 Sept 1986
External positions
Board Director, Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities
2018 → …
Board Director, Territory Natural Resource Management
2016 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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CAD design, engineering and manufacturing capabilities to produce a product
Krishnan, K., Harbidge, M., Murray, R. & Rogers, S.
23/08/19 → 22/08/29
Project: Research
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Co-design phase, Water Security for Northern Australia Program
Irvine, D., Gibb, K., Rogers, S., Davis, J., Hutley, L. B., Duvert, C., Kopf, R. K., Garcia, E., Gautam, D. & Stromsoe, N.
1/07/22 → 12/12/22
Project: Research
Research output
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NT Shelf-stable Food Products: Market Opportunity Analysis
Greenland, S., Nguyen, N., Hunt, W., Rogers, S., Stanley, R. & Juliano, P., 2023, 76 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Assessing microbiological surface expression over an overburden-covered VMS deposit
Wakelin, S., Anand, R. R., Macfarlane, C., Reith, F., Noble, R. & Rogers, S., Jan 2012, In: Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 112, p. 262-271 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Potential utilisation of micro-organisms in gold processing: A review
Reith, F., Zammit, C. M., Rogers, S. L., McPhail, D. C. & Brugger, J., 1 Dec 2012, In: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy. 121, 4, p. 251-260 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessment of bacterial communities in auriferous and non-auriferous soils using genetic and functional fingerprinting
Reith, F. & Rogers, S. L., 1 Apr 2008, In: Geomicrobiology Journal. 25, 3-4, p. 203-215 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detection of nitrogen cycle genes in soils for measuring the effects of changes in land use and management
Colloff, M. J., Wakelin, S. A., Gomez, D. & Rogers, S. L., Jul 2008, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 7, p. 1637-1645 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review