Dr. Laure Martin is a Senior Lecturer (SIMS) at the Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis (CMCA) at the University of Western Australia, affiliated with Earth Sciences. She earned her PhD in Metamorphic Petrology and Geochemistry in 2005 from the Centre de Recherche en Pétrographie et Géochimie (CRPG) in Nancy, France, focusing on the significance of U-Pb ages in metamorphic zircon from the Naxos and Ikaria Islands in Greece. Following her PhD, she served as a part-time lecturer for one year at the University Henri Poincaré in France. She then moved to Australia as a research associate at Macquarie University from 2006 to 2008 and as a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University from 2009 to 2012, working on experimental petrology applied to subduction zone processes. Since 2012, she has worked at UWA's CMCA operating the SIMS CAMECA 1280, and was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2019, leading the IMS1280 laboratory for research, management, and teaching.

Laure Martin's research specializations are in metamorphic petrology and geochemistry, emphasizing mineral textures and element behavior during microscale processes of growth and re-equilibration using in-situ techniques like the SIMS Cameca 1280. Her studies address geochemical cycles in subduction zones and analytical method development. Key publications include 'A shallow, subduction-modified continental lithospheric mantle source for the Palaeoproterozoic Hart Dolerite, Western Australia' (2026, Precambrian Research), 'Structural controls of superposed komatiite-hosted Ni and orogenic Au mineralisation at Beta-Hunt, Western Australia' (2026, Mineralium Deposita), 'Coupling whole-rock geochemistry with trace elements and S-isotope analyses of pyrite to unravel distinct precipitation processes responsible for the Yaouré gold deposit formation (Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa)' (2026, Mineralium Deposita), 'A newly recognised mafic sill-hosted Ni-sulfide deposit emplaced during the 2.4 Ga Widgiemooltha dike swarm event, Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia' (2025, Mineralium Deposita), and 'Arsenic in pyrite acts as a catalyst for dissolution-reprecipitation reaction and gold remobilization' (2025, American Mineralogist). With 1496 citations, her contributions impact geochemistry and petrology.

Professional Email: laure.martin@uwa.edu.au