Dr Andrew Rate has worked at The University of Western Australia since 1995 after postgraduate training in chemistry and soil chemistry in New Zealand. He has published research relating to geochemistry in multiple areas, including estuaries, mineral exploration, mine rehabilitation, analytical chemistry, hydrology, mineralogy, agriculture, and urban contamination. Dr Rate’s main areas of teaching and research are currently in Environmental Geochemistry. His present areas of research activity and publication are centered around understanding the behaviour of trace and rare-earth elements in Earth-surface environments, soils and sediments in urban environments, and acid sulfate soils.
