Experience

• 2018 to present - Professor / Charles Fogarty Endowed Chair in Economic Geology, Colorado School of Mines (USA)
• 2018 to present - Adjunct Professor, James Cook University (Australia)
• 2015 to 2018 - Associate Professor, James Cook University (Australia)
• 2012 to 2018 - Director, EGRU (Economic Geology Research Centre), James Cook University (Australia)
• 2011 to 2014 - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Australia)
• 2008 to 2011 - Senior Research Fellow, CODES, University of Tasmania (Australia)
• 2004 to 2008 - Research Fellow, CODES, University of Tasmania (Australia)
• 2004 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington State University (USA)
• 2000 to 2003 - PhD, Washington State University (USA)
• 1997 to 2000 - Assistant Professor, Peking University (China)
• 1992 to 1997 - PhD, Peking University (China)
• 1988 to 1992 - BSc, Peking University (China)

Research Disciplines

• Geology (0403)
• Geochemistry (0402)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Mineral Exploration (8401)

Awards

• 2017 - Award for Excellence in Research, James Cook University, Australia
• 2012 - AMIRA Award 2012 for Geoscience Research Excellence, for research into geochemical vectors as used in exploration for porphyry-related mineralisation
• 2003 - Bronze Medal, Remick Poster Awards competition, Annual meeting of Geological Association of Canada (GAC) (top 3 out of approximately 175 posters)
• 2003 - The Joseph W. Mills Endowment Award, Geology Department, Washington State University
• 2002 - 2nd prize in student poster contest. Annual meeting of NWMA (Northwest Mining Association, USA)
• 2002 - The Joseph W. Mills Endowment Award, Geology Department, Washington State University
• 2001 - The Roger V. LeClerc Fellowship “Outstanding Graduate Student in Geology”, Geology Department, Washington State University
• 1999 - The Gangsong Award for teaching excellence, Peking University, China
• 2020 - SEG International Exchange Lecturer

Fellowships

• 2011 - onwards: Guest Research Professor, Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
• 2004 - onwards: Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) Fellow
• 2009 to 2012 - Guest Professor, China University of Geosciences, Beijing

Memberships

• 2015 - Geological Society of Australia member
• 2013 - onwards: AIG member
• 2010 - onwards: SGA member
• 2000 - onwards: Geological Society of America (GSAm) member
• 1998 - onwards: SEG member
• 2013 to 2018 - AusIMM member

Other

• 2015 - onwards: Associate Editor, Mineralium Deposita
• 2014 - onwards: Chair, IAGOD (International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits) Working Group on Skarn Deposits
• 2018 to 2023 - Associate Editor, Economic Geology
• 2013 to 2023 - Editorial Board member, Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)
• 2019 - SEG Nominating Committee member
• 2014 to 2019 - Editor, SEG Special Publication Volume - Mineral Deposits in China
• 2018 - Session Chair, Mineral Resources of China, PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) conference, Toronto, Canada; 4-7 March 2018
• 2018 - Session convener: Special Session S1 New discoveries and new research on skarn deposits, 15th IAGOD Quadrennial Symposium, Salta, Argentina; 28-31 August 2018
• 2013 to 2018 - QEC (Queensland Exploration Council) Research Working Group member
• 2012 to 2018 - AusIMM North Queensland Branch Committee member
• 2017 - Conference Chair, FUTORES II (Future Understanding of Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability) conference, 4-7 June 2017, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• 2017 - Session Chair, Skarn Deposits – Metal Content and Zonation, SEG 2017 Conference, Beijing, China, 17-20 September 2017
• 2016 to 2017 - Organising Committee Member, SEG 2017 conference in Beijing, China, 17-20 September 2017
• 2015 to 2017 - SEG International Exchange Lecturer Sub-Committee member
• 2012 to 2017 - SEG Publications Board member
• 2016 - Session convener, AESC (Australian Earth Science Convention), Adelaide, Australia, 26-30 June 2016
• 2015 - Convener: Skarns and Carbonate Replacement Deposits session, AusIMM PacRim 2015 Congress, Hong Kong, 18-21 March 2015
• 2015 - Session Chair: Plenary-Keynote session, SEG 2015 conference in Hobart, Tasmania, 27-30 September 2015
• 2015 - Organising Committee member, AusIMM PacRim 2015 Congress, 18-21 March 2015, Hong Kong, China
• 2015 - Organising Committee member, SEG 2015 Conference, 27-30 September 2015, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• 2005 to 2014 - 20 keynote or invited presentations
• 2013 - Conference Chair, FUTORES (Future Understanding of Ores, Resources, Environment and Sustainability) conference, 2-5 June 2013, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (247 delegates from 15 countries)
• 2013 - SEG Nominating Committee member
• 2013 - Co-convener, Skarn deposits – 138 years after Törnebohm session, SGA 2013 conference, 12–15 August 2013, Uppsala, Sweden
• 2007 to 2013 - Taught or co-taught in 22 short courses / workshops; ~1840 participants
• 2012 - SEG Committee on Committees member
• 2011 - Guest editor: An Economic Geology special issue on the geology and mineral deposits of the Philippines
• 2011 - Conference Chair, North Queensland Resources Development, 19-20 July 2011, Townsville, Australia
• 2008 - Convener: Skarns and Replacement Deposits session, PacRim Congress, 24-27 Nov 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

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Journal Articles

• Shu Q, Chang Z, Lai Y, Hu X, Wu H, Zhang Y, Wang P, Zhai D and Zhang C (2019) Zircon trace elements and magma fertility: insights from porphyry (-skarn) Mo deposits in NE China. Mineralium Deposita, 54 (5). pp. 645-656
• Cheng Y, Spandler C, Chang Z and Clarke G (2018) Volcanic–plutonic connections and metal fertility of highly evolved magma systems: a case study from the Herberton Sn–W–Mo Mineral Field, Queensland, Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 486. pp. 84-93
• Kouhestani H, Mokhtari M, Chang Z, Stein H and Johnson C (2018) Timing and genesis of ore formation in the Qarachilar Cu-Mo-Au deposit, Ahar-Arasbaran metallogenic zone, NW Iran: evidence from geology, fluid inclusions, O-S isotopes and Re-Os geochronology. Ore Geology Reviews, 102. pp. 757-775
• Kouhestani H, Mokhtari M, Chang Z and Johnson C (2018) Intermediate sulfidation type base metal mineralization at Aliabad-Khanchy, Tarom-Hashtjin metallogenic belt, NW Iran. Ore Geology Reviews, 93. pp. 1-18
• Neal L, Wilkinson J, Mason P and Chang Z (2018) Spectral characteristics of propylitic alteration minerals as a vectoring tool for porphyry copper deposits. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 184 (Part A). pp. 179-198
• Sahlström F, Dirks P, Chang Z, Arribas A, Corral I, Obiri-Yeboah M and Hall C (2018) The Paleozoic Mount Carlton deposit, Bowen Basin, Northeast Australia: shallow high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Ag-Cu mineralization formed during rifting. Economic Geology, 113 (8). pp. 1733-1767
• Case G, Blenkinsop T, Chang Z, Huizenga J, Lilly R and McLellan J (2017) Delineating the structural controls on the genesis of iron oxide–Cu–Au deposits through implicit modelling: a case study from the E1 Group, Cloncurry District, Australia. Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 453.
• Jansen N, Gemmell J, Chang Z, Cooke D, Jourdan F, Creaser R and Hollings P (2017) Geology and genesis of the Cerro la Mina porphyry-high sulfidation Au (Cu-Mo) prospect, Mexico. Economic Geology, 112. pp. 799-827
• Lawrence D, Allibone A, Chang Z, Meffre S, Lambert-Smith J and Treloar P (2017) The Tongon Au deposit, Northern Côte d’Ivoire: an example of Paleoproterozoic Au skarn mineralization. Economic Geology, 112 (7). pp. 1571-1593
• Sahlström F, Blake K, Corral I and Chang Z (2017) Hyperspectral cathodoluminescence study of indium-bearing sphalerite from the Mt Carlton high-sulphidation epithermal deposit, Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Mineralogy, 29 (6). pp. 985-993
• Sahlström F, Arribas A, Dirks P, Corral I and Chang Z (2017) Mineralogical distribution of germanium, gallium and indium at the Mt Carlton high-sulfidation epithermal deposit, NE Australia, and comparison with similar deposits worldwide. Minerals, 7 (213).

Books

• Huston D, Champion D, Morrison G, Mass R, Thorne J, Carr G, Beams S, Bottrill R, Chang Z, Dhnaram C, Downe P, Forster D, Gemmell J, Lisitsin V, McNeill A and Vicary M (2017) Spatial variations in lead isotopes, Tasman Element, eastern Australia. Geoscience Australia Record, 2017. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 84+ research outputs authored by Prof Zhaoshan Chang from 1995 onwards.

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Current

• Paragenesis and zonation of alteration minerals, from root to base of lithocap, of the Far Southeast porphyry copper-gold deposit, Philippines (Masters , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Ore-forming mechanisms and spatio-temporal framework for intrusion-related deposits in NE China (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The Giant Antamina Deposit, Peru: Intrusive Sequence, Skarn Formation, and Mineralisation (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Genesis of the E1 group of iron oxide-copper-gold deposits, Cloncurry district, North West Queensland (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Geological characteristics and origin of the Watershed W deposit, North Queensland (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The Mt Carlton high-sulfidation epithermal deposit, NE Australia: geologic character, genesis and implications for exploration (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)

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