Dr Martin Stringer
Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Research
+61 7 334 62432
Researcher biography
Dr Stringer is a theoretical physicist whose research career originally focussed on cosmology and galaxy evolution, until his mounting concern for our own planet bought him back down to Earth to work on terrestrial problems. Since then, he has been applying the various mathematical modelling techniques developed over ten-year career studying the formation of galaxies to a variety of other systems, from models of island reforestation and interacting wildlife populations, to future systems of power generation, resource supply chains, and energy markets.
Publications
Book Chapters
Franks, Daniel M., Stringer, Martin, Baker, Elaine, Valenta, Rick, Torres-Cruz, Luis A., Thygesen, Kristina, Matthews, Adam, Howchin, John and Barrie, Stephen (2020). Lessons from tailings facility data disclosures. Towards Zero Harm: A Compendium of Papers Prepared for the Global Tailings Review. (pp. 84-108) edited by Bruno Oberle, David Brereton and Antonia Mihaylova. London, United Kingdom: Global Tailings Review.
Stringer, M. J., Benson, A. J., Bundy, K. and Ellis, R. S. (2010). AGN, downsizing and galaxy bimodality. AGN feedback in galaxy formation. (pp. 52-60) edited by Vincenzo Antonuccio-Delogu and Joseph Silk. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/cbo9780511761386.009
Journal Articles
Aska, Bora, Franks, Daniel M., Stringer, Martin and Sonter, Laura J. (2023). Biodiversity conservation threatened by global mining wastes. Nature Sustainability, 7 (1), 23-30. doi: 10.1038/s41893-023-01251-0
Garcia-Zavala, Consuelo, Ordens, Carlos M., Pagliero, Liliana, Lèbre, Éléonore, Aitken, Douglas and Stringer, Martin (2023). An approach for prioritising environmental, social and governance (ESG) water-related risks for the mining industry: The case of Chile. The Extractive Industries and Society, 14 101259, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2023.101259
Valenta, Rick K., Lèbre, Éléonore, Antonio, Christian, Franks, Daniel M., Jokovic, Vladimir, Micklethwaite, Steven, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita, Runge, Kym, Savinova, Ekaterina, Segura-Salazar, Juliana, Stringer, Martin, Verster, Isabella and Yahyaei, Mohsen (2023). Decarbonisation to drive dramatic increase in mining waste–options for reduction. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106859, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106859
Savinova, E., Evans, C., Lèbre, É., Stringer, M., Azadi, M. and Valenta, R.K. (2023). Will global cobalt supply meet demand? The geological, mineral processing, production and geographic risk profile of cobalt. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106855, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106855
Braczkowski, Alexander R., O'Bryan, Christopher J., Lessmann, Christian, Rondinini, Carlo, Crysell, Anna P., Gilbert, Sophie, Stringer, Martin, Gibson, Luke and Biggs, Duan (2023). The unequal burden of human-wildlife conflict. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 182, 182. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04493-y
Svobodova, Kamila, Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Moudrý, Vítězslav, Lèbre, Éléonore, Stringer, Martin and Sovacool, Benjamin K. (2022). Decarbonization, population disruption and resource inventories in the global energy transition. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 7674, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35391-2
Franks, Daniel M., Stringer, Martin, Torres-Cruz, Luis A., Baker, Elaine, Valenta, Rick, Thygesen, Kristina, Matthews, Adam, Howchin, John and Barrie, Stephen (2021). Author Correction: Tailings facility disclosures reveal stability risks (Scientific Reports, (2021), 11, 1, (5353), 10.1038/s41598-021-84897-0). Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 12142, 12142. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91384-z
Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R., Stringer, Martin, Kemp, Deanna and Valenta, Rick K. (2021). Global Scan of Disruptions to the Mine Life Cycle: Price, Ownership, and Local Impact. Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (8) acs.est.0c08546, 4324-4331. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c08546
Franks, Daniel M., Stringer, Martin, Torres-Cruz, Luis A., Baker, Elaine, Valenta, Rick, Thygesen, Kristina, Matthews, Adam, Howchin, John and Barrie, Stephen (2021). Tailings facility disclosures reveal stability risks. Scientific Reports, 11 (1) 5353, 5353. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84897-0
Lèbre, Éléonore, Stringer, Martin, Svobodova, Kamila, Owen, John R., Kemp, Deanna, Côte, Claire, Arratia-Solar, Andrea and Valenta, Rick K. (2020). The social and environmental complexities of extracting energy transition metals. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 4823, 4823. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18661-9
Ballinger, Benjamin, Schmeda-Lopez, Diego, Kefford, Benjamin, Parkinson, Brett, Stringer, Martin, Greig, Chris and Smart, Simon (2020). The vulnerability of electric-vehicle and wind-turbine supply chains to the supply of rare-earth elements in a 2-degree scenario. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 22, 68-76. doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2020.02.005
Ballinger, Benjamin, Stringer, Martin, Schmeda-Lopez, Diego R., Kefford, Benjamin, Parkinson, Brett, Greig, Chris and Smart, Simon (2019). The vulnerability of electric vehicle deployment to critical mineral supply. Applied Energy, 255 113844, 113844. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113844
Lèbre, Éléonore, Owen, John R., Corder, Glen D., Kemp, Deanna, Stringer, Martin and Valenta, Rick K. (2019). Source risks as constraints to future metal supply. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (18), 10571-10579. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02808
Small, Mitchell J., Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle, Kefford, Benjamin M., Stringer, Martin, Schmeda-Lopez, Diego R., Greig, Chris, Ballinger, Benjamin, Wilson, Stephen and Smart, Simon (2019). Generating linked technology-socioeconomic scenarios for emerging energy transitions. Applied Energy, 239, 1402-1423. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.215
Xiao, Hui, Dee, Laura E., Chades, Iadine, Peyrard, Nathalie, Sabbadin, Regis, Stringer, Martin and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2018). Win-wins for biodiversity and ecosystem service conservation depend on the trophic levels of the species providing services. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (5), 2160-2170. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13192
Pesendorfer, Mario B., Baker, Christopher M., Stringer, Martin, Mcdonald-Madden, Eve, Bode, Michael, Mceachern, A. Kathryn, Morrison, Scott A. and Sillett, T. Scott (2018). Oak habitat recovery on California's largest islands: Scenarios for the role of corvid seed dispersal. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (3), 1185-1194. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13041
Braczkowski, Alexander R., O'Bryan, Christopher J., Stringer, Martin J., Watson, James E. M., Possingham, Hugh P. and Beyer, Hawthorne L. (2018). Leopards provide public health benefits in Mumbai, India. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (3), 176-182. doi: 10.1002/fee.1776
Holden, Matthew H., Butt, Nathalie, Chauvenet, Alienor, Plein, Michaela, Stringer, Martin and Chades, Iadine (2017). Academic conferences urgently need environmental policies. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1 (9), 1211-1212. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0296-2
Martinez-Valpuesta, Inma, Aguerri, J. Alfonso L., Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia, A., Dalla Vecchia, Claudio and Stringer, Martin (2017). A numerical study of interactions and stellar bars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464 (2), 1502-1511. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw2500
de la Rosa, Ignacio G., La Barbera, Francesco, Ferreras, Ignacio, Sanchez Almeida, Jorge, Dalla Vecchia, Claudio, Martinez-Valpuesta, Inma and Stringer, Martin (2016). The fate of high-redshift massive compact galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457 (2), 1916-1930. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw130
Stringer, Martin, Trujillo, Ignacio, Dalla Vecchia, Claudio and Martinez-Valpuesta, Inma (2015). A cosmological context for compact massive galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449 (3), 2396-2404. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv455
Stringer, M. J., Shankar, F., Novak, G. S., Huertas-Company, M., Combes, F. and Moster, B. P. (2014). Galaxy size trends as a consequence of cosmology. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 441 (2) stu645, 1570-1583. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stu645
Stringer, M. J., Bower, R. G., Cole, S., Frenk, C. S. and Theuns, T. (2012). Principles of supernova-driven winds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 423 (2), 1596-1609. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20982.x
Stringer, Martin, Cole, Shaun, Frenk, Carlos S. and Stark, Daniel P. (2011). Star formation trends in high-redshift galaxy surveys: the elephant or the tail?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 414 (3), 1927-1936. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18533.x
Stringer, M. J., Brooks, A. M., Benson, A. J. and Governato, F. (2010). Analytic and numerical realizations of a disc galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 407 (1), 632-644. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16944.x
Stringer, Martin, Cole, Shaun and Frenk, Carlos S. (2010). Physical constraints on the central mass and baryon content of satellite galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 404 (3), 1129-1136. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16360.x
Stringer, M. J., Benson, A. J., Bundy, K., Ellis, R. S. and Quetin, E. L. (2009). Mock observations with the Millennium Simulation: Cosmological downsizing and intermediate-redshift observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 393 (4), 1127-1140. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14186.x
Stringer, M. J. and Benson, A. J. (2007). The formation of galaxy discs in a hierarchical universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 382 (2), 641-651. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12469.x
Conference Paper
Stringer, M. J. and Benson, A. J. (2008). Modeling the formation and evolution of disk galaxies. Conference on Pathways Through and Eclectic Universe, Santiago del Teide Spain, Apr 23-27, 2007. SAN FRANCISCO: ASTRONOMICAL SOC PACIFIC.
Working Paper
Kefford, Benjamin, Schmeda-Lopez, Diego, Stringer, Martin, Greig, Chris, Smart, Simon, Small, Mitchell and Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle (2018). Identifying regionally dependent barriers in the Carbon Capture and Storage industry. School of Chemical Engineering, Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation.
Research Reports
Golev, Artem, Gallagher, Louise, Vander Velpen, Arnaud, Lynggaard, Josefine R., Friot, Damien, Stringer, Martin, Chuah, Stephanie, Arbelaez-Ruiz, Diana, Mazzinghy, Douglas, Moura, Luanna, Peduzzi, Pascal and Franks, Daniel, M. (2022). Ore-sand: A potential new solution to the mine tailings and global sand sustainability crises: Final report. Brisbane, Australia; Geneva, Switzerland: The University of Queensland; The University of Geneva. doi: 10.14264/503a3fd
Maher, R., Buchan, R., Littleboy, A., MacLean, K., Molyneaux, L., Stringer, M. and Valenta, R. (2021). Mining transitions and climate change: a research synthesis to inform CRC TiME strategy. Perth, WA, Australia: CRC TiME.
Gallagher, Louise , Golev, Artem, Vander Velpen, Arnaud, Stringer, Martin, Friot, Damien, Reimer Lynggaard, Josefine, Peduzzi, Pascal and Franks, Daniel (2021). Alternative sand from mineral ores: a potential new solution to the global sand sustainability crisis. Interim Report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland and The University of Geneva.