Biography
La Donna Fredericks is a Guyanese geologist. She is a phD candidate at UCD and a part of the iCRAG team doing a research project in economic and structural geology. She enjoys doing field work, networking, and being part of a dynamic team (together each achieve more). Her hobbies are travelling, drawing, dancing, and problem solving. All in all her main goal is to be the best version of herself.
As the population increase there is a growing demand for zinc and lead, which are base metals used in the electrical, automotive and construction fields. As such, this research project will help to determine where next to look for these metals to meet the growing demand. La Donna's contribution is to describe how the rocks fold and fracture so we can better understand how the minerals behaved. This will require working back in time to determine what happened to the rocks, how and why.
Role
- Postgraduate Researcher
Institution
- UCD
Research Area
- Earth Resources
Expertise
- Mineral Exploration