Svetlana Tessalina is currently an Associate Professor in John de Laeter Centre (JDLC) for Isotope Research, Curtin University in Perth, where she is managing a Thermo‐Ionisation Mass Spectrometry (TIMS) Node. She completed her PhD in Geology and Geochemistry of Ore Deposits, following ore deposits research into metallic mineral deposits geology and their formation processes, which is crucial for her present expertise as isotope geochemist. She was involved in preparation and implementation of large project dedicated to studies of Urals mineral resources, and currently focusing on metallic mineral deposits in Australia.