Dr Doone Wyborn is an internationally known geoscientist specialising in granitic rocks.  He obtained his Ph.D on granite research in 1983, and served more than 25 years with the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology & Geophysics and the Australian Geological Survey Organisation, including research in Antarctica and other overseas locations.

He has been championing the potential of HFR geothermal energy for the last 13 years and is recognised as a leading Australian expert authority on this subject.  He is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Energy Agency Geothermal Implementing Agreement and has studied HFR geothermal projects in Japan, Europe and the USA.  He was Project Manager of a joint Pacific Power and ANU deep drilling geothermal research project in the Hunter Valley, NSW, with partial funding from the Australian Greenhouse Office.