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David Ian Groves is an economic geologist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia. He had a very successful academic career in terms of 500 highly cited published papers and book chapters, keynote and invited lectures, as well as mentorship of many outstanding postgraduates. He has been awarded 14 medals and prizes, including the SEG Silver and Penrose Gold Medals and the SGA-Newmont Gold Medal, and being inducted into the Australian Academy of Sciences as a Fellow. Since his retirement from UWA, David has been made a National Geoscience Champion by the Australian Geoscience Council, one of the 125 Faces of Geoscience and AIMM Distinguished Lecturer for 2020 by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has continued his academic career at the China University of Geosciences in Beijing (CUGB), and consulted to industry, being involved in greenfield gold discoveries in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Canada. M. Santosh is professorial fellow at the University of Adelaide, Australia, foreign expert and professor at the China University of Geosciences Beijing, China, and emeritus professor at the Faculty of Science, Kochi University, Japan. B.Sc. (1978) from Kerala University, M.Sc. (1981) from University of Roorkee, Ph.D. (1986) from Cochin University, D.Sc. (1990) from Osaka City University, and D.Sc. (2012) from University of Pretoria. He is the founding editor of Gondwana Research as well as the founding secretary general of the International Association for Gondwana Research. His research fields include petrology, fluid inclusions, geochemistry, geochronology, and supercontinent tectonics. Dr. Santosh is recipient of the National Mineral Award, Outstanding Geologist Award, Thomson Reuters 2012 Research Front Award, Global Talent Award, Island Arc Award, and Thomson Reuters High Cited Researcher recognition. He has published over 1,300 research papers, edited several memoir volumes and journal special issues, and co-authored the book ‘Continents and Supercontinents.’