Our People
Alexey Veryaskin
Director and Founder
Alexey Veryaskin, born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (a former USSR Republic), in 1951, PhD, is the Director and Founder of Trinity Research Labs, an independent R&D laboratory based at the School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing of the University of Western Australia (UWA). He received his MSc degree in electronic engineering in 1973 and PhD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics in 1982. In his early career, he spent 12 years as a research fellow at the Sternberg State Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University (the Faculty of Physics) specialising in precise gravity measurements. He was also specialising in Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs) applied to gravimetry and gravity gradiometry. In 1991, he was invited to join a team of researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow (Scotland, UK) where he was working on a superconducting gravity gradiometer and some aspects of the Satellite Test of Equivalence Principle (STEP), a European space mission. In 1995 he moved to New Zealand where he patented a Direct String Gravity Gradiometer, a technology that attracted a significant investment either from the private sector or various institutions and government agencies across the globe. He also invented a Direct String Magnetic Gradiometer technology and an Extremely Low Frequency Interferometric System (ELFISTM), which is a new type of electromagnetic gradiometer. The ELFISTM technology has found its application for breast cancer early detection scanning system that was under development at UWA in 2016-2018. Prof Veryaskin moved permanently to Perth (Western Australia) in 2005, and has been working since on various applications of gravity, magnetic, and electromagnetic gradiometry. Currently he is working on a novel Gravity Gradiometer module that could be used on unmanned moving platforms including air, land and submersibles. He is a New Zealand citizen since 1999, and an Australian citizen since 2012 (a recipient of Australian Distinguished Talent Permanent Residence Visa in 2008)
Howard Golden
Howard Golden earned a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a Master’s degree in Geophysics from the University of Leeds. He has been involved with mineral exploration geophysics, geology and exploration management since 1981, holding leading positions with BHP Minerals, Western Mining Corporation, Western Metals, Kinross Gold Corporation, Rio Tinto and Nordgold.
Howard is named as inventor on four patents related to advanced technology applied to mineral exploration. He was on teams involved with the discovery of the Oyu Tolgoy gold/copper porphyry deposit in Mongolia, the Syama and Agbaou Birimian greenstone hosted gold deposits in Mali and Côte d’Ivoire respectively, and the West Musgrave magmatic nickel sulphide deposit in Western Australia. He served as non-executive board member of Gravitec Instruments Ltd, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia. He also serves on the External Advisory Group of the Center for Exploration Targeting at UWA. His career in geoscience has involved predictive geology and electrical and potential field geophysics applied to mineral exploration on six continents. He is a Registered Professional Geoscientist, a fellow of the Geological Society of London and of the Society of Economic Geologists, and a past president of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Prof Howard Golden has got
significant experience over two decades with vibration isolation systems, application of Gravitational Waves detection technologies to the Geophysics industry (affiliated with OzGrav ARC Centre of Excellence), and governmental relations.
Vitaly Agron
Vitaly Agron earned his MSc degree in Exploration and Mining Geology. He has been involved in multiple projects across the world and is experienced in evaluation and resource estimates of the projects with wide range of commodities.
More than 20 years of geological experience in exploration and field works, geological and geophysical interpretation with specific skills in mining and geological computer applications using, Micromine, SURPAC, TSG and other software, database management, resource modeling and evaluation, consulting services, training and audits, project evaluation and management. JORC Competent Person (gold and base metals). He has worked at diverse locations from above the Arctic Circle to tropical regions, and is used to the difficulties associated with these conditions as well as remote locations and various cultural environments.
Vitaly was a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
​
Sadly, Vitaly (Vic) died in October 2023 after a long battle with cancer. He was a good family man, a soldier and a dedicated geologist. Rest in Peace mate.
​
Timo Vaalsta
Timo Vaalsta has an extensive experience in software development for instrument control systems for data acquisition, as well as data processing. Worked as a Professional Officer at the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE), Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia, refurbished and wrote control software for the 2TAN A and 2TAN B four-circle neutron diffractometers at the High Flux Australian Reactor (HiFAR). At the Photon Factory in the KEK High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan, refurbished the control system for the synchrotron radiation X-Ray Beam Line 14A, housing the horizontal type four-circle diffractometer. Wrote software control for new detector employing stacked avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for x-ray diffraction experiments with synchrotron radiation. Contributed to the installation of a new one metre diameter F/4 telescope at the UWA Gravity Precinct, in the Shire of Gingin, ( WA, Australia ), used for robotic optical transient searches.
​
Timo was involved along with Prof Martin Ebert (see below) in designing a software that controls a novel scanning electromagnetic gradiometer system applied to breast cancer research. He also designed a control GUI for the 24-bit Digital Phase Shifter that has been used since in many projects where Trinity research lab was involved with.
​
Marc Kaye
Marc Kaye is a professional electronic engineer. He got a B.Sc. degree from the University of Western Australia. Marc is the Owner of CadLink, a business which offers a variety of services including high quality electronic design and manufacturing.
For many years CadLink serves as a subcontractor to Trinity Research Labs and provides manufacturing of the state-of-the-art electronic products that have been developed or under development at Trinity Research Labs.
Current development: Project SPINg - PCB design and manufacturing of custom-designed signal processing electronics.
Khyl McMahon
Khyl McMahon is multidisciplinary designer and the director of aux established in 2001. He has evolved aux's services into an array of design, R & D, manufacturing and technical support services to a diverse range of clients. While studying a Bachelor of Technology in motorsports, he furthered his professional development through strong friendships with great mentors from the oil & gas, automotive design and manufacturing sectors.
Servicing the mining, civil, structural and motorsport industries his previous clients include Rio Tinto, FMG, BHP, West Australian Government, Thrussenkrupp, Permacast, Georgiou, Simms Metal, HomeBuyers, Barge Co, Arise Racing, Fastlane, Allstar Garage, Racing Dynamics as well as many WA based engineering companies.
Recent key infrastructure projects include:
Optus Stadium, Elizabeth Quay, Port Kembla Coal Terminal, Mitchell Freeway extension, Gateway WA, Northlink 3, Margaret River Perimeter Road Bridge, Torren’s Rail Junction, DFO Belmont, Forrestfield Airport Link Tunnel and Central, Forrestfield & Belmont train stations.
Khyl's alliance with Trinity Research Labs has completed or is currently in the development of critical components design for the TAIPAN Gravity Gradiometer Advanced Development Model.
​
Also, Khyl has been creating large remotely operating surveying platforms (drones) for some of the geophysical surveying technologies that have been developed or under development at the Trinity Research Labs.
Neil Provins
Neil Provins BSc PGeo (Ontario) is a geologist and manager with over 40 years of base metal mining, development and exploration experience. Since 2003, he has worked as a private mineral exploration consultant and as an employee of M G Creasy, primarily in the Fraser Range region of Western Australia.
From 1997-2002 Neil was Manager, Sulphide Exploration and Director/Secretary for Falconbridge (Australia) Pty Ltd in Brisbane with the mandate to seek, acquire and develop new nickel sulphide opportunities and targets in Australia. Also with Falconbridge Limited in Canada, he was responsible for exploration work based out of the Timmins, Ontario Regional Office from 1988-1997.
From 1974-1988, Mr Provins worked for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting in central Manitoba, Canada in roles of increasing responsibility ranging from Mine Geologist to Senior Mine Projects Geologist. This experience encompassed a broad range of activities including production, new mine development and near minesite exploration. Here, his successes included significant extensions to life of mine and most significantly the discovery of multiple new lenses in the Chisel Lake (Zn/Cu) deposit region.
Martin Ebert
Martin Ebert is a medical physicist with certification in Radiation Oncology Medical Physics from the Australasian College of Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine. He has worked in clinical physics roles across Australia and, currently in a leading research role at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (Perth, Western Australia).
He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia ( Medical Physics Group ) and is involved in teaching master courses. He also collaborates extensively with oncology groups internationally. The focus of his research work is in the mechanisms and evidence for response of cancers and healthy tissues to cancer therapies and the use of novel imaging agents for identifying, tracking and characterising disease.
He served as a Principal Investigator at UWA in a research grant aimed at the development of a low-risk, non-invasive, low-cost, high-sensitivity method of breast cancer detection based on the electromagnetic gradiometry technique that has been developed by Trinity Research Labs for geophysical surveying.