Dr Ávila has a PhD in Earth Sciences (2011) from the Australian National University (ANU). She held postdoctoral appointments at the University of São Paulo from 2011 to 2013 and ANU from 2013 to 2014. Between 2013 and 2014, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow under a Research in Business grant from the Australia Department of Innovation. During that period, she worked in partnership with the RSES SHRIMP team and the Australian Scientific Instruments (ASI) scientists in a range of subjects related to improvements in performance of measurements of stable isotopes in the SHRIMP ion microprobe instruments (SHRIMP-II and SHRIMP-SI). As a Postdoctoral Fellow (from March 2013 to May 2014) and as a Research Fellow (from June 2014 to February 2021) at RSES, Dr Ávila provided strategic advice and support to a wide range of multidisciplinary research projects, from application of stable isotopes to constrain the evolution of the early solar system, atmospheric conditions in the Archean and Paleoproterozoic, and continental weathering. In 2021, Dr Ávila was a Research Fellow at the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research (GCSCR) at Griffith University. She provided technical expertise in the acquisition and interpretation of in situ measurements of oxygen isotopes obtained in primate teeth. Dr Ávila is currently a Research Fellow at School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Queensland helping the setup of the new ion microprobe laboratory at SEES.
Journal Article: Neoarchean environments associated with the emplacement of a large igneous province: insights from the Carajás Basin, Amazonia Craton
Rossignol, Camille, Rego, Eric Siciliano, Philippot, Pascal, Narduzzi, Francesco, Teixeira, Lívia, Silva, Marco A. L., Ávila, Janaína N., Lana, Cristiano and Trindade, Ricardo F. (2023). Neoarchean environments associated with the emplacement of a large igneous province: insights from the Carajás Basin, Amazonia Craton. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 130 104574, 104574. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104574
Journal Article: 40Ar-39Ar age of the copper mineralization at riacho do pontal IOCG district and detrital zircon U–Pb ages of paragneiss host rocks
Bacelar Hühn, Sérgio Roberto, Silva, Adalene Moreira, Braitenberg, Carla, Rossignol, Camille and Avila, Janaina (2023). 40Ar-39Ar age of the copper mineralization at riacho do pontal IOCG district and detrital zircon U–Pb ages of paragneiss host rocks. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 121 104161, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104161
Journal Article: Unraveling one billion years of geological evolution of the southeastern Amazonia Craton from detrital zircon analyses
Rossignol, Camille, Antonio, Paul Yves Jean, Narduzzi, Francesco, Rego, Eric Siciliano, Teixeira, Lívia, de Souza, Romário Almeida, Ávila, Janaína N., Silva, Marco A.L., Lana, Cristiano, Trindade, Ricardo I.F. and Philippot, Pascal (2022). Unraveling one billion years of geological evolution of the southeastern Amazonia Craton from detrital zircon analyses. Geoscience Frontiers, 13 (5) 101202, 1-24. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101202
Rossignol, Camille, Rego, Eric Siciliano, Philippot, Pascal, Narduzzi, Francesco, Teixeira, Lívia, Silva, Marco A. L., Ávila, Janaína N., Lana, Cristiano and Trindade, Ricardo F. (2023). Neoarchean environments associated with the emplacement of a large igneous province: insights from the Carajás Basin, Amazonia Craton. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 130 104574, 104574. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2023.104574
Bacelar Hühn, Sérgio Roberto, Silva, Adalene Moreira, Braitenberg, Carla, Rossignol, Camille and Avila, Janaina (2023). 40Ar-39Ar age of the copper mineralization at riacho do pontal IOCG district and detrital zircon U–Pb ages of paragneiss host rocks. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 121 104161, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104161
Rossignol, Camille, Antonio, Paul Yves Jean, Narduzzi, Francesco, Rego, Eric Siciliano, Teixeira, Lívia, de Souza, Romário Almeida, Ávila, Janaína N., Silva, Marco A.L., Lana, Cristiano, Trindade, Ricardo I.F. and Philippot, Pascal (2022). Unraveling one billion years of geological evolution of the southeastern Amazonia Craton from detrital zircon analyses. Geoscience Frontiers, 13 (5) 101202, 1-24. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101202
Fine-scaled climate variation in equatorial Africa revealed by modern and fossil primate teeth
Green, Daniel R., Avila, Janaina N., Cote, Susanne, Dirks, Wendy, Lee, Daeun, Poulsen, Christopher J., Williams, Ian S. and Smith, Tanya M. (2022). Fine-scaled climate variation in equatorial Africa revealed by modern and fossil primate teeth. PNAS, 119 (35) e2123366119, 1-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2123366119
Chen, M., Campbell, I. H., Ávila, J. N., Tian, W., Hayman, P. C., Cas, R. A.F. and Ireland, T. R. (2022). Atmospheric and hydrothermal sulfur isotope signatures recorded in Neoarchean deep marine sedimentary pyrites from the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 322, 170-193. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.01.002
Permanent signatures of birth and nursing initiation are chemically recorded in teeth
Smith, Tanya M., Austin, Christine, Ávila, Janaína N., Dirks, Wendy, Green, Daniel R., Williams, Ian S. and Arora, Manish (2022). Permanent signatures of birth and nursing initiation are chemically recorded in teeth. Journal of Archaeological Science, 140 105564, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2022.105564
Chen, M., Huang, Z., Campbell, I. H., Sambridge, M. and Ávila, J. N. (2022). Simultaneous fractionation of sulfur dioxide explains mass independent fractionation of sulfur isotopes in Archean sedimentary pyrites. Chemical Geology, 587 120640, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120640
Crystallographic and crystallochemical controls on oxygen isotope analysis of hematite by SIMS
White, L., Vasconcelos, P. M., Ávila, J. N., Ubide, T. and Ireland, T. R. (2021). Crystallographic and crystallochemical controls on oxygen isotope analysis of hematite by SIMS. Chemical Geology, 583 120461, 120461. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120461
Philippot, Pascal, Killingsworth, Bryan A., Paquette, Jean-Louis, Tessalina, Svetlana, Cartigny, Pierre, Lalonde, Stefan V., Thomazo, Christophe, Ávila, Janaina N. and Busigny, Vincent (2021). Comment on "Correlation of the stratigraphic cover of the Pilbara and Kaapvaal cratons recording the lead up to Paleoproterozoic Icehouse and the GOE" by Andrey Bekker, Bryan Krapež, and Juha A. Karhu, 2020, Earth Science Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103389. Earth-Science Reviews, 218 103594, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103594
Teles, Guilherme S., Chemale, Farid, Ávila, Janaína N. and Ireland, Trevor R. (2021). The Paleoarchean Northern Mundo Novo Greenstone Belt, São Francisco Craton: Geochemistry, U–Pb–Hf–O in zircon and pyrite δ34S-Δ33S-Δ36S signatures. Geoscience Frontiers, 13 (5) 101252, 101252. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101252
Bolhar, Robert, Tappe, Sebastian, Wilson, Allan H., Ireland, Trevor, Avila, Janaina and Anhaeusser, Carl (2021). A petrochronology window into near-surface fluid/rock interaction within Archaean ultramafic-mafic crust: Insights from the 3.25 Ga Stolzburg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt. Chemical Geology, 569 120130, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120130
Liu, Li, Ireland, Trevor R., Holden, Peter, Ávila, Janaina, Vasconcelos, Paulo and Mavrogenes, John (2021). Sources of auriferous fluids associated with a Neoarchean BIF-hosted orogenic gold deposit revealed by the multiple sulfur isotopic compositions of zoned pyrites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 176 (4) 29, 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s00410-021-01788-3
Rossignol, Camille, Siciliano Rego, Eric, Narduzzi, Francesco, Teixeira, Lívia, Ávila, Janaína N., Silva, Marco A. L., Lana, Cristiano and Philippot, Pascal (2020). Stratigraphy and geochronological constraints of the Serra Sul Formation (Carajás Basin, Amazonian Craton, Brazil). Precambrian Research, 351 105981, 1-23. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105981
Mukherjee, Indrani, Deb, Mihir, Large, Ross R., Halpin, Jacqueline, Meffre, Sebastien, Avila, Janaina and Belousov, Ivan (2020). Pyrite textures, trace elements and sulfur isotope chemistry of Bijaigarh Shales, Vindhyan Basin, India and their implications. Minerals, 10 (7) 588, 1-19. doi: 10.3390/min10070588
Teles, Guilherme S., Chemale, Farid, Ávila, Janaína N., Ireland, Trevor R., Dias, Airton N.C., Cruz, Daniele C.F. and Constantino, Carlos J.L. (2020). Textural and geochemical investigation of pyrite in Jacobina Basin, São Francisco Craton, Brazil: implications for paleoenvironmental conditions and formation of pre-GOE metaconglomerate-hosted Au-(U) deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 273, 331-353. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.035
Ávila, Janaína N., Ireland, Trevor R., Holden, Peter, Lanc, Peter, Latimore, Andrew, Schram, Norm, Foster, John, Williams, Ian S., Loiselle, Liane and Fu, Bin (2020). High-precision, high-accuracy oxygen isotope measurements of zircon reference materials with the SHRIMP-SI. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 44 (1), 85-102. doi: 10.1111/ggr.12298
Oxygen isotopes and sampling of the solar system
Ireland, Trevor R., Avila, Janaina, Greenwood, Richard C., Hicks, Leon J. and Bridges, John C. (2020). Oxygen isotopes and sampling of the solar system. Space Science Reviews, 216 (2) 25, 1-60. doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-0645-3
Protocols for in situ measurement of oxygen isotopes in goethite by ion microprobe
Monteiro, H. S., Vasconcelos, P. M., Farley, K. A., Ávila, J. N., Miller, H. B.D., Holden, P. and Ireland, T. R. (2020). Protocols for in situ measurement of oxygen isotopes in goethite by ion microprobe. Chemical Geology, 533 119436, 119436. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.119436
Lifetimes of interstellar dust from cosmic ray exposure ages of presolar silicon carbide
Heck, Philipp R., Greer, Jennika, Kööp, Levke, Trappitsch, Reto, Gyngard, Frank, Busemann, Henner, Maden, Colin, Ávila, Janaína N., Davis, Andrew M. and Wieler, Rainer (2020). Lifetimes of interstellar dust from cosmic ray exposure ages of presolar silicon carbide. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (4), 1884-1889. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1904573117
Rajkakati, M., Bhowmik, S.K., Ao, A., Ireland, T.R., Avila, J., Clarke, G.L., Bhandari, A. and Aitchison, J.C. (2019). Thermal history of Early Jurassic eclogite facies metamorphism in the Nagaland Ophiolite Complex, NE India: New insights into pre-Cretaceous subduction channel tectonics within the Neo-Tethys. Lithos, 346-347 105166, 105166. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105166
Mesoarchaean clockwise metamorphic P-T path from the Western Dharwar Craton
Dasgupta, A., Bhowmik, S. K., Dasgupta, S., Avila, J. and Ireland, T. R. (2019). Mesoarchaean clockwise metamorphic P-T path from the Western Dharwar Craton. Lithos, 342-343, 370-390. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.06.006
Mukherjee, Indrani, Large, Ross R., Bull, Stuart, Gregory, Daniel G., Stepanov, Aleksandr S., Ávila, Janaína, Ireland, Trevor R. and Corkrey, Ross (2019). Pyrite trace-element and sulfur isotope geochemistry of paleo-mesoproterozoic McArthur Basin: Proxy for oxidative weathering. American Mineralogist, 104 (9), 1256-1272. doi: 10.2138/am-2019-6873
Gregory, Daniel, Mukherjee, Indrani, Olson, Stephanie L., Large, Ross R., Danyushevsky, Leonid V., Stepanov, Aleksandr S., Avila, Janaina N., Cliff, John, Ireland, Trevor R., Raiswell, Robert, Olin, Paul H., Maslennikov, Valeriy V. and Lyons, Timothy W. (2019). The formation mechanisms of sedimentary pyrite nodules determined by trace element and sulfur isotope microanalysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 259, 53-68. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2019.05.035
Timmerman, Suzette, Yeow, Hanling, Honda, Masahiko, Howell, Daniel, Jaques, A. Lynton, Krebs, Mandy Y., Woodland, Sarah, Pearson, D. Graham, Ávila, Janaína N. and Ireland, Trevor R. (2019). U-Th/He systematics of fluid-rich ‘fibrous’ diamonds – Evidence for pre- and syn-kimberlite eruption ages. Chemical Geology, 515, 22-36. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.04.001
Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event
Philippot, Pascal, Ávila, Janaína N., Killingsworth, Bryan A., Tessalina, Svetlana, Baton, Franck, Caquineau, Tom, Muller, Elodie, Pecoits, Ernesto, Cartigny, Pierre, Lalonde, Stefan V., Ireland, Trevor R., Thomazo, Christophe, Van Kranendonk, Martin J. and Busigny, Vincent (2018). Globally asynchronous sulphur isotope signals require re-definition of the Great Oxidation Event. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 2245, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04621-x
Sulfur isotope and PGE systematics of metasomatised mantle wedge
Rielli, Andrea, Tomkins, Andrew G., Nebel, Oliver, Raveggi, Massimo, Jeon, Heejin, Martin, Laure and Ávila, Janaína N. (2018). Sulfur isotope and PGE systematics of metasomatised mantle wedge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 497, 181-192. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.012
Palke, Aaron C., Wong, Jacqueline, Verdel, Charles and Ávila, Janaína N. (2018). A common origin for Thai/Cambodian rubies and blue and violet sapphires from Yogo Gulch, Montana, U.S.A.?. American Mineralogist, 103 (3), 469-479. doi: 10.2138/am-2018-6164
Rare earth element abundances in presolar SiC
Ireland, T. R., Ávila, J. N., Lugaro, M., Cristallo, S., Holden, P., Lanc, P., Nittler, L., Alexander, C.M.O'D., Gyngard, F. and Amari, S. (2018). Rare earth element abundances in presolar SiC. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 221, 200-218. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.05.027
Babinski, Marly, Rapela, Carlos W. and Avila, Janaina (2016). 50 years of isotope geology in South America - Scientific highlights from the 9th South American symposium on isotope geology. Brazilian Journal of Geology, 46, 1-3. doi: 10.1590/2317-4889201600046S1
Charge-mode electrometer measurements of S-isotopic compositions on SHRIMP-SI
Ireland, T. R., Schram, N., Holden, P., Lanc, P., Ávila, J., Armstrong, R., Amelin, Y., Latimore, A., Corrigan, D., Clement, S., Foster, J. J. and Compston, W. (2014). Charge-mode electrometer measurements of S-isotopic compositions on SHRIMP-SI. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 359 (1), 26-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ijms.2013.12.020
Avila J.N., Ireland T.R., Gyngard F., Zinner E., Mallmann G., Lugaro M., Holden P. and Amari S. (2013). Ba isotopic compositions in stardust SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite: Insights into the stellar origins of large SiC grains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 120, 628-647. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.03.039
Ávila, Janaína N., Ireland, Trevor R., Lugaro, Maria, Gyngard, Frank, Zinner, Ernst, Cristallo, Sergio, Holden, Peter and Rauscher, Thomas (2013). Europium s -process signature at close-to-solar metallicity in stardust SiC grains from asymptotic giant branch stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 768 (1) L18, 1-7. doi: 10.1088/2041-8205/768/1/l18
U-Pb zircon in situ dating with LA-MC-ICP-MS using a mixed detector configuration
Chemale Jr., Farid, Kawashita, Koji, Dussin, Ivo A., Ávila, Janaína N., Justino, Dayvisson and Bertotti, Anelise (2012). U-Pb zircon in situ dating with LA-MC-ICP-MS using a mixed detector configuration. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 84 (2), 275-295. doi: 10.1590/S0001-37652012005000032
Barredo, Silvia, Chemale, Farid, Marsicano, Claudia, Ávila, Janaína N., Ottone, Eduardo G. and Ramos, Victor A. (2012). Tectono-sequence stratigraphy and U-Pb zircon ages of the Rincón Blanco Depocenter, northern Cuyo Rift, Argentina. Gondwana Research, 21 (2-3), 624-636. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2011.05.016
Ávila, Janaína N., Lugaro, Maria, Ireland, Trevor R., Gyngard, Frank, Zinner, Ernst, Cristallo, Sergio, Holden, Peter, Buntain, Joelene, Amari, Sachiko and Karakas, Amanda (2011). Tungsten isotopic compositions in stardust sic grains from the murchison meteorite: Constraints on the s-process in the Hf-Ta-W-Re-Os region. The Astrophysical Journal, 744 (1) 49, 1-13. doi: 10.1088/0004-637x/744/1/49
Age constraints for the northernmost outcrops of the Triassic Cuyana Basin, Argentina
Mancuso, A. C., Chemale, F., Barredo, S., Avila, J. N., Ottone, E. G. and Marsicano, C. (2010). Age constraints for the northernmost outcrops of the Triassic Cuyana Basin, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 30 (2), 97-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2010.03.001
INTERSTELLAR RESIDENCE TIMES OF PRESOLAR SiC DUST GRAINS FROM THE MURCHISON CARBONACEOUS METEORITE
Heck, Philipp R., Gyngard, Frank, Ott, Ulrich, Meier, Matthias M. M., Avila, Janaina N., Amari, Sachiko, Zinner, Ernst K., Lewis, Roy S., Baur, Heinrich and Wieler, Rainer (2009). INTERSTELLAR RESIDENCE TIMES OF PRESOLAR SiC DUST GRAINS FROM THE MURCHISON CARBONACEOUS METEORITE. Astrophysical Journal, 698 (2), 1155-1164. doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/698/2/1155
Isotope geochemistry and geochronology of the Nico Pérez Terrane, Rio de la Plata Craton, Uruguay
Mallmann, G., Chemale Jr., F., Avila, J.N., Kawashita, K. and Armstrong, R.A. (2007). Isotope geochemistry and geochronology of the Nico Pérez Terrane, Rio de la Plata Craton, Uruguay. Gondwana Research, 12 (4), 489-508. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.01.002
Combined stratigraphic and isotopic studies of Triassic strata, Cuyo Basin, Argentine Precordillera
Avila, J.N., Chemale, F., Mallmann, G., Kawashita, K. and Armstrong, R.A. (2006). Combined stratigraphic and isotopic studies of Triassic strata, Cuyo Basin, Argentine Precordillera. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 118 (9-10), 1088-1098. doi: 10.1130/B25893.1
Post-Gondwana break-up record constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology in NW Namibia
Luft, FF, Luft, JL, Chemale, F, Lelarge, MLMV and Avila, JN (2005). Post-Gondwana break-up record constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology in NW Namibia. 2nd Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Tracks, Sao Pedro Brazil, Nov, 2003. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.08.010
Avila, J. N., Chemale Jr., F., Mallmann, G., Borba, A. W. and Luft, F. F. (2005). Thermal evolution of inverted basins: Constraints from apatite fission track thermochronology in the Cuyo Basin, Argentine Precordillera. 2nd Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Tracks, Sao Pedro, Brazil, 3-7 November 2003. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon Press. doi: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.08.009