Dane Burkett completed his PhD in applied geology at the University of New South Wales, and his research concerned the genesis of the Kulumadau epithermal gold deposit on Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea. Dane received the university medal for his undergraduate studies and first class honors for his thesis on the Bentley volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in Western Australia. From 2015 to 2020, Dane Burkett worked with Evident's line of analytical instruments to develop applications, especially within the natural resources sector from exploration to material handling and mineral processing. He also provided technical and application support to Evident customers in a variety of fields, including oil and gas exploration, maintenance, research, medical, forensics, mining, and mineral processing. Prior to his work with Evident, Dane worked as an exploration geologist targeting copper and gold mineralization and as a research assistant in the UNSW XRD laboratory, analyzing samples for coal and oil and gas companies.