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Geoff Laslett
All of us at Geotrack were deeply saddened at the death of Geoff Laslett from cancer in January 2010. Geoff made a fundamental contribution to fission track analysis, particularly in the 1980s in collaboration with the Fission Track Research Group at the University of Melbourne, when many of the basic concepts that are now in use by fission track groups around the world were developed. Since those early years, Geoff’s brilliant problem-solving abilities and programming skills were essential in the development of the software that we now routinely use here at Geotrack to extract thermal history solutions from AFTA data. While primarily a mathematician, Geoff possessed a deep appreciation of the scientific method, and always insisted that assumptions should be verified, and predictions should be testable. We hope that some his attitude has rubbed off on us along the way. We all miss Geoff not only as a colleague, but also as a mate, whose company everyone enjoyed and whose wit and amazing knowledge of so many subjects would always enliven any conversation. It is unlikely that we will enjoy the opportunity to work with anyone of Geoff’s abilities in the future, and not only the fission track community but many others are the worse for his passing. Our deepest sympathies go to Kay, Katia and Mikki.

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