Suzanne Yvette O'Reilly (born 3 February 1946) is an Australian professor of geology noted for her pioneering contributions to mapping the deep Earth with an interdisciplinary approach.
[1] In 2007, the Royal Society of New South Wales awarded her the Clarke Medal for outstanding contributions to Australian geology.
[2] She has over 350 peer-reviewed publications with over 40,000 citations (November 2022), and has supervised more than 40 PhD students to graduation.
[3] In 1971, O'Reilly earned her doctorate, also from the University of Sydney, for her thesis on basaltic rocks of the Southern Highlands (New South Wales).
[6] O'Reilly is currently a Distinguished Professor in geology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.