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Biography

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Academic Qualifications:

1972  B. Sc. (Hons I, Physics) - University of Queensland

1976  Ph. D. (Geophysics) - Australian National University

Ph.D. Thesis Title: - Phase equilibria in oxide and silicate analogue systems

Employment history:

1971                       Tutor in Physics, University of Queensland.
1976-1977              Research Fellow in Geophysics, California Institute of Technology.
1978-1981              Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU
1981-1991              Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU
1992-2002              Senior Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU
1994-1999              Director, Centre for the Science and Engineering of Materials, ANU
2002-2005              Coordinator, Earth Materials, RSES
2003-present           Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU

 

Primary research skills:

the laboratory study of the physical properties of geological materials under conditions simulating those of the Earth's deep interior with applications in the interpretation of Earth structure and processes.

 

Professional society/editorial activities:

Co-editor, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals (Springer) 1984 - 1996

Member, Editorial Advisory Boards of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals (1996-2003), Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (2001 - ), Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2007 - )

Editor, The Earth's Mantle: Composition, Structure and Evolution, Cambridge University Press, 566 pp., 1998.

Associate Editor Journal of Geophysical Research 2001- 2004

Chair, Organising Committee, 31st Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga Wagga, NSW (2007)

 

Awards and Distinctions:

1988                Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Science (for research in
                        experimental physics)
1989                Fellowship, Australian Institute of Physics
2003                Fellowship, American Geophysical Union
2003                Visiting Professor, Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Japan