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Roger Powell
Born (1949-06-14) 14 June 1949 (age 75)[2]
Alma mater
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisMineral Equilibria in the Leven Schists near Fort William, Inverness-shire (1973)
Doctoral advisorStephen W. Richardson[3]
Websitewww.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034[4]

Roger Powell FRS,[1] (born 14 June 1949) is a British-born Australian based educator and academic. He is Emeritus professor in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Education

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Powell was educated at Durham University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970.[10] He went on to study at the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1973 for research on mineral equilibria in the schist rock near Fort William, Scotland[11] supervised by Stephen W. Richardson.[3]

Awards and honours

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Powell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His nomination reads:

Roger Powell has pioneered the development of quantitative approaches to metamorphic rocks by the generation of thermodynamic models for minerals and fluids, and writing the software that implements them. The programs comprise a self-consistent thermodynamic database which describes equilibria among the multi-component mineral phases important in rocks and with full propagation of errors. They are among the most highly cited works in the geosciences. He has used these models to make fundamental advances in our understanding of metamorphic and igneous processes across a wide range of geological environments from the crust to deep mantle.[1]

Powell, along with Timothy Holland of Cambridge University developed a widely used thermodynamic database for minerals and developed the THERMOCALC software to undertake calculations on geological material. The software and database are housed on the THERMOCALC website.[12]

In addition to the above, Powell's was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2006.[4]

His other awards include:

  • the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain's Schlumberger Medal in 2007 [13]
  • the Norman L. Bowen Award in 2009[14]
  • the 2010 inaugural Ringwood Medal, Geological Society of Australia [15]
  • the 2013 Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science [16]
  • the Barrow Award in 2021 [17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Professor Roger Powell FRS". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b Roger Powell at Library of Congress
  3. ^ a b "Professor Roger Powell and Dr. Tim Holland: Featured Scientist Interview". sciencewatch.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Professor Roger Powell profile". University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014.
  5. ^ Holland, T. J. B.; Powell, R. (2004). "An internally consistent thermodynamic data set for phases of petrological interest". Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 16 (3): 309. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00140.x. S2CID 109930611.
  6. ^ Powell, R.; Holland, T. J. B. (1988). "An internally consistent dataset with uncertainties and correlations: 3. Applications to geobarometry, worked examples and a computer program". Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 6 (2): 173. Bibcode:1988JMetG...6..173P. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1988.tb00415.x.
  7. ^ Roger Powell's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Roger Powell publications indexed by Google Scholar
  9. ^ Holland, T. J. B.; Powell, R. (1990). "An enlarged and updated internally consistent thermodynamic dataset with uncertainties and correlations: The system K₂–Na₂O–CaO–MgO–MnO–FeO–Fe₂O₃–Al₂O₃–TiO₂–SiO₂–C–H₂–O₂". Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 8: 89. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.1990.tb00458.x.
  10. ^ "Professor Roger Powell profile". University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014.
  11. ^ Powell, Roger (1973). Mineral Equilibria in the Leven Schists near Fort William, Inverness-shire (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 500542740.
  12. ^ Green, Eleanor. "The official THERMOCALC website - homepage". The official THERMOCALC website. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  13. ^ "The Schlumberger Medal 2007 to Roger Powell". pubs.geoscienceworld.org. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  14. ^ Holland, Tim; Powell, Roger (8 June 2010). "Holland and Powell Receive 2009 Norman L. Bowen Awards". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 91 (23): 209. Bibcode:2010EOSTr..91..209B. doi:10.1029/2010EO230007.
  15. ^ "Ringwood Award". www.gsa.org.au. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Jaeger Medal | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  17. ^ metamorphicstudiesgroup (10 March 2021). "Announcement of the Barrow Award 2021". Metamorphic Studies Group. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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