Ronald M. Clowes
Ronald Martin Clowes (born March 18, 1942 in Calgary ) is a Canadian geologist and geophysicist.
Clowes studied at the University of Alberta with a bachelor's degree in 1964, a master's degree in 1965 and a doctorate in 1969. He was a post-doctoral student at the Australian National University . In 1970 he became an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia with a full professorship from 1983.
1979/80 he was visiting professor in Copenhagen and at the geophysics laboratory of Aarhus University.
Since 1987 he has been director of the Canadian Lithoprobe project for researching the structure of the lithosphere using seismic and other geophysical methods and combining the geophysical results with those from geology and tectonics.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1994). In 1998 he received the J. Tuzo Wilson Medal of the Canadian Geophysical Union, the WW Hutchison Medal in 1988, the George P. Wollard Award in 1993 and the Logan Medal in 2005 . In 2002 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal . He is a member of the Order of Canada . In 1987/88 he was a Killam Fellow.
Individual evidence
- ↑ life data according to Pamela Kalte u. a. American Men and Women of Science, Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clowes, Ronald M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clowes, Ronald Martin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian geologist and geophysicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calgary |