Biographical entry McDougall, Ian (1935 - )

Summary

Ian McDougall has worked at the Australian National University's Research School of Earth Sciences since 1968. His research has focused on many areas including finding ways to delineate the history of the geomagnetic fields and to create a time scale for the evolution of volcanic chains in relation to their origin and to plate motions.

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1957

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Tasmania

1961

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Australian National University (ANU), Canberra

1961 - 1964

Career position - Research Fellow in the Department of Geophysics at the Research School of Physical Sciences, ANU

1964 - 1968

Career position - Fellow of the Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, ANU

1968 -

Career position - Senior Fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU

1972 - 1979

Career position - Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Geological Sciences

1975 - 1983

Career position - Vice-President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior

1978 -

Career position - Fellow of the Geological Society of America

1979 - 1980

Career position - Chairman of the Geological Society of Australia, Australian Capital Territory branch

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Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'McDougall, Ian', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-577333. Details