Peter Cawood is a geologist internationally recognised for his expertise in structural geology, tectonic processes and geochronology. He has made significant contributions to our understanding of the development of the continental lithosphere and mountain belts. After teaching at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada and Curtin University, he became successively Professor of Geology at the University of Western Australia and St Andrews University, Scotland. In 2016 he was appointed Professor in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University.
"Peter Cawood is a geologist who has made major contributions to understanding the evolution of the continental crust over our planet's 4.5 billion-year history. His work integrates direct field observations with leading laboratory techniques. Cawood's major contributions include, establishing that continental fragments periodically amalgamate into supercontinents and that this amalgamation has occurred through much of Earth's history. Further, he has shown that continental amalgamation and dispersal drive feedbacks with the atmosphere, oceans and mantle, resulting in preferential biasing of the rock record, and that application of microanalytical methods to sedimentary rocks provides a key to understanding crustal composition, and to seeing through the preservation bias." [from https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/professor-peter-cawood 1/12/2022]
1980
1980
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
2002
2002
Award - S. W. Carey Medal, Geological Society of Australia
2008
2008
Award - Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
2008
2010
Career position - Professor, School of Earth and Environmentn University of Western Australia
2008
2010
Career position - President, Geological Society of Australia
2010
2017
Career position - Professor of Geology, University of St Andrews, Scotland
2013
Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
2017
Career position - Professor, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University
2018
Award - Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow, Monash University
2018
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)