Name Roger Powell | Role Scientist | |
Born 14 June 1949 (age 74) ( 1949-06-14 ) Institutions University of Melbourne
University of Leeds Alma mater Durham University (BSc)
University of Oxford (DPhil) Thesis Mineral Equilibria in the Leven Schists near Fort William, Inverness-shire (1973) Notable awards FRS (2015)
fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2006) Books Royal Bastards, Equilibrium Thermodynamics in Petrology: An Introduction, Royal Sex | ||
Doctoral advisor Stephen W. Richardson | ||
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Roger Powell FRS, (born 14 June 1949) is a British-born Australian based educator and academic. He is Emeritus professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne.
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Education
Powell was educated at Durham University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1973. 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 supervised by Stephen W. Richardson.
Awards and honours
Powell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His nomination reads:
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.
Powell was also elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2006. He was awarded the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain's Schlumberger Award in 2007 and the Norman L. Bowen Award in 2009