Ronald M. Clowes

Dr. Ronald M. Clowes, CM is an award winning professor specializing in seismic and other geophysical studies of the Earth’s lithosphere. For his work he has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

He completed three degrees while attending the University of Alberta; B.Sc. (1964), M.Sc. (1966), Ph.D. (1969). In 1969-1970, Clowes completed an NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Australian National University. He became a Professor at the University of British Columbia in 1970. In 1987, he became the director of Lithoprobe, a national geoscience research project. Clowes continues to teach at UBC as a Professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences. His research, with colleagues and students, focuses on seismic and other geophysical studies of the Earth’s lithosphere; and relation of the results to geology and tectonics.

Awards

*2005- Logan Medal, Geological Association of Canada’s highest honour
*2004-2006- Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship
*2002- Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
*1998- Member, Order of Canada
*1998- J. Tuzo Wilson Medal, Canadian Geophysical Union
*1997- Distinguished Lecturer Award, The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
*1995- Honorary Member, Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
*1995- Distinguished Fellow, Geological Association of Canada
*1994- Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
*1993- George P. Woollard Award, Geological Society of America
*1988- Past President`s Medal, Geological Association of Canada
*1987-88- Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship (declined);
*1966, 1981- Best Paper Award, Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
*1968- Best Paper Award, Geophysics

External links

* [http://www.eos.ubc.ca/about/faculty/R.Clowes.html University of British Columbia Faculty Bio]
* [http://www.geop.ubc.ca/~hammer/abstracts/RON.pdf Abstract - Comparison of lithospheric structures across the Alaskan and Canadian Cordillera]