James W. Head
James W. Head III is the Louis and Elizabeth Scherck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at Brown University. He studies the roles of volcanism in planetary crusts as well as the geological evolution of Mars, and has served as the investigator on many major international planetary investigation missions.
He earned his B.S. from
Bellcomm, Inc in Washington, DC where he helped train Apollo astronauts under the NASA Apollo Lunar Exploration Program.[1]
He has published 25 chapters in books on planetary geology and over 300 refereed articles in scientific journals, and has supervised nearly 40 PhD students.
Awards and honors
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1993.[2]
- Fellow, Meteoritical Society, 1994.[3]
- Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1995.[4]
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1997.
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006.[5]
- Geological Society of America G. K. Gilbert Award, 2002.[6]
- European Geosciences Union, Runcorn-Florensky Medal, 2010.[1]
References
- ^ a b "EGU - Awards & Medals - Runcorn-Florensky Medal - James W. Head". egu.eu.
- ^ "American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows". brown.edu.
- ^ "Fellows - The Meteoritical Society". meteoriticalsociety.org.
- ^ "GSA Fellows". geosociety.org. Archived from the original on 2004-08-19.
- ^ "Academy of Arts & Sciences Website Search". amacad.org.
- ^ "GSA Planetary Geology Division - Awards". geosociety.org. Archived from the original on 2014-11-30.
External links
- Interview with James W. Head for NOVA series: To the Moon WGBH Educational Foundation, raw footage, 1998
- https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jheadiii
- http://honors.agu.org/sfg-awardees/head-receives-2013-n-l-bowen-award/
- https://twitter.com/planetaryjhead
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