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McFadden, Phillip Lyle (1950 - )

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Born: 1 March 1950  Khartoum, Sudan
Phillip Lyle McFadden FAA is Chief Scientist at Geoscience Australia. He is a geophysicist with special interests in Paleomagnetism, Geomagnetism and Numerical Analysis. He is widely regarded as the world leader in the analysis of geomagnetic reversal sequences and their interpretation. He emigrated to Australia from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1980 to take up appointment as Senior Resarch Fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU. In 1982 he took up appointment as Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR) in Canberra. In 12 years he rapidly rose through the ranks to the highest possible level as Chief Research Scientist Grade 2 in 1992, when the BMR changed its name to the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO). In 1999 he was appointed Chief Scientist of AGSO, which subsequently changed its name to Geoscience Australia. In his role as Chief Scientist, he has served on many government advisory committees. He was awarded the Jubilee Medal of the Geological Society of South Africa in 1977 and was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1991. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) in 1996 and is currently a member of its Council and Executive Committee, serving as Treasurer.

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1970Bachelor of Science (BSc) with First Class Honours in Physics and Mathematics completed at the University of London
1975Doctor of Philosophy (D. Phil) completed at the University of Rhodesia
1975 - 1977Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Physics at the University of Rhodesia
1977 - 1980Lecturer in Physics at the University of Rhodesia
1980Reader in Physics at the University of Rhodesia
1981 - 1982Senior Research Fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University in Canberra (nineteen months)
1982 - 1986Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources in Canberra
1986 - 1988Principal Research Scientist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1987 - 1988Head Information Technology Branch at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1988Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources (six months)
1989 - 1991Chief of the Geophysical Observatories and Mapping Division of the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1991Chief Research Scientist Grade I at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1992Chief Research Scientist Grade 2 at the Australian Geological Research Organisation (formerly the Bureau of Mineral Resources)
1996 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1999 - Chief Scientist with the Australian Geological Research Organisation and subsequently Geoscience Australia
2005 - Treasurer and member of Executive Committee at the Australian Academy of Science

 
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