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McDougall, Ian (1935 - )

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Geoscientist
Born: 24 May 1935  Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Ian McDougall has worked at the Australian National University's Research School of Earth Sciences since 1968. His research has focused on many areas including finding ways to delineate the history of the geomagnetic fields and to create a time scale for the evolution of volcanic chains in relation to their origin and to plate motions.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1957Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Tasmania
1961Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Australian National University (ANU), Canberra
1961 - 1964Research Fellow in the Department of Geophysics at the Research School of Physical Sciences, ANU
1964 - 1968Fellow of the Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, ANU
1968 - Senior Fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU
1972 - 1979Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Geological Sciences
1975 - 1983Vice-President of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
1978 - Fellow of the Geological Society of America
1979 - 1980Chairman of the Geological Society of Australia, Australian Capital Territory branch

 
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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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