Donald Bruce Dingwell#
Full CV
Education
Bachelor of Science - Geology/Geophysics (B.Sc. Honours: 1980), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Dissertation: "Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics of the Port Aux Basques Granite", Profs. D.F. Strong a. H. Miller
Doctor of Philisophy - Geology (Ph.D: 1984), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Dissertation: "Investigation of the role of fluorine in silicate melts: implication for igneous petrogenesis."; Prof. C.M. Scarfe
Habilitation in Geochemistry (Dr. rer. nat. Habil. 1992); University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Dissertation: "Relaxation and Rheology in Silicate Melts"
Positions current
- Research Professor for Experimental Volcanology (Bundesexzellenzinitiativ)
- Founding Member – Center of Advanced Studies
- Founding Director - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Chair of Mineralogy and Petrology, LMU - University of Munich
Positions past
- 2007 & 2008 Blaustein Visiting Professor – Stanford University
- 2006 Visiting Professor – California Institute of Technology
- 2004-2006 Dean – Faculty of Geosciences
- 1987-2000 Senior Scientist and deputy director – Bayerisches Geoinstitut
- 1986-1987 Asst. Professor - Earth and Planetary Sciences – Univ. of Toronto
- 1984-1986 Carnegie Fellow - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Honors
1986 - today
- Research Professor of Experimental Volcanology (2008-2010)(LMUExcellent-Bundesexzellenzinitiativ)
- Elected Member of the Academia Europaea (2007)
- Elected as Scientific Advisor to the Deutsches Museum (2005)
- ISI Highly Cited Researcher (world´s most cited authors) – Geosciences (2004)
- Elected Founding President of the Section of Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology of the newly founded European Union of Geosciences (2002)
- Elected Secretary - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology section of the American Geophysical Union 2000-2002 (1999)
- Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada (1998)
- Lansdowne Lecturer of the University of Victoria (1997)
- MSA Award - Mineralogical Society of America (1996)
- Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (1995)
- NSG Distinguished Scholar - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (1994)
- Gerhard-Hess-Research Prize of the German Science Foundation (DFG) (1993-98)
- Victor-Moritz-Goldschmidt-Prize of the German Mineralogical Society (DMG) (1991)
- AGU Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing - Journal of Geophysical Research (1989)
1980 - 1986
- Carnegie Institution of Washington Fellowship (1984-1986)
- NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship (1984-86)
- NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship (1980)
- Hugh Lilly Memorial Scholarship (1980)
- University Medal for Academic Excellence (1980)
1976 - 1980
- Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Undergraduate Thesis Award (1980)
- Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Trophy (1979)
- Falconbridge Nickel Mine Scholarship (1979)
- Alexander Murray Geological Trophy (1979)
- Falconbridge Nickel Mine Scholarship (1978)
- Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Undergraduate Award (1978)
- Iron Ore Company of Canada Scholarship (1977)
- Newfoundland Centenary Scholarship (1976)
1974 - 1975
- Newfoundland Electoral District Scholarship (1975)
- Canadian Association of Physicists High School Award (1975)
- Newfoundland Centenary Scholarship (1974)
Memberships
- Japanese Geosciences Union
- Geological Society of America
- Academia Europaea (elected member, Chair of Earth and Cosmic Sciences)
- Mineralogical Society of America (Life Fellow, MSA Award winner, Distinguished Lecturer)
- Mineralogical Association of Canada
- European Association for Geochemistry
- Geochemical Society
- Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft
- Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft
- American Geophysical Union (Fellow)
- American Ceramic Society
- Geological Association of Canada (Fellow)
- International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth´s Interior
Activities
- SCOPUS - Content Selection and Advisory Board (2007-)
- Editorial Board – Founding Member - eEARTH (electronic journal)
- Associate Editor – American Mineralogist (2003-2007)
- Founding Editor – Experimental Earth – Virtual Journal (2003-2007)
- Editorial Board - Journal of Volcanological and Geothermal Research (2001-)
- Editor – Bulletin of Volcanology (2000-)
- Associate Editor - European Journal of Mineralogy (1991-1997)
- Editorial Board - Chemical Geology (1993-2002)
- Founding Editor – GeoMaterials Research (1998-2002)
- Editorial Board - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (1995-2002)
- Contributing Editor - Phase Digrams for Ceramists (1986-7)
- Guest Associate Editor - Journal of Geophysical Research (1990)
- Guest Editor - Chemical Geology (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
- IAVCEI Awards Committee member (2007)
- Director - Geochemical Society (1994-1997)
- Chair - IASPEI/IAVCEI Inter-Association Commission on Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials of the Earth's Interior
- MSA Award Committee 1998 – Mineralogical Society of AmericaNominator - Prix Balzan 1998
- Coordinator - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SPP (Priority Program) Generation, Transport and Differentiation of Silicate Melts (1997-2004)
- Clarke Medal Award committee (1998-2000) – Geochemical Society
- Geochemical Fellows Selection Committee (1999-)
- Chair – Clarke Medal Award Committee (2000) – Geochemical Society
- Councillor of the European Association of Geochemistry (1999-)
- MSA Nominating committee member (2000-2002)
- IPG-Paris Audit Committee (2000)
- American Geophysical Union VGP Secretary (2000-2002)
- National Geographic Magazine (Deutschland) Scientific Advisor (2000)
- European Geophysical Society Natural Hazards Young Scientists Publication Award Committee (2001-)
- Member - EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie RTN Panel (2001)
- Founding President – European Union of Geosciences Section for Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology (2002-)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie RTN Panel (2003)
- Member – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie TOK and EST Panel (2003)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie RTN Panel (2004)
- Member – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie RTN Panel (2003)
- Member – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie EIF Panel (2004)
- Member – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie TOK Panel (2004)
- Member – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie EST Panel (2004)
- Councillor – Mineralogical Association of Canada
- Member – Technical Programm committee MAC
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie RTN Panel (2004)
- Chair - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Medal committee – European Union of Geosciences (2003-)
- Member – European Geosciences Union Young Scientist Award Committee (2003-)
- Member – Hawley Medal Award Committee – Mineralogical Association of Canada (2004)
- Member – Geosciences Panel – Science Foundation Ireland
- Member – EU Interdisciplinary Marie Curie RTN Panel (2005)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie TOK Panel (2005)
- Vice-Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie EST Panel (2005)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie OIF/IIF Panel (2005)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie EIF Panel (2005)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie OIF/IIF Panel (2006)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie EIF Panel (2006)
- Vice-Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie TOK Panel (2006)
- Chair – EU Geo- and Environmental Sciences Marie Curie RTN Panel (2006)
- Chair – EU Environment Marie Curie ITN Panel (2007)
- Member and Rapporteur - EU Climate Change and Environmental Risk Panel (2007)

