Alexander Norman Halliday#
| Membership Number: | 4393 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.earth.columbia.edu |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Royal Society, Vice-President (Physical Sciences Secretary)
- 2007 - 2015 University of Oxford, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, Head
- 2006 - 2012 American Geophysical Union, VGP Section, President-elect, President, past-President
- 2004 - present University of Oxford, Earth Sciences, Professor
- 2003 - 2010 European Association of Geochemistry, Vice-President, President, past-President
- 2002 - 2004 ETH Zürich, Department of Earth Sciences, Head of Department
- 1998 - 2004 ETH Zürich, Department of Earth Sciences, Professor
- 1993 - 1999 The Geochemical Society, Vice-President, President, past-President
- 1986 - 1998 University of Michigan, Department of Geological Sciences, Associate and Full Professor
- 1976 - 1986 Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, Postdoctoral fellow and University Lecturer
Fields of Scholarship
- Isotope geochemistry
- High temperature geochemistry
- Evolution of the Earth and Moon
- Environmental geochemistry
- Planetary sciences
- Mass spectrometry
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Harry H. Hess Medal, American Geophysical Union
- 2015 Oxburgh Medal, Institute of Measurement and Control
- 2015 Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- 2014 Harold Jeffreys Lectureship, Royal Astronomical Society
- 2014 Vice-President (Physical Sciences Secretary), The Royal Society
- 2014 The McDonnell Distinguished Lecture, Washington University, St Louis
- 2012 Urey Medal, European Association of Geochemistry
- 2010 European Research Council Advanced Fellow
- 2009 Rupert Wildt Lecturer, University of Yale
- 2008 President, VGP Section, American Geophysical Union
- 2008 Honorary Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London
- 2008 Fellow of the Meteoritical Society
- 2008 Daly Lecturer, American Geophysical Union
- 2007 Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2006 Scott Simpson Lecturer, Ussher Society
- 2006 Murchison Medal, Geological Society
- 2005 President, the European Association of Geochemistry
- 2003 Hallimond Lecturer, Mineralogical Society
- 2002 ISI Most Highly Cited Author
- 2001 Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- 2001 Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
- 2000 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2000 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
- 1998 Bowen Award, American Geophysical Union
- 1997 Mineralogical Association of Canada Distinguished Lecturer Tour
- 1995 President, the Geochemical Society
- 1995 College Award for Excellence in Research, University of Michigan
- 1993 Life Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
- 1993 College Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Michigan
- 1992 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research, University of Michigan
- 1976 Microwave Instruments Research Prize, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
