James K. Russell#
| Membership Number: | 6110 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CANADA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/people/kellyrussell |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-2062-3155 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 (3 months) Visiting Fellow, Centre for Advanced Studies, LMU, Germany
- 2013 - 2014 Sabbatical Visiting Professor (Host Daniele Giordano), University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- 2006 - 2007 Sabbatical Visiting Professor (Host Ray Cas), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- 1999 - 1992 Sabbatical Visiting Professor (Host Don Dingwell), Bayerische Geoinstitut/ LMU, Germany
- 1999 - current Full Professor, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of British Columbia
- 1991 - 1999 Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, The University of British Columbia
- 1991 - 1992 Sabbatical Visiting Professor (Host Steve Sparks), Geological Sciences, Bristol University, GB
- 1986 - 1991 Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, The University of British Columbia
- 1984 - 1986 Non-tenure stream Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, The University of British Columbia
- 1980 - Cominco Exploration Ltd, Vernon, British Columbia
Fields of Scholarship
- Volcanism in the Canadian Cordillera
- Transport, ascent and eruption of kimberlite magmas
- Thermodynamics of magmatic systems and magmatic processes
- Glaciovolcanism as probes of paleo-environmental/paleo-climate (over the last 2-4 m.y.)
- Attrition (mechanical) of solids in volcanic jets
- Pearce Element Ratios and testing petrological hypotheses
- Models for transport properties of natural melts and magmas
- Welding and compaction processes in volcanic systems
Honours and Awards
- 2022 DAAD Research Stay for Visiting Academics Scholarship (3 months)
- 2019 Visiting Professorship, University Roma Tre, Lectures on Magma Rheology and Volcanic Eruption. (Host: A. Vona)
- 2019 Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Advanced studies at University of Munich (Host: Prof. Don Dingwell)
- 2016 Fellow of Mineralogical Society of America (elected), "number of fellows elected each year <0.5% of MSA membership"
- 2013 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement Award (DAS) (2013-2016; "for established, superior research programs".
- 2012 High-citation Publication: [2nd highest citations Earth & Planet Sci Letts 2007-2014] Giordano, Russell & Dingwell, 2008.
- 2010 Career Achievement Medal, Volcanology Division, Geol. Assoc. Canada, "lifetime scientific achievements in volcanology".
- 2008 Peacock Medal, Mineralogical Association of Canada, "outstanding contributions to mineral sciences in Canada".
