Donald Bruce Dingwell - Curriculum vitae#

Curriculum vitae

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"

Professional Experience

• 2011-2013 3rd Secretary General - European Research Council
• 2008-2011 Appointed Research Professor for Experimental Volcanology (LMU Excellent program of the Bundesexzellentinitiative)
• 2007 Blaustein Visiting Professor - Stanford University
• 2006 Visiting Professor - California Institute of Technology
• 2006-present Re-elected Director - Department for Earth and Enviromental Sciences - University of Munich
• 2004-2005 Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences, LMU Munich
• 2002-present founding Director - Department for Earth and Enviromental Sciences - University of Munich
• 2000-present Chair of Mineralogy and Petrology and Head of the Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, University of Munich
• 1992 Dr. rer.nat.habil. Geochemistry, University of Bayreuth
• 1991-2000 Scientific Manager (geschäftsführender Mitarbeiter), Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik (Bayerisches Geoinstitut), Uni Bayreuth
• 1987-1991 Deputy Director (wiss. Assistent) - Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik (Bayerisches Geoinstitut), Universität Bayreuth
• 1986-1987 Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) - Earth and Planetary Sciences - University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• 1984-1986 Carnegie Postdoctoral fellow - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., USA
• 1980-1984 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 1967 Science Scholar - The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• 1980 Senior Field Assistant - Department of Mines and Energy, Newfoundland
• 1979 Explorationist - Esso Resources Offshore Drilling Office, St. John's, Newfoundland
• 1978 Explorationist - Esso Resources Frontier Office, Calgary, Alberta
• 1977 Operator/Technician, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Corner Brook, Newfoundland
• 1976 Announcer/Operator, CBC, Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Selected Awards

• Appointed to the Executive Committee of the Deep Carbon Observatory (2014)
• Appointed to the Board of the Academia Europaea (2014-2016)
• Capital Science Evening Lecture (Washington D.C.) (2014)
• Otto SCHOTT Research Award – Ernst-Abbe-Fonds (2014)
• Elected to the German National Academy of Science and Engineering – ACATECH (2013)
• Norman Levi BOWEN Award of the American Geophysical Union (2013)
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany - Bundesverdienstkreuz (2013)
• D.Sc. (honoris causa) – bestowed by University College London (2012)
• D.Sc. (honoris causa) – bestowed by the University of Alberta, CA (2012)
• AAAS Topical Lecturer – Vancouver, CA (2012)
• Named 3rd Secretary General of the European Research Council (2011)
• Elected to the Royal Society of Canada (2010)
• Elected President of the European Geosciences Union (2011-2013)
• Senior Associate – Rachel Carson Center – LMU (2010-)
• European Research Council Advanced Researcher Award (2010-2011, 2014-2017*) (*suspended 9/2011-12/2013 for term as Secretary General of the ERC)
• Visiting Professor – Universitá di Roma Tre – “Scuola dottorale in Geodinamica Ambiente e Risorse” (2010)
• Elected as Union Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2009)
• Named as founding member of the Center for Advanced Studies – LMU (2008-)
• Chair of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section of the Academia Europaea (2008-)
• Distinguished Lecturer of the Mineralogical Society of America (2008/09)
• Bunsen Medal of the European Geoscience Union (2008)
• ISI Highly Cited Researcher (world´s most cited authors, 2004)
• 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)
• Carnegie Institution of Washington Fellowship (1984-1986)
• NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship (1984-86)
• NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship (1980)
• University Medal for Academic Excellence (1980)