!!William Lowrie
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__UNIVERSITY EDUCATION__
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*1960 B.Sc., 1st class honors, Physics. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
*1962 M.A., Geophysics. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*1963 High School Teaching Certificate (Interim). Ontario College of Education, Toronto, Canada
*1967 Ph. D., Geophysics. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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__PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE__
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*1961 __Geophysicist__. Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd., Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Base metals exploration (May-October).
*1962-1964 __High school teacher__. Northern Secondary School, Toronto, Canada. Teaching mathematics and physics, classes 9-13.
*1968-1970 __Research Geophysicst__. Gulf Research and Development Company, Pittsburgh. Geology section. Project: magnetic anisotropy of sediments.
*1968-1970 __Lecturer__. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. Applied geophysics, exploration methods.
*1970-1974 __Research Associate__. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, New York. Paleomagnetism, rock magnetism.
*1974-2004 __Professor of Geophysics__. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich.
*__Teaching:__ general, theoretical and applied geophysics.
*__Research:__ paleomagnetism, rock magnetism, magnetic stratigraphy.
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__ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE__
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*__Chairman__, Institute of Geophysics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich (60 staff). Alternate years 1977–1994; 2002–2004
*1985-1987 __Chairman__, Department of Earth Sciences (150 staff), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich.
*1985-1987 __Vice-President__, European Union of Geosciences.
*1987-1989 __President__, European Union of Geosciences.
*1997-1999 __Chairman__, Department of Earth Sciences (150 staff) and Faculty of Earth Sciences (200 students), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich.
*1999-2000 __Advisory Board__, Natural Environmental Research Council, UK, Joint Infrastructure Fund (distribution of £50 million in funds to British universities)
*2000-2002 __President__, Geomagnetism & Paleomagnetism, American Geophysical Union
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__EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE__
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*__Editor__ Geophysical Research Letters (1984-1988).
*__Associate Editor__, Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics (1984-1986).
*__Advisory Board__, Journal of Geophysics (4 yr), Earth and Planetary Science Letters (8 yr) Physics of the Earth & Planetary Interiors (8yr).
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__SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA__
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__Meeting Organizer__, 4th Biennial Meeting, European Union of Geosciences, Strasbourg 1987.\\ 
__Convener at:__ IAGA General Assemblies (1980, 1991), European Union of Geosciences, (1989, 1993),
American Geophysical Union Meetings (1990, 1999), AGU Chapman Conference (2003)
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__SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS__
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125 publications in international scientific journals\\
Citation quality index = 40
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__HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS__
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*1990 Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
*1995 Alan Cox Memorial Lecturer, American Geophysical Union
*2000 Elected Member of Academia Europaea