Person

Runnegar, Bruce Norman (1941 - )

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Born
2 February 1941
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Malacologist, Palaeontologist and University Administrator

Summary

Bruce Runnegar is a palaeontologist who was at the University of New England, ultimately as Professor of Geology and Geophysics, until he moved to the University of California in 1987. There he was Professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) Centre for Astrobiology. Runnegar's particular interests are the phylogeny of molluscs and molecular clock techniques. He was President of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists from 1984 to 1985, and the inaugural Editor of the Association's journal Alcheringa. Since 1987 he has been a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. The molluscan genus Runnegaria was named in his honour.

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Chronology

1962 - 1963
Career position - Teaching Fellow, University of Queensland
1964
Education - BSc (hons), University of Queensland
1964 - 1967
Career position - Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholar, University of Queensland
1967
Education - PhD, University of Queensland
1967 - 1968
Career position - Demonstrator (later Senior Demonstrator), University of Queensland
1968
Career position - Lecturer, University of New England
1968 - 1969
Career position - National Research Council Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. U.S.A.
1970
Career position - Lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New England
1971 - 1973
Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New England
1974 - 1977
Career position - Foundation Editor, Alcheringa
1974 - 1985
Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New England
1976
Award - Award for the outstanding paper in the 1974 Journal of palaeontology, Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists, U.S.A.
1978
Education - DSc, University of Queensland
1981
Award - Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
1983 - 1986
Career position - Head, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New England
1984 -
Career position - Member, Malacological Society of Australia
1984 - 1985
Career position - President, Association of Australasian Palaeontologists
1985 - 1987
Career position - Professor of Geology and Geophysics (personal chair), University of New England
1987 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
1987 - 2016
Career position - Professor, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1993 -
Award - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1996 - 1997
Career position - Chair, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1998 -
Award - Fellow, Geological Society of America
1998 -
Career position - Director, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) Centre for Astrobiology, University of California/NASA Astrobiology Institute
1999
Award - Distinguished Lecturer, Palaeontological Society
2003 - 2006
Career position - Director, NASA Astrobiology Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, california, U.S.A.
2004 -
Award - Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
2009
Award - Lapworth Medal, Palaeontological Association, United Kingdom
2010 -
Award - Fellow, Paleontological Society, United Kingdom
2010
Award - Paleontological Society Medal
2016
Award - Robert Etheridge Jr Medal, Australasian Association of Palaeontologists

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Published resources

Edited Books

  • Flood, P. G. and Runnegar, Bruce eds, New England geology: proceedings of a symposium on the geology of the New England region held in Armidale in July 1982 in honour of Emeritus Professor A. H. Voisey (Armidale, N.S.W.: Department of Geology, University of New England and AHV Club, 1982), 359 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Gehling, Jim; and Kruse, Pierre, 'Robert Etheridge Jr Medal [awarded to Bruce Runnegar]', TAG: the Australian geologist, 180 (2016), 36-8. Details
  • Runnegar, B., 'Oxygen requirements, biology and phylogenetic significance of the late Precambian worm Dicksonia, and the evolution of the burrowing habit', Alcheringa, 6 (1982), 223-39. Details
  • Runnegar, B., 'A molecular-clock date for the origin of the animal phyla', Lethaia, 15 (1982), 199-205. Details
  • Runnegar, B.; and Pojeta, J., 'Molluscan phylogeny: the paleontological viewpoint', Science, 186 (4161) (1974), 311-7. Details
  • Runnegar, Bruce, 'The message of Alcheringa', Alcheringa, 1 (1975), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115517508619476. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

See also

  • Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details

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