Person
Runnegar, Bruce Norman (1941 - )
FAA
- 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 - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Queensland
- 1964 - 1967
- Career position - Commonwealth Postgraduate Scholar, University of Queensland
- 1967
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (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 - Doctor of Science (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 (FAA)
- 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
Related entries
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
- 'Runnegar, Bruce Norman (1941 - )', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/bruce-runnegar. Details
- 'Runnegar, Bruce Norman (1941-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475026. Details
Resource Sections
- Australian Academy of Science, 'Mawson Medal and Lecture', Canberra, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/mawson-medal-and-lecture. Details
See also
- Who's who in Australia 2012 (Melbourne: Crown Content Pty Ltd, 2012), 2430 pp. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 14 September 2023