Person

Green, David Headley (1936 - 2024)

AM FAA FRS

Born
29 February 1936
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died
6 September 2024
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Geologist and University Administrator

Summary

David Headley Green was Director, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University from 1994 to 2001. He has used laboratory experimental techniques to duplicate the very high pressures and temperatures which exist in the earth's crust and uppermost mantle. The experimental studies have led to models of the origins of, and relationships between, different volcanic magmas or melts in the earth. He has also led studies of the nature of fluids, particularly methane, water and carbon dioxide, in the deep earth, and their relationships with melting

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Chronology

1957
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Tasmania
1957 - 1959
Career position - Geologist, Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources
1958
Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
1960
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Tasmania
1962
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge
1962 - 1965
Career position - Research Fellow, Australian National University
1965 - 1968
Career position - Fellow, Australian National University
1967
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1967
Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1968 - 1974
Career position - Senior Fellow, Australian National University
1969 - 1970
Career position - Professorial Fellow, Norwegian Research Council
1974 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1974 - 1976
Career position - Professorial Fellow, Department of Geophysics and Geochemistry, Australian National University
1975
Career position - Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.
1977
Award - F. L. Stillwell Medal, Geological Society of Australia
1977 - 1981
Career position - Member, Australian Research Grants Committee
1977 - 1993
Career position - Professor of Geology, University of Tasmania
1978 - 1981
Career position - Member of Council, Geological Society of Australia
1980 - 1981
Career position - Vice-President, Geological Society of Australia
1982
Award - Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science
1982 - 1985
Career position - Member, Australian Science and Technology Council
1984 - 1990
Career position - Chairman, Steering Committee for National Research Facility, 'ORV Franklin'
1985 -
Award - Honorary Foreign Fellow, European Union of Geosciences
1985 - 1987
Career position - Member, Advisory Council, Bureau of Mineral Resources
1986 -
Award - Honorary Foreign Fellow, Geological Society of America
1987 -
Award - Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1988
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Tasmania
1990
Award - Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science
1990 - 1992
Career position - Chairman, Professorial Board, University of Tasmania
1990 - 1992
Career position - President, Geological Society of Australia
1991 -
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
1991 - 1993
Career position - Chief Science Adviser, Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
1993
Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal
1993 - 1994
Career position - Member, Australian Space Council
1994 - 1998
Career position - Director, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
1997 - 2001
Career position - Chairman, National Greenhouse Scientific Advisory Committee
1998
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University
1998
Award - Abraham Gottlieb Werner Medal, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft
1998 - 2001
Career position - Director, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
2000
Award - Murchison Medal, Geological Society of London
2001 -
Career position - Professor Emeritus, Australian National University
2001
Award - Humboldt Research Prize, Humboldt Foundation, Germany
2001
Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in petrology and geochemistry
2003 -
Award - Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
2004 -
Award - Honorary Fellow, Mineralogical Society, London
2004 -
Award - Honorary Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2006
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to the earth sciences, particularly in the fields of petrology and geochemistry through research, educational and advisory roles and contributions to public policy formulation
2007 -
Award - International Gold Medal, Geological Society of Japan
2008 -
Career position - Honorary Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
2008
Award - Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of Australia

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  • Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation, Achievements and challenges for Australian science: Distinguished Lecture Series 1993 (Parkville (Vic.): Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation, 1993), 55 pp. Details
  • Nossal, Gus [and others], Achievements and challenges for Australian science (Parkville, Vic.: Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Foundation, 1993), 55 pp. Details

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