Person
Gleadow, Andrew John Ward (1948 - )
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- Born
- 14 June 1948
- Occupation
- Geologist, Science administrator and University Administrator
Summary
Andy Gleadow is Professor and Head of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He has specialised in the field of fission track analysis and has developed dating techniques for a variety of geological applications. Gleadow completed both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a PhD in Geology in 1974. He subsequently held positions at the University of London, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Bern. From 1988 to 1998 he was Professor of Earth Sciences at La Trobe University, and from early 1999 has been Professor and Head of the School of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne. He was also a Research Coordinator of the Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre. He has researched and published extensively on all aspects of the development and application of fission track dating in geology, especially in the areas of tectonics, thermochronology, sedimentary basin analysis and hydrocarbon exploration. He has worked extensively on the geology of Antarctica, Africa, and America, as well as Australia. He was awarded the Stillwell Medal of the Geological Society of Australia for 1989, the Research Medal of the Royal Society of Victoria for 1994 and the Gold Medal for Excellence in Research by the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering for 1996. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and awarded its Jaeger Medal for 2003. Taken from his homepage - see link below
Details
While undertaking his doctor of philosophy, Andrew John Ward Gleadow co-developed fission track thermochronology - a new method for geological dating and thermal history analysis of rock samples. The method is based on counting tiny "fission tracks" in apatite crystals, which preserve the rocks thermal history. This dating method has been used widely throughout the geological sciences, including in mineral and oil exploration, and archaeology. Gleadow and his research group have established Australia at the forefront of this field internationally.
Using this fission track technology, Gleadow and colleagues have sampled over 3000 rock from across Australia. They then developed a computer model to show how the landscape has changed over time and how the island continent broke away from the supercontinent of Gondwana. - i.e. it shows the geological history of the entire Australian continent.
Chronology
- 1967 - 1970
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne
- 1971 - 1974
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
- 1974 - 2004
- Career position - Member of the Geological Society of Australia
- 1975 -
- Career position - Member of the Geological Society of America
- 1975
- Career position - Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
- 1976
- Career position - Tutor in Geology, University of Melbourne
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow in the Department of Geology, University of Melbourne
- 1979 - 1981
- Career position - Research Fellow in Antarctic Geology, University of Melbourne
- 1980 -
- Career position - Member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
- 1982 - 1988
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Fission Track Research Group in the Department of Geology, University of Melbourne
- 1983 - 2011
- Career position - Member of the Petroleum Exploration Association of Australia
- 1984 - 1987
- Career position - Managing Director of Geotrack International Pty. Ltd.
- 1985
- Career position - Visiting Research Scientist at Abteilung für Isotopengeologie, University of Bern in Switzerland (six months)
- 1987 - 1993
- Career position - Director of Geotrack International Pty. Ltd.
- 1988 - 1991
- Career position - Chair of the Geology Department at La Trobe University in Bundoora, Victoria
- 1988 - 1998
- Career position - Professor of Geology / Earth Sciences at La Trobe University
- 1989
- Award - F. L. Stillwell Medal, Geological Society of Australia
- 1989 - 1990
- Career position - Member, Minerals and Energy Working Group, Victorian Strategic Research Foundation
- 1990 -
- Career position - Member of the American Geophysical Union
- 1990 - 1993
- Career position - Member, Ocean Drilling Program, Australian National Science Committee, UNESCO
- 1990 - 1995
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Solid Earth Sciences, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 1992 - 1993
- Career position - Dean of the School of Physical Sciences at La Trobe University
- 1993 - 1996
- Career position - Director of the Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- 1993 - 1997
- Career position - Deputy Director of the Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre
- 1993 - 2000
- Career position - Research Coordinator of the Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre
- 1994
- Award - Royal Society of Victoria Medal for Excellence in Scientific Research
- 1995 - 1998
- Career position - Head of the School of Earth Sciences at La Trobe University
- 1995 - 1999
- Career position - Member of Council, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 1997
- Award - Gold Medal for Excellence in Research, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 1999 -
- Career position - Professor of the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
- 1999 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1999 - 2004
- Career position - Head of the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
- 2000 - 2001
- Career position - Assistant Dean (IT) of the Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne
- 2001 -
- Career position - Member of the National Committee for Earth Sciences of the Australian Academy of Science
- 2001 - 2003
- Career position - Interim Research Program Coordinator of the Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre
- 2001 - 2004
- Career position - Member, Specialist Committee, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 2002 -
- Career position - Honorary Professor at Northwest University in Xian, China
- 2002
- Award - Selwyn Medal, Victorian Branch of the Geological Society of Australia
- 2003
- Award - Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 2003
- Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in earth sciences
- 2004 -
- Career position - Member, Geochemical Society
- 2004 - 2006
- Career position - Vice-President and President Elect of the Geological Society of Australia
- 2004 - 2008
- Career position - Chair, National Committee for Earth Sciences, Australian Academy of Science
- 2005 -
- Career position - Deputy-Head of the School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne
- 2005
- Career position - Member of the Environmental Subcommittee of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, Dept Education, Science and Training, Australian Government
- 2006 - 2008
- Career position - President, Geological Society of Australia
- 2007
- Award - David White Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Melbourne
- 2007
- Award - National Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence- Physical Sciences, Carrick Institute
- 2009
- Award - F. L. Stillwell Medal, Geological Society of Australia
- 2009 - 2012
- Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
- 2009 - 2102
- Career position - Chair, Discipline Nominating Group for Earth and Planetary Sciences, Australian Academy of Science
- 2010
- Career position - Chair, Review Committee, CSIRO Division of Earth Sciences and Resource Engineering
- 2012
- Career position - Geochemistry Fellow, Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
- 2012
- Award - Fellow, American Geophysical Union
- 2014 -
- Career position - Director, Kimberley Foundation Australia
- 2014
- Award - Laslett Prize, International Thermochronology Community
- 2017
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to the earth sciences, and to education, as an academic and researcher in the field of thermochronology and landscape evolution, and to professional geological and scientific societies
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Hegarty, K. A. (coordinator); Birch, W. D.; Douglas, J. G.; Mccann, D.; Archbold, N. W.; Gleadow, A. J. W.; Vandenberg, A. H. M.; and Phillips, G.N., 'Inspired Observations' in Geology of Victoria, William D. Birch, ed. (Sydney: Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division), 2003), pp. 687-702. Details
Journal Articles
- Gleadow, A. J. W.; and Lovering, J. F., 'Development of geochronology in Victoria', Australian journal of earth sciences, 55 (6/7) (2008), 753-67, https://doi.org/10.1080/08120090802094119. Details
- Gleadow, Andy; and Birch, Bill, 'John Francis Lovering 27 March 1930 - 4 January 2023', TAG: the Australian geologist, 206 (2023), 43. Details
- O'Neill, Graeme, 'Smart 100 Science Top 10', The Bulletin (2004). Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q57905615. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/269428951. Details
- GSA Victoria, Selwyn Medal, Geological Society of Australia, Victorian Division, 2022. https://www.gsavic.org/awards.html. Details
- 'Gleadow, Andrew J W (1948-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-612719. Details
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Created: 8 November 2005, Last modified: 26 April 2022