Roger Powell (scientist) explained

Roger Powell FRS,^[2] (born 14 June 1949) is a British-born Australian based educator and academic. He is Emeritus professor in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Melbourne.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Education

Powell was educated at Durham University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970.^[7] He went on to study at the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1973 for research on mineral equilibria in the schist rock near Fort William, Scotland^[8] supervised by Stephen W. Richardson.

Awards and honours

Powell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His nomination reads:

Powell, along with Timothy Holland of Cambridge University developed a widely used thermodynamic database for minerals and developed the THERMOCALC software to undertake calculations on geological material. The software and database are housed on the THERMOCALC website.^[9]

In addition to the above, Powell's was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2006.

His other awards include:

• the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain's Schlumberger Medal in 2007 ^[10]
• the Norman L. Bowen Award in 2009^[11]
• the 2010 inaugural Ringwood Medal, Geological Society of Australia ^[12]
• the 2013 Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science ^[13]
• the Barrow Award in 2021 ^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130630223741/http://archive.sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2008/08-sep/08sepPowellET/. 2013-06-30. Professor Roger Powell and Dr. Tim Holland: Featured Scientist Interview. sciencewatch.com.
2. Web site: Professor Roger Powell FRS . The Royal Society . 2015-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502203826/https://royalsociety.org/people/fellowship/2015/roger-powell/ . London.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140406193349/http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034. 2014-04-06. Professor Roger Powell profile. University of Melbourne.
4. 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00140.x. An internally consistent thermodynamic data set for phases of petrological interest. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 16. 3. 309. 2004. Holland . T. J. B. . Timothy Holland. Powell . R. . 109930611. Roger Powell (scientist).
5. 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1988.tb00415.x. An internally consistent dataset with uncertainties and correlations: 3. Applications to geobarometry, worked examples and a computer program. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 6. 2. 173. 1988. Powell . R. . Roger Powell (scientist). Holland . T. J. B. . 1988JMetG...6..173P. Timothy Holland.
6. 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1990.tb00458.x. An enlarged and updated internally consistent thermodynamic dataset with uncertainties and correlations: The system K₂–Na₂O–CaO–MgO–MnO–FeO–Fe₂O₃–Al₂O₃–TiO₂–SiO₂–C–H₂–O₂. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 8. 89. 1990. Holland . T. J. B.. Timothy Holland. Powell . R. . Roger Powell (scientist).
7. Web site: Professor Roger Powell profile . https://web.archive.org/web/20140406193349/http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034 . 2014-04-06 . University of Melbourne.
8. DPhil . Roger . Powell . Mineral Equilibria in the Leven Schists near Fort William, Inverness-shire . University of Oxford . 1973 . 500542740.
9. Web site: Green . Eleanor . The official THERMOCALC website - homepage . 16 July 2023 . The official THERMOCALC website.
10. Web site: The Schlumberger Medal 2007 to Roger Powell . 2023-07-21 . pubs.geoscienceworld.org.
11. Holland . Tim . Powell . Roger . 2010-06-08 . Holland and Powell Receive 2009 Norman L. Bowen Awards . Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union . en . 91 . 23 . 209 . 10.1029/2010EO230007. 2010EOSTr..91..209B .
12. Web site: Ringwood Award . 2023-07-16 . www.gsa.org.au . en.
13. Web site: Jaeger Medal Australian Academy of Science . 2023-07-16 . www.science.org.au . en.
14. Web site: metamorphicstudiesgroup . 2021-03-10 . Announcement of the Barrow Award 2021 . 2023-07-21 . Metamorphic Studies Group . en.