Bernard Wood (geologist)

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Bernard (Bernie) John Wood FRS is a British geologist, and Professor of Mineralogy and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford.[1] He is a prominent figure in the field of experimental petrology, having received multiple awards throughout his career and taught at several universities worldwide.[1]

Education[]

Wood was educated at William Ellis School (Highgate, London) and the Northern Polytechnic (Holloway, London) where he earned a BSc University of London in 1967. He also earned an MSc from the University of Leeds in 1968, and a PhD in Geophysics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1972.

Career and research[]

Wood has taught and conducted research at several universities across Europe, North America, and Australia.

Following his PhD studies, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley and at the University of Manchester. He was then a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, after which he became Principal Scientist at .[2]

In 1982, Wood moved to the Department of Geological Sciences at Northwestern University as a Professor, and he was chair of that Department from 1985 to 1988.[2]

In 1989, he returned to the UK and became Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol, having also been Head of Department from 1994 to 1997. From 1995 to 1996, he has Guest Professor at the Mineralogisches Institut Universität Freiburg, in Germany.[2]

In 2005, he was a Professor and a Federation Fellow at Macquarie University, in Australia.[3][failed verification]

Since 2007, he has been at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford, where he has installed the Experimental Petrology laboratory.[4]

Wood is well known for his work on the behavior of trace elements.[1] He has developed models to study compatibility and predict trace element partitioning between crystals and melts, which are relevant for igneous differentiation.[1]

Professor Wood is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.,[5] and he has received awards from a number of other learned societies including the Mineralogical Society of America, the Geochemical Society, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the European Geosciences Union, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (DE), the Max Planck Gesellschaft (DE), the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, and the Geological Society of London.[6]

Honours and awards[]

Books[]

Holloway, J. R., & Wood, B. J. (1989). Simulating the Earth: Experimental Geochemistry. Springer.[10]

Wood, B. J., & Fraser, D. G. (1976). Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists. Oxford University Press.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Prof. Bernard Wood's Research Profile", Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, 27 April 2012, retrieved 8 August 2012
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Bernard Wood's page", Bernard Wood, Academia Europaea, 29 January 2022, retrieved 29 January 2022
  3. ^ http://royalsociety.org/Origin-and-differentiation-of-the-Earth/[dead link]
  4. ^ "Experimental Petrology Laboratory", Experimental Petrology Laboratory, University of Oxford, 29 January 2022, retrieved 29 January 2022
  5. ^ "2001 Fellow Bernard J Wood". Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Bernard Wood Research Profile". University of Oxford Department of Earth Sciences. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  7. ^ Blundy, Jon (2015). "Presentation of the 2014 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Bernard J. Wood" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 100 (5–6): 1312. Bibcode:2015AmMin.100.1312B. doi:10.2138/am-2015-AP1005-610. S2CID 131066686. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. ^ Wood, Bernard J. (2015). "Acceptance of the 2014 Roebling Medal of the Mineralogical Society of America to Bernard J. Wood" (PDF). American Mineralogist. 100: 1313–1314. doi:10.2138/am-2015-AP1005-69. S2CID 101379602. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  9. ^ "MEDALLISTS". European Union of Geosciences. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  10. ^ Simulating the Earth: Experimental Geochemistry"Simulating the Earth: Experimental Geochemistry", Simulating the Earth: Experimental Geochemistry, Springer, 29 January 2022, retrieved 29 January 2022
  11. ^ Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists"Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists", Elementary Thermodynamics for Geologists, Oxford University Press, 29 January 2022, retrieved 29 January 2022
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