Education:
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (USA), 1976-1978
PhD, Geology, University of Manchester (UK), 1976
BSc (1st Class Hons), Environmental Sciences, University of Lancaster (UK), 1973

Research Interests:
The study of the sources of mafic magmas through geological time based on geochemical
studies of mafic rock systems from the Precambrian shields, from the modern oceanic
basins and from ophiolites.

Memberships/Distinctions:
University of Oxford, Visiting Professor in Earth Sciences
Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), Member
European Geosciences Union (EGU), Member and President, 2005-2007
International Association of Geochemistry (IAGC), President, 2003-2005
Geological Association of Canada, Fellow
Société Géologique de France, Honorary President, 1996
Association of Geologists, Quebec, Canada, Outstanding Scientist, 1995