Alexander Norman Halliday#
| Membership Number: | 4393 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.earth.columbia.edu |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK
- 2023 - present The Columbia Climate School, Founding Dean Emeritus
- 2018 - present Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Professor
- 2021 - 2023 The Columbia Climate School, Founding Dean
- 2018 - 2023 The Earth Institute, Director
- 2004 - present UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
- 2023 - present Oxford Martin School, Visiting Fellow
- 2018 - present Department of Earth Sciences, Visiting Professor
- 2012 - 2018 Wadham College, Professorial Fellow
- 2012 - 2018 Department of Earth Sciences, Research Professor
- 2007 - 2015 Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division, Head
- 2004 - 2012 St. Hugh’s College, Professorial Fellow
- 2004 - 2012 Department of Earth Sciences, Chair of Geochemistry
- 1998 - 2004 ETH ZÜRICH
- 2003 - 2004 Department of Materials, Associate Member
- 2002 - 2004 Department of Earth Sciences, Head of Department
- 2001 - 2004 Institute of Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources, Head
- 1998 - 2004 Department of Earth Sciences, Professor
- 1993 University of Cambridge, Clare Hall, Visiting Fellow
- 1986 - 1998 University of Michigan, Department of Geological Sciences, Associate and Full Professor
- 1981 - 1986 Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, University Lecturer
- 1976 - 1981 Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, Postdoctoral Researcher
Fields of Scholarship
- Environmental geochemistry
- Mass spectrometry
- High temperature geochemistry
- Isotope geochemistry
- Planetary sciences
- Evolution of the Earth and Moon
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Honorary Degree (D.Sc.) University of St. Andrews
- 2020, 2021 New York City and State Energy & Environment Power 100
- 2019 Knight Bachelor, H.M. the Queen, for services to science and innovation
- 2019 Lobanov-Rostovsky Lecture, Oxford University
- 2016 Harry H. Hess Medal, American Geophysical Union
- 2015 Oxburgh Medal, Institute of Measurement and Control
- 2015 Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- 2014 Harold Jeffreys Lectureship, Royal Astronomical Society
- 2014 - 2018 Vice-President (Physical Sciences Secretary), The Royal Society
- 2014 The McDonnell Distinguished Lecture, Washington University, St Louis
- 2012 Urey Medal, European Association of Geochemistry
- 2010 European Research Council Advanced Fellow
- 2009 Rupert Wildt Lecturer, University of Yale
- 2008 Honorary Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London
- 2008 Fellow of the Meteoritical Society
- 2008 Daly Lecturer, American Geophysical Union
- 2007 Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2006 - 2012 Americal Geophysical Union, Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology Section, President-elect, President, past-President
- 2006 Scott Simpson Lecturer, Ussher Society
- 2006 Murchison Medal, Geological Society
- 2003 - 2010 Vice-President, President, past-President, the European Association of Geochemistry
- 2003 Hallimond Lecturer, Mineralogical Society
- 2002 ISI Most Highly Cited Author
- 2001 Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- 2001 Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
- 2000 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2000 Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
- 1998 Bowen Award, American Geophysical Union
- 1997 Mineralogical Association of Canada Distinguished Lecturer Tour
- 1995 College Award for Excellence in Research, University of Michigan
- 1993 - 1999 The Geochemical Society, Vice-President, President, past-President
- 1993 Life Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
- 1993 College Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Michigan
- 1992 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research, University of Michigan
- 1976 Microwave Instruments Research Prize, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
