Roger Powell FRS, (born 14 June 1949) is a British-born Australian based educator and academic. He is

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professor in the ''School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences'' at the

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Education

Powell was educated at

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where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. He went on to study at the

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where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1973 for research on mineral equilibria in the

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rock near Fort William, Scotland 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. In addition to the above, Powell's was elected as a Fellow of the

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in 2006. His other awards include: * the

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's Schlumberger Medal in 2007 * the Norman L. Bowen Award in 2009 * the 2010 inaugural Ringwood Medal, Geological Society of Australia * the 2013 Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science * the Barrow Award in 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Roger Living people Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science 1949 births Alumni of Van Mildert College, Durham