Roger Powell (scientist)
{{Short description|British-born Australian based educator and academic}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|06|14}}{{LCAuth|nb90023017|Roger Powell||}}
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- Durham University (BSc)
- University of Oxford (DPhil)}}
| thesis_title = Mineral Equilibria in the Leven Schists near Fort William, Inverness-shire
| thesis_url = http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.469355
| thesis_year = 1973
| doctoral_advisor = Stephen W. Richardson{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630223741/http://archive.sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2008/08-sep/08sepPowellET/|archive-date=2013-06-30|url=http://archive.sciencewatch.com/inter/aut/2008/08-sep/08sepPowellET/|title=Professor Roger Powell and Dr. Tim Holland: Featured Scientist Interview|publisher=sciencewatch.com}}
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- FRS (2015)
- fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2006)}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034}}
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Roger Powell FRS,{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/fellowship/2015/roger-powell/ |title = Professor Roger Powell FRS |publisher=The Royal Society |archive-date=2015-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502203826/https://royalsociety.org/people/fellowship/2015/roger-powell/ |location=London}} (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.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406193349/http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034|archive-date=2014-04-06|url=http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034|title=Professor Roger Powell profile|publisher=University of Melbourne}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00140.x| title = An internally consistent thermodynamic data set for phases of petrological interest| journal = Journal of Metamorphic Geology| volume = 16| issue = 3| pages = 309| year = 2004| last1 = Holland | first1 = T. J. B. | authorlink1 = Timothy Holland| last2 = Powell | first2 = R. | s2cid = 109930611| authorlink2 = Roger Powell (scientist)}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1988.tb00415.x| title = An internally consistent dataset with uncertainties and correlations: 3. Applications to geobarometry, worked examples and a computer program| journal = Journal of Metamorphic Geology| volume = 6| issue = 2| pages = 173| year = 1988| last1 = Powell | first1 = R. | authorlink1 = Roger Powell (scientist)| last2 = Holland | first2 = T. J. B. | bibcode = 1988JMetG...6..173P| authorlink2 = Timothy Holland}}{{Scopus|id=7402348662}}{{GoogleScholar|id=9Ww79RMAAAAJ|title=Roger Powell}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1990.tb00458.x| title = 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 = Journal of Metamorphic Geology| volume = 8| pages = 89| year = 1990| last1 = Holland | first1 = T. J. B.| authorlink1 = Timothy Holland| last2 = Powell | first2 = R. | authorlink2 = Roger Powell (scientist)}}
Education
Powell was educated at Durham University where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970.{{cite web |title=Professor Roger Powell profile |url=http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406193349/http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person16034 |archive-date=2014-04-06 |publisher=University of Melbourne}} 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{{cite thesis |degree=DPhil |first=Roger |last=Powell |title=Mineral Equilibria in the Leven Schists near Fort William, Inverness-shire |publisher=University of Oxford |year=1973 |url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.469355 |oclc=500542740}} supervised by Stephen W. Richardson.
Awards and honours
Powell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His nomination reads: {{centred pull quote|Roger Powell has pioneered the development of quantitative approaches to metamorphic rocks by the generation of thermodynamic models for minerals and fluids, and writing the software that implements them. The programs comprise a self-consistent thermodynamic database which describes equilibria among the multi-component mineral phases important in rocks and with full propagation of errors. They are among the most highly cited works in the geosciences. He has used these models to make fundamental advances in our understanding of metamorphic and igneous processes across a wide range of geological environments from the crust to deep mantle.
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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.{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Eleanor |title=The official THERMOCALC website - homepage |url=https://hpxeosandthermocalc.org/ |access-date=16 July 2023 |website=The official THERMOCALC website}}
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 and Ireland's Schlumberger Medal in 2007 {{Cite journal |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/elements/article-abstract/3/2/132/272590/Mineralogical-Society-of-Great-Britain-and-Ireland?redirectedFrom=PDF |title=The Schlumberger Medal 2007 to Roger Powell |access-date=2023-07-21 |journal=Elements|date=April 2007 |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=132–133 |doi=10.2113/gselements.3.2.132 }}
- the Norman L. Bowen Award in 2009{{Cite journal |last1=Holland |first1=Tim |last2=Powell |first2=Roger |date=2010-06-08 |title=Holland and Powell Receive 2009 Norman L. Bowen Awards |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2010EO230007 |journal=Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union |language=en |volume=91 |issue=23 |pages=209 |doi=10.1029/2010EO230007|bibcode=2010EOSTr..91..209B }}
- the 2010 inaugural Ringwood Medal, Geological Society of Australia {{Cite web |title=Ringwood Award |url=https://www.gsa.org.au/Public/Public/Recognition_and_Awards/Ringwood_Award.aspx |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.gsa.org.au |language=en}}
- the 2013 Jaeger Medal, Australian Academy of Science {{Cite web |title=Jaeger Medal {{!}} Australian Academy of Science |url=https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/jaeger-medal |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=www.science.org.au |language=en}}
- the Barrow Award in 2021 {{Cite web |last=metamorphicstudiesgroup |date=2021-03-10 |title=Announcement of the Barrow Award 2021 |url=https://metamorphicstudiesgroup.wordpress.com/2021/03/10/announcement-of-the-barrow-award-2/ |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Metamorphic Studies Group |language=en}}
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