Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 Early career  





2 Honours and awards  





3 References  





4 External links  














Richard J. Harrison (mineralogist)







Add links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 


Richard J. Harrison
Born
England
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
AwardsMax Hey medal, Gilbert Medal, Mineralogical Society of America Award
Scientific career
FieldsMineralogy, Earth Sciences, Magnetism
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Doctoral advisorsAndrew Putnis
Websitehttps://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/richard-harrison

Richard J. Harrison is a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and director of Studies for Earth and Mineral Sciences at St. Catharine's College, University of Cambridge.[1] He works in the field of palaeomagnetism.[2]

Early career[edit]

Harrison began his scientific career at the University of Cambridge, graduating in Mineral Sciences and then working as a postgraduate student under the guidance of Andrew Putnis. His Ph.D. work, on magnetic and cation ordering in spinels, was followed by further studies into the relationships between magnetic properties and microstructure of minerals carried out at the Institut für Mineralogie in Münster and funded through personal Alexander von Humboldt and Marie Curie fellowships. He later returned to Cambridge where he worked as a NERC Advanced Research Fellow and in August 2019 was appointed as the Head of Department, where he is also head of the NanoPaleoMagnetism group.[3][4]

Honours and awards[edit]

In 2003 Harrison received the Max Hey Medal from the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.[5]

In 2006 Harrison received the William Gilbert Award from the American Geophysical Union.[6]

In 2007 Harrison received the Mineralogical Society of America Award.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Professor Richard Harrison | St Catharine's College, Cambridge". www.caths.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  • ^ Administrator (8 April 2020). "Origins of Earth's magnetic field remain a mystery". www.esc.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  • ^ Harrison, Prof Richard J. (24 January 2015). "Professor Richard Harrison". www.esc.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  • ^ Administrator (10 July 2019). "Professor Richard Harrison appointed Head of Department". www.esc.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  • ^ "Past recipients of the Max Hey Medal". Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  • ^ McEnroe, Suzanne A.; Harrison, Richard J. (2007). "Harrison receives 2006 William Gilbert Award". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 88 (16): 184. Bibcode:2007EOSTr..88..184M. doi:10.1029/2007EO160011. ISSN 2324-9250.
  • ^ Redfern, Simon (May–June 2008). "Presentation of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2007". American Mineralogist. 93 (5–6): 958. Bibcode:2008AmMin..93..958R. doi:10.2138/am.2008.519.
  • External links[edit]


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_J._Harrison_(mineralogist)&oldid=1154615120"

    Categories: 
    English mineralogists
    Living people
    Alumni of the University of Cambridge
    Academics of the University of Cambridge
    21st-century British geologists
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description matches Wikidata
    Use dmy dates from April 2022
    Articles with hCards
    Articles with FAST identifiers
    Articles with Google Scholar identifiers
    Articles with ORCID identifiers
    Articles with RID identifiers
    Year of birth missing (living people)
     



    This page was last edited on 13 May 2023, at 15:55 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki