Three New Faculty Appointments in Earth Sciences
July 01, 2012
The Department of Earth Sciences is very pleased to announce the following new Faculty Appointments
in our Department:
Dr. Audrey Bouvier, of the University of Minnesota, has accepted our
offer of an appointment as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Bouvier's present research concerns the
chronology of planetary accretion, differentiation, and impact in
the Solar System. Her appointment is intended to facilitate her
application for the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Planetary
Materials, recently awarded to the Department.
Dr. Tony Withers, also of the University of Minnesota, has accepted
our offer of a limited term appointment as an Assistant
Professor. Dr. Withers has a strong research background in
experimental petrology that will complement existing Departmental
strengths in High Pressure/High Temperature Experimental Mineral
Physics.
Dr. Phil McCausland, of Western University, has
accepted our offer of a limited term appointment as an
Assistant Professor. Dr. McCausland is well known to many of us in
the Department for his work on
physical properties and petrography of planetary materials, on
geomagnetism, and on geochronology. Phil will join us with both
teaching responsibilities, and responsibilities as the coordinator
of the recently successful CSA ASTRO Cluster Award.
Audrey Bouvier and Tony Withers will begin their appointments on
July 1st, 2013, while Phil McCausland will begin his appointment on
Sept 1st, 2012.
We welcome all three to Western, and to the Department of Earth
Sciences, and we look forward immensely to their arrival and full
participation in our research and teaching activities. Many thanks
to our Appointments Committee for the efforts that went into the
various searches and interviews associated with these appointments,
and many thanks to all who participated in the process.
