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Department of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park , MD 20742
US Citizen
tel.: (301) 405 5561
fax: (301) 314 9961
mcdonough@geol.umd.edu
Born: 1 Sept 1954, Boston, MA
William F. McDonough
Education
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Ph.D. 1988 Research School of Earth Sci., Australian National Univ. (Geochemistry)
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M.S. 1983 Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX, USA (Geochemistry)
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B.A. 1979 University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA (Anthropology)
Professional Employment
- 2005 - present Professor, University of Maryland , College Park , MD
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2000 - 2005 Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Department of Geology
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1994 - 2000 Research Associate, Harvard University, Earth & Planetary Sciences
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1995 Lecturer Boston University, Department of Earth Sciences
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1989 - 1994 Research Fellow, The Australian National Univ., Research School of Earth Sci.
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1987 - 1989 von Humboldt Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Mainz, Germany
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1978 - 1980 Consultant Geologist, Private practice, Oregon, USA
Awards
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Fellow of the Geochemical Society, 2009
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Fellow of Mineralogical Society, 2009
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Distinguished Faculty Award, CMPS Board of Visitors, University of Maryland , 2009
- ISI Highly Cited Paper (April 2005), The Composition of the Earth(Chemical Geology, 120 : 223-253 )
- Fellow, Geological Society of America , 2003
- Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Society, 1987
- Visiting Graduate Fellowship, Lunar and Planetary Institute, TX, 1982-1983
- Departmental Award in Anthropology, ( Univ. of Massachusetts/Boston ), 1977
Editorships
- 2009-present Editor-in-Chief, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
- 2008-present Advisory Board, COMPRES
- 2007 Associate Guest Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research
- 2006 Associate Editor- Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth , AGU
- 1991-1992 Editor of the 1991 Annual Report of the Research School of Earth Sciences, RSES, Australian National University, 196 pp.
- 1993-1995 Guest Editor, Chemical Geology, special issue: Chemical Evolution of the Mantle
- 1996-present Editorial Board, GERM (Geochemical Earth Reference Model)
- 1998-2001 Executive Board Member, G 3 : Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems
- 1997-1999 Co-Editor (with R. van der Hilst), Continental Roots , Developments in Geotectonics, 24, Elsevier. Editorial Board, GEOLOGY
Professional Society Affiliations
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Alexander von Humboldt Society, American Geophysical Union, Geochemical Society,
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Geological Society of America, Mineralogical Society of America
Professional Activities
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2004 - Member, Honors Committee, VGP Section, American Geophysical Union
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2004 - Member, Steering Committee, CSEDI (Cooperative Studies of the Earth’s Deep Interior) Science Work Plan for NSF
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2002 - Member, F.W. Clarke Award Committee, Geochemical Society
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2003-2004 Co- Organizer and session convener, CSEDI Workshop, Science Planning meeting, February, 2004, UCSD/Scripps, La Jolla, CA
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2003 Co- Organizer and Convener, VGP-session Symposium, Fall AGU
2001-2003 Co- Organizer, GERM IV Workshop, May, 2003, Ecole Normale, Lyon, France -
1999-2000 Co-Principal Organizer, GERM III Workshop, March, 2000, UCSD/Scripps, La Jolla, CA
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2000 Scientific committee, Geoanalyses 20000, Pont-à-Mousson , France 1998-1999 Organizing committee, Goldschmidt Conference 1999, Harvard University
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Executive Board Member, G 3 : Geochemistry, Geophysics and Geosystems 1997-1998 Co-Principal Organizer, GERM II Workshop, March, 1998, UCSD/Scripps, La Jolla, CA
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1997-1998 Principal Organizer, Continental Roots Workshop, October
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1997, Harvard Univ., MA
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1997-1999 Co-Editor (with R. v. d. Hilst), Continental Roots (Elsevier)
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1997-1999 Editorial Board, GEOLOGY
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1996-present Editorial Board, GERM (Geochemical Earth Reference Model) 1996-1999 Co-President, IASPEI-IAVCEI Inter-association Commission on Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials of the Earth's Interior
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1996-1999 Chairman, Program Committee, The Geochemical Society
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1993-1995 Coordinating Secretary, IAVCEI-IASPEI the inter-association Commission on Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials of the Earth's Interior
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1993-1995 Guest Editor, Chemical Geology, special issue: Chemical Evolution of the Mantle
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1995 IUGG Symposium Convener, Physical and Chemical Evolution of the Mantle
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1994-1992 Founding Director and Lecturer, ANU Geochemistry Summer School
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1993 Acting Group Leader, Petrochemistry Group, RSES, ANU
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1993 IAVCEI Symposium Convener, Chemical Evolution of the Mantle
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1991-1992 Chairman of Faculty, ANU., Research School Earth Sciences
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1991-1992 Editor of the 1991 Annual Report of the Research School of Earth Sciences
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1991-1992 Chairman of Faculty, Australian National Univ., Research School Earth Sciences
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1991-1992 Editor of the 1991 Annual Report of the Research School of Earth Sciences, RSES, Australian National University, 196 pp.