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Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences McGill University 3450 University Street Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2A7 Phone: (514) 398-4892; Fax: (514) 398-4680 alm@eps.mcgill.ca |
EDUCATION
- 1976: B.Sc. Chemistry, Université de Montréal
- 1978: M.Sc. Chemistry (physical organic chemistry), Université de Montréal "Effet de Solvant sur la Basicité d'une Série d'Alkylamines
- 1981: Ph.D. Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS) University of Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
"The Solubility of Calcite and Aragonite and the Composition of Calcite Overgrowths in Seawater and Related Solutions"
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2000 - Chair, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University
- 1997- Full Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University
- 1993-94 Professeur Invité, Laboratoire de Géochimie, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
- 1989-97 Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill
- 1988-89 Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, McGill University
- 1985-93 NSERC University Research Fellow, McGill University
- 1983-85 NSERC "Attaché de recherches", Département d'Océanographie,
Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)- 1981-83 Post-doctoral fellow, Departments of Chemical Engineering and Physics, Argonne National Laboratories, Argonne, Illinois, U.S.A. and Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
- 2001- present Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- 1999- present Scientific Program Advisor for ISMER
(Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski)- 1999-present Member of the Program Committee and McGill Representative to the Joint Ph.D. Program in Oceanography (McGill-UQAR-Laval)
- 1999 Chair, Special Session on Atomic Force Microscopy, Gordon Research Conference in Chemical Oceanography, August 8-13, 1999
- 1996 Convener and session chair for "Diagénèse précoce: Dégradation de la matière organique et remobilisation", 64ieme Congrès de l'ACFAS, 13-17 mai 1996.
- 1994-97 Chair of the Steering Committee for the Canadian JGOFS program
- 1993-97 Member of the Steering Committee for the Canadian JGOFS program
- 1992-94 Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Canadian JGOFS program
- 1993 Co-organizer and Chair of a Special Session on "Application of Geochemical Laboratory and Modelling Studies to Carbonate and Clastic Diagenesis" at GAC/MAC Joint Annual Meeting, May 17-19, 1993, Edmonton, Alberta.
- 1989-92 NSERC Environmental Earth Sciences Grant Selection Committee (EESGSC)
- 1989-92 Coordinator of Interdepartmental Program in Oceanography at McGill
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2001 Past President's Medal of the Geological Association of Canada
Awarded to a geoscientist who, during the first decade or so of his/her career, is judged to have made an outstanding accomplishment in research , development or applications in their particular field.- 2001 Leo Yaffe Award, Faculty of Science, McGill University
Awarded for excellence in teaching in the Faculty of Science.- 1993-94 France-Québec fellowship in support of professors on sabbatical leave
- 1985-94 NSERC University Research Fellow, McGill University
- 1983-85 NSERC "Attaché de recherches", Département d'Océanographie,
Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)