Frank Hawthorne#
| Membership Number: | 5296 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CANADA |
| Homepage(s): | http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/environment/departments/geo_sciences/research_facilities/FrankHawthorne.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6405-9931 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Sep 2018 - present Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba
- May 1997 - Sept 2018 Distinguished Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba
- Jan 2001 - Dec 2014 Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Crystallography & Mineralogy, University of Manitoba
- July 1994 - Jun 1995 Visiting Professor, Institute of Crystallography, Univ. of Pavia, Italy
- July 1985 - Apr 1997 Professor, Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba
- Sept 1984 - Jun 1985 Associate Professor, Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba
- Sept 1980 - Aug 1984 University Research Fellow, Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba
- Sept 1975 - Aug 1980 Research Associate, Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba
- Sept 1973 - Aug 1975 Post Doctoral Fellow, Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba
Fields of Scholarship
- Applications of graph theory and combinatorial topology to crystallography and the solid state
- Control of chemical reactions in minerals by bond topology
- Connection of thermodynamic properties of minerals by bond topology and crystal-structure connectivity
- Theories of the chemical bond, and topological aspects of bonding in solids
- Crystal chemistry of complex minerals (amphiboles, staurolite, tourmaline, sapphirine, kornerupine)
- Short-Range Order/Disorder in Rock-forming Minerals through a multitechnique approach
- Structural classification of minerals and the effect of bonding topology on properties and behaviour
- Crystal structure analysis of minerals and inorganic materials of unknown structure
- Crystallization of salt minerals in natural saline lakes and synthetic aqueous brines
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Appointed Companion of the Order of Canada
- 2018 Buerger Medal, American Crystallographic Association
- 2017 Fersman Medal, Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2016 Elected Honorary Fellow, Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia
- 2015 Elected Life Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
- 2015 Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America
- 2013 Roebling Medal, Mineralogical Society of America
- 2012 Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, Government of Canada
- 2010 IMA Medal, International Mineralogical Association
- 2008 Killam Prize in Natural Sciences, Canada Council
- 2007 Elected Geochemistry Fellow by Geochemical Society & European Assoc. for Geochemistry
- 2006 Elected Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Hawley Medal, Mineralogical Association of Canada
- 1995 Schlumberger Medal, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain
- 1993 Willet G. Miller Medal, Royal Society of Canada
- 1991 Killam Fellowship, Canada Council
- 1990 Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
- 1985 Elected Fellow, Geological Association of Canada
- 1984 Hawley Medal, Mineralogical Association of Canada
- 1978 Elected Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
