Barbara Maher - Curriculum Vitae#
Present Appointment:
- 2021 Professor Emerita, University of Lancaster
Previous Appointments:
- 2000 - 2021 Professor & Director, Centre for Environmental Magnetism & Palaeomagnetism, Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster
- 1987 - 2000 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- 1985 - 1987 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Natural Environment Research Council, Department of Geophysics, Edinburgh University
Awards:
- 2023 Distinguished Lecturer, American Geophysical Union (AGU) College of Fellows
- 2021 Edward Bullard Lecturer, AGU, ‘to recognize distinguished scientists with proven leadership in their fields of science’
- 2020 Fellowship of the AGU, for ‘Outstanding contributions to understanding fine-particle magnetism, ancient monsoons, global dust cycles, and atmospheric particulate pollution’
- 2014 Schlumberger (now Neumann) Award, The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland, for ‘scientific excellence in mineralogy and its applications’
- 2013 Pilkington Teaching Prize, ‘to acknowledge excellence in teaching’
- 2006 - 2012 Royal Society-Wolfson Research Merit Award, for ‘Environmental magnetism: innovative problem-solving in climate change and pollution’
- 2005 The Charles Chree (now Appleton) Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, for ’Pioneering contributions to the study of magnetic signals from the geological record as a means of determining climatic changes’
Distinctions/Leadership Roles:
- 2019 College of Expert Reviewers, European Science Foundation
- 2018 Smith Distinguished Lecturer, University of Michigan
- 2014 Panel member, UK Research Excellence Framework
- 2008 - 2011 Vice-President, Quaternary Research Association
- 2012 - 2015 Leader, Dust and Climate Working Groups, 35 scientists from 13 countries
- 2007 - 2012 (International Association for Quaternary Research and NERC)
- 2002 - 2006, 2006 - 2008 Uniquely, elected twice as Chair, Rock Magnetism Group, International Union of Geophysics and Geodesy
- 1999 Royal Institution Lecturer, ‘Science for the New Century’ series
