Biography
Professor Gleadow pioneered fission track thermochronology in Australia as a tool for geological dating and thermal history analysis, establishing Australia at the forefront of this field internationally. These techniques have been applied widely to studies of continental extension in global tectonics, the uplift of mountain ranges, sedimentary basin analysis and landscape evolution. He has been Professor and Head of Earth Sciences at both La Trobe and Melbourne Universities, and a Program Coordinator in both the Australian Geodynamics, and Predictive Mineral Discovery CRCs. His work has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Research Medal of the Royal Society of Victoria, the Stillwell and Selwyn Medals of the Geological Society of Australia, and the AINSE Gold Medal for Excellence in Research. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1999 and awarded its Jaeger Medal for 2003. He is currently President of the Geological Society of Australia and Chair of the National Committee for Earth Sciences.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Bachelor of Science (honours) |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1970 |
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| Doctor of Philosophy |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1974 |
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Memberships
| Membership Type |
Membership Body |
Description |
Start Date |
End Date |
| Member |
The Geochemical Society |
Member |
01-Sep-2004 |
|
| Member |
Geological Society of Australia |
Member, Past-President, National Executive Committee |
01-Jan-1974 |
|
| Member |
Geological Society of America |
Member |
01-Oct-1975 |
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| Member |
Sigma-Xi Scientific Research Society |
Member |
01-Jun-1980 |
|
| Member |
Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia |
Member |
01-Jan-1983 |
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| Member |
American Geophysical Union |
Member |
01-Dec-1990 |
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Fellowships
| Fellowship |
Date Awarded |
| Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) |
07-May-1999 |
Other Awards
| Award Type |
Awarding Body |
Comments |
Date Awarded |
| Medal |
Geological Society of Australia |
F.L. Stillwell Medal |
01-Jun-1992 |
| Medal |
Royal Society of Victoria |
Research Medal |
01-Jun-1995 |
| Other (Award) |
Australian Research Council |
Special Investigator Award |
01-Jan-1996 |
| Medal |
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering |
Gold Medal for Excellence in Research |
01-May-1997 |
| Medal |
Geological Society of Australia |
Selwyn Medal |
01-Sep-2002 |
| Medal |
Australian Government |
Centenary Medal |
01-May-2003 |
| Medal |
Australian Academy of Science |
Jaeger Medal |
01-May-2004 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| Quantifying the Phanerozoic thermal evolution and long-term stability of cratonic lithosphere using integrated low temperature thermochronology |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2002 |
| Integrated chronologies & dynamics of continental extension |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2003 |
| Developing a fully automated analytical system for the next generation of fission-track thermochronology |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL,
AUTOSCAN SYSTEMS PTY LTD |
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
01/01/2003 |
| The application of fission track analysis to fundamental problems in the Earth Sciences |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2005 |
| From crystal to craton: unravelling the low-temperature thermal evolution and long-term stability of cratonic lithosphere |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2005 |
| The application of fission track analysis to fundamental problems in Earth Science |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2006 |
| Reconstructing the morphotectonic evolution of rifted continental margins from low-temperature thermochronology |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2006 |
| The application of fission track analysis to fundamental problems in Earth Science |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2007 |
| ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY NANOSCALE STUDY OF IMPLANTED HEAVY IONS AS A PROXY FOR SPONTANEOUS U FISSION FRAGMENTS |
Chief Investigator |
AINSE |
Awards |
01/01/2007 |
| INVESTIGATING THE STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUST: A VIRTUAL FACILITY FOR THERMOCHRONOLOGY, NOBLE GAS GEOCHEMISTRY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY |
Chief Investigator |
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
01/01/2008 |
| A NEW GENERATION NOBLE GAS MASS SPECTROMETER FACILITY FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH IN THE EARTH, PLANETARY AND ENVIRONMENT SCIENCES |
Chief Investigator |
AUST NATIONAL UNIVERSITY |
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) |
|
| Long-term system evolution of the Krishna-Godavari Basin and its hinterland in eastern India: a partnership for enhancing offshore hydrocarbon exploration success |
Chief Investigator |
DEPT OF INNOVATION INDUSTRY SCIENCE & RESEARCH |
Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) |
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Contracts
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Award Date |
| PREDICTIVE MINERAL DISCOVERY CRC |
Chief Investigator |
PREDICTIVE MINERAL DISCOVERY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE (PMD*CRC) |
01/07/2001 |
| EARTH COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION COMPONENT OF THE AUSCOPE NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY |
Chief Investigator |
AUSCOPE LTD,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE |
26/10/2007 |
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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