Catherine Constable

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Catherine G. Constable
Alma mater University of Western Australia
Australian National University
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scientific career
Institutions Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Thesis Some statistical aspects of the geomagnetic field  (1989)

Catherine G. Constable is an Australian earth scientist who is a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her research considers palaeo- and geo-magnetism. Constable was awarded the American Geophysical Union William Gilbert Award in 2013 and elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017.

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Early life and education

Constable was born in St Andrews. At the age of eleven her family moved to Australia. She completed her high school education in Perth and attended the University of Western Australia for her undergraduate studies.[ citation needed ] As a graduate student, Constable moved to the Australian National University. Her master's dissertation investigated the variations in holocene geomagnetism in Queensland. [1] She was a doctoral researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where she continued to study geomagnetism and focussed on statistical analysis.[ citation needed ]

Research and career

Constable was appointed to the faculty at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography after completing her doctoral degree, where she was eventually made a Professor of Geophysics. She has continued to study the time variation of geomagnetic fields [2] and how these dynamical processes impact the deep interior [3] of planet Earth. [4] [5]

Academic service

From 2006 to 2009, Constable was Head of the Earth Section at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [6] In 2009, she was made Deputy Director for Research and Associate Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences. [6] Alongside her work at the Scripps Institution, Constable held various positions of leadership at the American Geophysical Union. [7] She oversaw the geomagnetism and paleomagnetism (GP) communities. Constable was involved with the Future Focus Task Force of the AGU and contributed to the Mission Alignment Project (MAP). She was elected to the Board of Directors of the AGU in 2013. [8]

Awards and honours

Selected publications


Personal life

Constable is married to geophysicist Steven Constable. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Constable, Catherine (1982). Holocene geomagnetic secular variation in Queensland (Thesis). OCLC   222145435.
  2. ↑ "Home". CATHERINE CONSTABLE. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Anna. "Earth's magnetic field changes faster than previously thought". www.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  4. ↑ "Constable Receives 2013 William Gilbert Award". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  5. ↑ "Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographs". library.ucsd.edu. 1980. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  6. 1 2 "Biography". CATHERINE CONSTABLE. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  7. ↑ "AGU - American Geophysical Union". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  8. 1 2 "William Gilbert Award | AGU". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. ↑ "Price Medal". The Royal Astronomical Society. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  10. ↑ "Fellows Alphabetical List". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  11. ↑ "United States Antarctic Activities 2003-2004" (PDF). National Science Foundation . 2003-11-30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  12. ↑ Constable, Catherine (2014). "Constable Receives 2013 William Gilbert Award: Response". Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. 95 (28): 257. Bibcode:2014EOSTr..95..257C. doi:10.1002/2014EO280011. ISSN   2324-9250.
  13. ↑ "2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  14. ↑ "Cathy Constable". Geology Bites. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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