Mike Kendall | |
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Born | John-Michael Kendall 1962 (age 57–58) [1] |
Alma mater | Queen's University (BSc, PhD) |
Awards | Bullerwell Lecture (2003) [2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Geology Geophysics Seismology [3] |
Institutions | University of Oxford Chevron Corporation Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of Toronto University of Leeds [4] University of Bristol [5] [6] |
Thesis | Contributions to the theory and modelling of seismic waves in anisotropic inhomogeneous media with applications to subduction-zones (1991) |
Doctoral advisor | Colin J. Thomson [6] |
Website | johnmichaelkendall |
John-Michael Kendall (born 1962) [1] FRS [7] is a Geophysicist and Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford. [2] [8]
Kendall was educated at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 [6] and a PhD in 1991 supervised by Colin J. Thomson. [1] [6] [9]
Kendall's research interests are in geology, geophysics and seismology. [3] [10] Kendall has led field experiments in a range of geologic settings varying from the Arctic Archipelago, to Oman [11] and Ethiopia. [12] [13]
Previously Kendall has worked for the Chevron Corporation in Canada, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States, the University of Toronto, the University of Leeds [4] and the University of Bristol. [5] [6]
Kendall served as president of the British Geophysical Association (BGA) and vice-president (Geophysics) of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). In 2019, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) and in 2011 he was elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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