Home Bright Sparcs
Biographical entry

Home | Browse | Search | Previous | Next
 Be a Bright Sparcs Supporter

Hobbs, Bruce Edward (1936 - )

FAA
 
Science administrator and Geologist
Born: 23 October 1936  Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Bruce Edward Hobbs is Chief Scientist of Western Australia and Executive Officer of the Office of Science and Innovation at the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Previously, he held many academic positions including Foundation Professor of Earth Sciences at Monash University, Visiting Professor at University of California (1980), Visiting Professor at Brown University in Providence, USA (1978), Professor of Structural Geology at the State University of New York (1971) and Geology lecturer at the University of Sydney. Hobbs left academia in 1984 to join CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) as Chief Research Scientist in the Division of Geomechanics, Melbourne and was promoted several times before becoming Chief of CSIRO Exploration and Mining in 1992. In February 2000, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of Minerals and Energy, CSIRO. In the past decade Bruce Hobbs has worked on developing computer applications that simulate mechanical behaviour, fluid flow, heat flow and chemical reactions governing ore body formation. The goal is to produce a predictive modelling capability that enhances our ability to discover new ore bodies. In recognition of his great work, he has received numerous prizes and awards including the John Jaeger Medal for Science (2001), Senior Fulbright Award (1979), United States Antarctic Research Program Medal (1970), Junior Fulbright Award (1966) and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 1991.
Adapted from http://www.otd.nt.gov.au/dcm/otd/innovation/tropical_futures/pdf/profile_hobbs.pdf
Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://sciencewa.net.au/osi.asp?pg=14

Chronology
1959Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Sydney
1960 - 1966Lecturer in Geology at the University of Sydney
1962Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Sydney
1965 - 1967Research Geologist at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California, USA
1966 - 1967Senior Lecturer in Geology at the University of New South Wales
1967Stillwell Award received from the Geological Society of Australia
1967 - 1971Fellow of the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the Australian National University in Canberra
1970United States Antarctic Research Program Medal received
1971 - 1972Professor of Structural Geology at the State University of New York, USA
1972 - 1984Foundation Professor of Geology and Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences at Monash University in Clayton, Victoria
1977 - 1982Member of the Australian Science and Technology Council
1978 - 1979Visiting Professor at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA (fourteen months)
1979Fulbright Award received
1980 - 1981Visiting Professor at the University of California, USA (six months)
1984 - 1987Chief Research Scientists at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Geomechanics
1987 - c. 1992Chief of the CSIRO Division of Geomechanics
1987 - c. 2003Honorary Research Associate at Monash University
1991 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1992 - 2000Chief of CSIRO Exploration and Mining
2000 - 2003Deputy Chief of CSIRO Executive of Minerals and Energy
2001Jaeger Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
2003 - Chief Scientist in the Western Australian Government

 
Google
Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 15 November 2005
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
Disclaimer, Copyright and Privacy Policy
Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 26 February 2007
http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P004653b.htm
[ Top of page | Bright Sparcs Home | Browse | Search ]