Keith O'Nions
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Sir Robert Keith O'Nions FRS HonFREng[1] (born 26 September 1944),[2] is a British scientist and ex-President & Rector of Imperial College London. He is the former Director General of the Research Councils UK as well as Professor of the Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and Head of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford.[3]
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Sir Robert Keith O'Nions | |
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Born | (1944-09-26) 26 September 1944 (age 79) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham University of Alberta |
Awards | Bigsby Medal (1983) Arthur Holmes Medal (1995) Lyell Medal (1995) Knight Bachelor (1999) Urey Medal (2001) HonFREng[1] (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Alberta University of Oslo University of Oxford Imperial College London Columbia University University of Cambridge |
Thesis | Geochronology of the Bamble sector of the Baltic Shield, South Norway (1969) |
Doctoral advisor | Roger D. Morton |
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