Former Members

Over the years, the department has had some brilliant faculty and staff members come and go. Here is a list of our past staff members.

NAME POSITION/TENURE CONTACT
Juergen Adam Instructor  Royal Holloway, University of London
Ronald Boyd Professor (1982 - 1991)  
Gordon Brown Technologist (1970 - 2008)  
D. Barrie Clarke Professor (1970 - 2008)  
Nick Culshaw Professor (1986 - 2016) Deceased - August 10, 2022
Dorothy Godfrey-Smith Professor (1997 - 2005)  
James Hall Professor (1970 - 2001)  
Franco Medioli Professor (1965 - 1996)  Deceased - January 14, 2014
Gunter Muecke Professor (1970 - 2002)  
David J. W. Piper Professor (1972 - 1979)  
Peter Reynolds Professor (1973 - 2006)  
Paul Robinson Professor (1980 - 1995)  
Patrick J. C. Ryall Professor (1981 - 2010)  
Anne-Marie Ryan University Teaching Fellow (2016-2022)
Senior Instructor (2006-16)
Instructor (1997-2006)
Deceased - January 20, 2022
Paul Schenk Professor (1963 - 1997)  Deceased - April 10, 2000
David B. Scott NSERC Research Fellow (1980 -1985)
Professor (1985 - 2014)
Chair, Department of Earth Sciences (2008 - 2011)
Deceased - December 21, 2021
Peter Wallace
Senior Instructor (1979 - 2009)  
Charles Walls Technologist (1978 - 2005)
Senior Instructor (2006 - 2016)