Professor Bruce Yardley - Potted C.V.

Professor Bruce Yardley

POSITION

Professor of Metamorphic Geochemistry , University of Leeds

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Sept. 1974 - June 1976 Harkness Fellow, University of Washington
July/August 1976 Temporary Field Assistant, Irish Geological Survey
Oct. 1976 - Sept. 1977 Temporary Lecturer in Metamorphism,
Dept. of Geology, University of Manchester
Oct. 1977 - Dec. 1984 Lecturer in Geochemistry, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Jan. 1985 - Sept. 1989 Lecturer in Geochemistry, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds
Oct. 1989 - July 1995 Reader in Metamorphic Geochemistry, University of Leeds

Head, School of Earth Sciences, 1997-2000; School of Earth and Environment 2005-6

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

B.Sc. (2.1) Geology University of Exeter, 1971
Ph.D. Geology University of Bristol, 1974
D.Sc. Geology University of Bristol, 1994
Chartered Geologist, 1991

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Sept. 1974 - June 1976 Harkness Fellow, University of Washington
July/August 1976 Temporary Field Assistant, Irish Geological Survey
Oct. 1976 - Sept. 1977 Temporary Lecturer in Metamorphism, Dept. of Geology, University of Manchester
Oct. 1977 - Dec. 1984 Lecturer in Geochemistry, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Jan. 1985 - Sept. 1989 Lecturer in Geochemistry, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds
Oct. 1989 - July 1995 Reader in Metamorphic Geochemistry, University of Leeds

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

The Geological Society of London
The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain
The Mineralogical Society of America (Fellow)
The Geochemical Society
European Union of Geosciences
European Association of Geochemistry

HONOURS, FELLOWSHIPS

Harkness Fellowship of The Commonwealth Fund of New York, 1974-76
President's Award 1980, Geological Society of London
Elected Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America, 1983
Britain-Australia Bicentennial Committee Fellowship, 1988
Nuffield Foundation one-year Science Research Fellowship, 1989-90

COMMITTEES

NERC Geological Sciences Training Awards, 1981-4
NERC Fluid Processes Fellowships and Grants, 1985-7
NERC U.K. Scientific Deep Drilling Initiative, 1986-7
NERC Deep Geology Committee, 1987-9
NERC Geological Sciences Research Grants and Training Awards, 1991-4
NERC Isotope Facilities Programme Committee, 1992-6
Nuffield Foundation Undergraduate Research Bursaries Scheme, panel member, 1991-present
Council of the Mineralogical Society, 1982-4 and 1991-3
Metamorphic Studies Group Committee, 1981-5 and 1989-94 (Chairman, 1991-3)
U.K. Representative, IGCP Project 291 (Metamorphic Fluids and Ore Deposits), 1989-93
Geological Society of London, Council, 2001 – 2006
European Association of Geochemistry Council, 1997-

COMMITTEE CHAIRS etc.

Chair, Metamorphic Studies Group, 1991-3
Chair, NERC Ion Microprobe Steering Committee, 2001 - 2005
Science Secretary, Geological Society of London, 2002 – 2006
Vice President, European Association of Geochemistry, 2003-4
President, European Association of Geochemistry, 2005-6
Geological Society Bicentennial Conference Technical Committee, 2005 - 7

EDITORIAL BOARDS, etc.

Mineralogical Magazine, 1979-89
Lithos, 1983-92
Geological Magazine, 1983-2004
Bulletin de Mineralogie, 1986-88
European Journal of Mineralogy, 1989-1995
Geology, 1991-1994 and 1997-2000
Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 1993-present
Founding Editor, Geofluids, from January 2001

RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS

GR3/9002 £126676 over 3 years (1993-1996) "The halogen budget of metamorphism"
GR3/11087 £95191 over 2 years 6 months (1997-1999) "Tracking the origins of fluid infiltration into crystalline continental crust"
GST/02/2653 "Multi-scale fluid flow path analysis: calibration and modelling using mineralisation systems." (with Dr. A. Barnicoat, Leeds, and others) £114K
GST/02/2654 "Cementation of oilfield sandstones: Microgeochemical tracers reveal macro-fluid hydrogeology." (with Dr. S. Hazeldine , Edinburgh, and others) £185K
GR3/12910 " The effects of chloride salts on mineral solubility, speciation and immiscibility in H2O - CO2 - chloride fluids at high pressures and temperatures" (with Prof. C.M. Graham & K.I. Shmulovich, Edinburgh) £175K
NER/H/S/2000/00853 JIF grant "Quantitative evaluation of fluid flow and mass transfer in the Earth’s crust" (with R.A. Cliff, D.A. Banks and T.J. Shepherd) £893,613
NE/C5164X/1 UK Carbon Capture and Storage Consortium, (J. Gittins, Imperial), Co-Investigator, c. £95K 2005-2008.
NE/C004566/1 Biologically-Mediated Weathering of Minerals from Nanometre Scales to Environmental Systems, (S. Banwart, Sheffield), Co-Investigator, 2005-2008.
NE/D001366/1 Mechanisms of fluid penetration into gabbroic crust, IODP Site 1309, mid-Atlantic Ridge, (A.McCaig, Leeds), Co-Incestigator, 2005 – 2007.

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