The Ron Oxburgh Fellowship in Earth Sciences
Named in honour of former President Rt Hon. Professor Lord Ernest Oxburgh FREng KBE FRS
The Ron Oxburgh Fellowship
This Fellowship was established in 2019 and named for Lord Oxburgh (Honorary Fellow), Queens' President from 1982-88. This follows the College tradition of naming Fellowships after distinguished former Presidents, including Law Fellowships named in honour of Sir Arthur Armitage and Sir Derek Bowett, a Fellowship in Theology in honour of the Revd John Polkinghorne, and a Fellowship without subject bias named in honour of Lord Eatwell.
"The need to understand climate, resources, natural hazards and energy is now paramount for society. Earth Sciences in Cambridge is going from strength to strength and the colleges play an extremely important role in supporting the development of the students and of the subject. Queens’ Earth Scientists go on to important roles in Government, industry and business of all kinds, building on the foundation of knowledge and the analytical skills they developed in in their undergraduate degree at Cambridge."
This subject Fund follows the endowment of The Ron Oxburgh Fellowship in Earth Sciences in 2019, demonstrating Queens' commitment to attracting the best students and academics in this discipline.
The College has been fortunate to count such accomplished experts as Professor James Jackson CBE within its Earth Sciences faculty. Professor Jackson served as the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences from 2008-2016, and retired in the 2021-22 academic year.
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The inaugural Ron Oxburgh Fellow
Professor Marie Edmonds is Vice President of Queens' College and a reader in volcanology, igneous petrology, and geochemistry in the Department of Earth Sciences. Her research deals with volatiles in magmas and volcanic processes.
Professor Marie Edmonds
Professor Marie Edmonds
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