AWARDS AND HONORS

Professional Awards
  • Waldermar Lindgren Citation for Excellence in Research, 1970, Society of Economic Geologists.
  • Frank Wigglesworth Clarke Medal, 1973, Geochemical Society.
  • Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Science and Technology, 1981, The Pennsylvania State University.
  • Silver Medal, 1994, Society of Economic Geologists.
  • Wilson Award for Excellent in Research, 2001, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State University.
Other Professional Awards and Honors
  • Fulbright Graduate Fellowship, 1964-1969.
  • Killam Post Doctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta, 1968-70.
  • The Japan Society for Promotion of Science, Senior Fellow, 1976-77.
  • The United States Geological Survey Lecturer, Short Course on "Ore Genesis and Isotope Geochemistry", Denver, 1977.
  • Canadian Institute of Mining and Engineering Lecturer, lecture tour of five Canadian universities, 1978.
  • The U.S.-Japan-Canada Cooperative Research Project on the Genesis of Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits, Director, 1978-1983.
  • Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Geochemistry, Chairman, 1981.
  • Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Fellow, Univ. of Göetingen, Germany, 2//82 - 8/82.
  • Hoots Memorial Lecturer, Stanford University, 1984.
  • Hugh Exton McKinstry Memorial Lecturer, Harvard University, 1984.
  • Centre National de la Recherches Scientifique, and Centre de Recherches sur la Géologie de l'Uranium, France, Visiting Professor, 2/84 - 8/84.
  • The Nordic Research Council Lecturer, Short course on "Isotope Geochemistry of Ore Deposits", Oslo, Norway, 1986.
  • The Mineralogical Society of America, Lecturer, Short course on " Stable Isotopes in High Temperature Geological Processes", San Antonio, Texas, 1986.
  • The Nordic Research Council, Lecturer, Lecture tour of Danish institutions, 1987.
  • Week's Lecturer, the University of Wisconsin, 1987.
  • Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Lecturer, Short Course on “Sediment hosted basemetal deposits”, Brisbane, Australia, 1993.
  • Adjunct Professor at Japanese National Universities:
    • Hokkaido University, 4/88 - 3/89; 4/96 - 3/97
    • Ibaraki University, 4/91-3/92
    • Hiroshima University, 4/91 - 3/92
    • Kyoto University, 4/91- 3/92
    • Kumamoto University, 4/92 - 3/93
    • Akita University, 4/92 - 3/93
    • Yamagata University, 4/92 - 3/93
    • Niigata University, 4/95 - 3/96
    • Chiba University, 4/95 - 3/96
    • Yamaguchi University, 4/96 - 3/97
    • Kagoshima University, 4/96 - 3/97
    • Tsukuba University, 4/97 - 3/98
    • The Research Council of Japan, member, 4/88 - 3/98
  • Advisor, Geosciences and Environmental Sciences departments, Washington State Univ., 2001.
    Served as one of two members to evaluate two departments (Geosciens and Environmental Sciences) of the Washington, State Univeristy, 2001.
  • Director, International research project on “Origins of banded iron formations”, funded from the Japanese Ministry of Education and NASA Astrobiology Institute, 1999 –2001.
  • Coordinator of the Archean Biosphere Drilling Project, a new initiative by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the Australian Geological Survey, the University of Western Australia, and the Japanese Ministry of Education, 2002 – present.



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