13 Facts About Alexander Halliday

Sir Alexander Norman Halliday was born on 11 August 1952 and is a British geochemist and academic who is the Founding Dean Emeritus of the Columbia Climate School, and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Alexander Halliday joined the Earth Institute in April 2018, after spending more than a decade at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford, during which time he was dean of science and engineering.

Alexander Halliday is a professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University.

Alexander Halliday received his undergraduate degree and PhD degree in geology from Newcastle University in 1977.

Alexander Halliday's research involves the use of isotopic methods to study Earth and planetary processes.

Alexander Halliday is a former president of the Geochemical Society; the European Association of Geochemistry; and the Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology Section of the American Geophysical Union.

Alexander Halliday has experience with a range of top science boards and advisory panels including those of the Natural Environment Research Council, HEFCE, the Natural History Museum, the Max Planck Society, the Royal Society and the American Geophysical Union.

Alexander Halliday is currently a Fellow of the Royal Society and Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences.

Alex Alexander Halliday is an isotope geochemist known for novel mass spectrometry techniques and their applications to the Earth and planetary sciences.

Alexander Halliday has collaborated with many others, for example, Bernard Wood.

Alexander Halliday was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2000 and a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Alexander Halliday was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Science and Innovation.

Alexander Halliday is the recipient of an Honorary Degree from the University of St Andrews.