Bruce Houghton | |
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Born |
29 April 1950 (age 67) Auckland, New Zealand |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Fields | Geology/Volcanology |
Institutions | University of Hawai'i Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS), NZ |
Alma mater | University of Auckland, University of Otago |
Influences | George P. L. Walker |
Bruce F. Houghton is a New Zealand volcanologist. He was born on 29 April 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand. He was a student under Professor George P. L. Walker (a James Cook fellow) at Auckland University (University of New Zealand).
Houghton is currently the Hawai'i State volcanologist and the Gordon A. MacDonald Professor of Volcanology at the University of Hawai'i.
Houghton is married to Alison, and they have two children.