Ian Plimer
| Ian Plimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1946 |
| Residence | Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Fields | Earth Science, Geology, Mining Engineering |
| Institutions | University of New England, University of Newcastle, University of Melbourne, University of Adelaide |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales, Macquarie University |
| Thesis | The pipe deposits of tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth in eastern Australia (1973) |
| Notable awards | Eureka Prize (1995, 2002), Centenary Medal (2003), Clarke Medal (2004) |
Ian Rutherford Plimer (born 12 February 1946) is an Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and the director of multiple mineral exploration and mining companies. He has published many scientific papers, six books and is one of the co-editors of Encyclopedia of Geology. He has been an outspoken critic of both creationism and the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change.
Ian Plimer grew up in Sydney and attended Normanhurst Boys' High School. He earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in mining engineering at the University of New South Wales in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Geology at Macquarie University in 1976. His doctoral thesis (from 1973) was titled, The pipe deposits of tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth in eastern Australia.
Ian Plimer started as a tutor and senior tutor in Earth sciences at Macquarie University from 1968 to 1973. After finishing his Ph.D., he became a lecturer in geology at the W.S. and L.B. Robinson University College of the University of New South Wales at Broken Hill from 1974 to 1979. Plimer then went to work for North Broken Hill Ltd. between 1979 and 1982, becoming chief research geologist. Due to his publication of a number of academic papers, he was offered a job as senior lecturer in economic geology at the University of New England in 1982. After two years, he left to become a professor and head of geology at the University of Newcastle through 1991. Plimer later served as professor and head of geology of the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne from 1991 to 2005. He was conferred as professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne in 2005, and is a professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide.
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