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Bruce Runnegar

Professor Emeritus

310-206-1738
runnegar@ucla.edu
5661 Geology

PhD  University of Queensland, 1978

Awards

  • SEPM Award for the Outstanding Paper in the Journal of Paleontology
    1974
  • Inaugural Mawson Lecture and Medal, Australian Academy of Science
    1981
  • Australian Academy of Sciences Mawson Lecturer
    1981
  • Personal Chair in Geology, University of England
    1985
  • Groupe Francais d’Etude du Gondwana Membre d’Honneur
    1986
  • Australian Academy of Science Fellow
    1987
  • Sloan Fellow in Molecular Evolution
    1994
  • Geological Society of America Fellow
    1998
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
    1999
  • California Academy of Sciences Fellow
    2004
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration Group Achievement Award
    2009
  • Paleontological Association Lapworth Medal
    2009
  • Paleontological Society Fellow
    2010
  • Paleontological Society Medal
    2010
  • Honorary Research Professor of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland
    1993

Research Areas

  • Geobiology

Membership in Academies and Societies

  • Geological Society of America
  • Guggenheim Fellowship

The Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at UCLA acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (the Los Angeles basin and So. Channel Islands). As a land grant institution, we pay our respects to the Honuukvetam (Ancestors), ‘Ahiihirom (Elders) and ‘Eyoohiinkem (our relatives/relations) past, present and emerging.

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