Background
Chivas, Allan Ross was born on May 14, 1950 in Sydney, Australia. Son of Charles William and Muriel Ruth (Brown) Chivas.
Chivas, Allan Ross was born on May 14, 1950 in Sydney, Australia. Son of Charles William and Muriel Ruth (Brown) Chivas.
Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Sydney, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Sydney, 1977.
Geologist, AMAX Coal Company Exploration, Perth, Australia, 1972-1973;
research fellow, CRPG, Nancy, France, 1978-1979;
senior fellow, leader environmental geochemistry group, The Australian National U., 1979-1995;
head School of Geosci., U. Wollongong, since 1995. Visiting scientist United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, 1977-1978. Chair steering committee Climates of the Past/project of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization/International Union of Geological Sciences, since 1995.
Project leader, since 1997. Leader working group ondating, IGCP Project on Continental Shelves in the Quaternary, United Kingdom,1996-.
Member Australian Institute Nuclear science and Engineering (member accelerator mass spectrometry specialist committee since 1995, chairman since 1998).