Iain Stewart (geologist)

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Iain Stewart
Born1964 (age 59–60)
East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
NationalityScottish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Strathclyde, Bristol University
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsGeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Plymouth, West London Institute of Higher Education, Brunel University
ThesisThe evolution of neotectonic normal fault scarps in the Aegean Region (1990)
Doctoral advisorPaul Hancock
John Thornes
Websitewww.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/istewart
twitter.com/Profiainstewart

Iain Simpson Stewart MBE FGS FRSE (born 1964)[1] is a Scottish geologist who is currently Jordan-UK El Hassan bin Talal Research Chair in Sustainability at the Royal Scientific Society in Jordan. He is a UNESCO Chair in Geoscience and Society and formerly a member of the Scientific Board of UNESCO's International Geoscience Programme.[2] Described as geology's "rock star",[3] Stewart is best known to the public as the presenter of a number of science programmes for the BBC, notably the BAFTA nominated[4] Earth: The Power of the Planet (2007).

He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, the Royal Society of Edinburgh,[5] and President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Until 2021 he was Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute at University of Plymouth and remains a of Professor of Geoscience Communication there, in addition to his role as co-Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability at Ashoka University.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Iain Stewart". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Iain Stewart". Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  3. ^ Jha, Alok; Sample, Ian; Boase, Nell; Duckworth, Andy (8 September 2008). "Science Weekly: Iain Stewart on climate change". Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Television Specialist Factual". Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. ^ "RSE Welcomes 60 New Fellows" (Press release). Royal Society of Edinburgh. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.