Ian S. E. Carmichael | |
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Born | Ian Stuart Edward Carmichael 29 March 1930 |
Died | 26 August 2011 | (aged 81)
Education | Westminster School |
Alma mater |
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Known for | Thermodynamics of igneous systems |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | Volcanic geology of Thingmuli, eastern Iceland (1962) |
Doctoral advisor | George P. L. Walker[1] |
Notable students |
Ian Stuart Edward Carmichael FRS (29 March 1930 –26 August 2011) was a British-born American igneous petrologist and volcanologist who established extensive quantitative methods for research in the thermodynamics of magma.