Bruce Houghton

Bruce Houghton
Born29 April 1950 (1950-04-29) (age 74)
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Auckland, University of Otago
Scientific career
FieldsGeology/Volcanology
InstitutionsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS), New Zealand
ThesisGeology of the Takitimu group and associated intrusive rocks, central Takitimu Mountains, western Southland, New Zealand (1977)

Bruce F. Houghton (born 29 April 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand volcanologist. He was a student at Auckland University, and University of Otago, where he completed a PhD in 1977 on the geology of the Takatimu Mountains in western Southland.[1]

As of 2010, Houghton was the Hawai'i State volcanologist and the Gordon A. Macdonald Professor of Volcanology at the University of Hawaiʻi.[2][3] In August 2017, Bruce was awarded the highest award in volcanology, the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior's Thorarinsson Medal. He is recognized as "a giant of volcanology".[4]

  1. ^ Houghton, Bruce (1977). Geology of the Takitimu group and associated intrusive rocks, central Takitimu Mountains, western Southland, New Zealand (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/3991.
  2. ^ University of Hawai'i: Department of Geology and Geophysics profile Archived 9 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Houghton, Bruce. "Bruce Houghton appointed to the Gordon A Macdonald chair in volcanology". Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences Limited (GNS), New Zealand. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  4. ^ Morton, Jamie (31 August 2017). "Kiwi 'giant of volcanology' Bruce Houghton wins world honour". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 May 2018.