Dr. Richard Hiscott - Personal Profile

Born: 1951 in Ontario, Canada

Specialities: Siliciclastic Sedimentology, Marine Geology, Basin Analysis, Seismic Stratigraphy

Professional Experience:

  • 2007 - present: life-time Emeritus Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
  • 1977 - 2007: Assistant to Full Professor, Earth Sciences Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
  • Jan.- Aug. 1989: Japanese Science and Technology Agency Fellow, Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba City, Japan.
  • Oct.-Dec. 1990: Professore contratto (teaching of 12 hours sedimentology to Italian students), Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy.
  • Jan.-Dec. 1998: Brunei Shell Fellow for Environmental Sciences, Petroleum Geosciences Department, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia.