Councillor Paul Morris (2016-2017)

Paul Morris

Paul Morris holds a BA  (Geography) and a BSc(Hons: Geology) from the University of Otago, and a PhD in geology from Victoria University of Wellington. He has held post-doctoral research and teaching positions at the University of Sydney, and Shimane University (Japan). Since 1988, he has been employed by the Geological Survey of Western Australia, and has been Chief Geochemist since 1996, responsible for GSWA’s regional regolith geochemistry and mapping program, acquisition of all geochemical data, and design, implementation and maintenance of GSWA’s corporate geochemical database.

Paul joined the then AEG in 1999, and has held several positions, including Symposium Coordinator (2003-7), AAG vice president (2008-9), AAG president (2010-11), Awards and Medals Committee chairman (2012-3), AAG Councillor (2014-5), AAG Education Committee Chairman (2011-). He was also co-chair of AAG’s 2005 International Applied Geochemistry Symposium, held in Perth in 2005.