Professor Emeritus
Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Peacock Medal 2010 from the Mineralogical Assocation of Canada
Phone: 519-253-3000 x3750
Office: GLIER Rm 315
email: Brian Fryer
Expertise:
Analytical geochemistry
Microanalysis
LA-ICP-MS
Otolith chemistry
Metal bioavailability
Metal cycling in the environment
Radiogenic isotope geochemistry
Research Interests:
Our team is developing new analytical methods, primarily using solution and laser ablation ICP-MS/OES, for elemental isotopic and organometallic analyses of natural systems. The team is applying the methods to environmental and geological processes.
Education:
Ph.D. 1971, Geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
B.Sc. 1968, Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Academic Positions:
Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 1993-present
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 2005-2008
Director, GLIER, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 2005-2009
Acting Director, GLIER, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 2001, 2003-2004
Executive Dean, Engineering and Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 1997-1999
Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada, 1993-1997
Head, Earth Sciences, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada, 1987-1993
Professor, Earth Sciences, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada, 1982-1993
Associate Professor, Earth Science, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada, 1979-1982
Assistant Professor, Earth Science, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada, 1977-1979
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 1974-1977
Visiting Professor, Earth Sciences, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1973-1974
Visiting Lecturer, Geology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, 1971-1973
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