Dominique Weis

Dominique Weis
Academic background
EducationPhD., 1982, Université libre de Bruxelles
Academic work
DisciplineGeochemistry
InstitutionsUniversité libre de Bruxelles
University of British Columbia

Dominique Weis FRSC is a Canadian scientist. She is a Canada Research Chair in the Geochemistry of the Earth's Mantle at the University of British Columbia.

Early life and education

Weis obtained her BSc in geology and mineralogy (1979) and PhD (1982) from the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). She later completed a master's degree in environmental sciences (1983) and Habilitation Geochemistry (1992) at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

She later undertook postdoctoral research fellowships at University of Paris VII (1984) and California Institute of Technology (1985–7). Weis was also a Chercheur Qualifié FNRS (1985–1993), Maître de Recherches (1993–1998) and Directeur de Recherches (1998–2001) at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

Career

In 2002, Weis was appointed a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada as she established the Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR).[1]

By 2009, she was the recipient of the Killam Faculty Research Senior Fellows Award[2] and renewed as a Canada Research Chair.[3] The following year, the PCIGR was approved for funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and B.C. Knowledge Development Fund. This allowed the centre to update its geochemical analytical equipment.[4] As a result of her research, Weis was elected a Geochemical Fellow by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry.[5]

In 2016, Weis was elected to sit on the Geochemical Society Board[6] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[7] In the following years, she was also renewed as a Canada Research Chair in the Geochemistry of the Earth’s Mantle[8] and named President-elect of the Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section of the American Geophysical Union.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Gerry Byrne and Allan Rock announce $130.1 million in investment for 123 new Canada Research Chairs". innovation.ca. November 12, 2002. Retrieved December 30, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Physics, Computer Science Stand Out in Killams". science.ubc.ca. January 26, 2009. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  3. ^ "Government of Canada strengthens research excellence by investing $159.1 million to fund 181 Canada Research Chairs across the country". innovation.ca. September 23, 2009. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "New Instrumentation for PCIGR". pcigr.eos.ubc.ca. 2010. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "2011 Geochemical Fellows announced". pcigr.eos.ubc.ca. 2011. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  6. ^ "Dominique Weis elected Geochemical Society Board Member". pcigr.eos.ubc.ca. 2016. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  7. ^ "Professor Dominique Weis elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada". eoas.ubc.ca. September 8, 2016. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  8. ^ "Dominique Weis Awarded 3rd Term as Canada Research Chair". pcigr.eos.ubc.ca. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  9. ^ "Dominique Weis elected AGU VGP President-elect!". pcigr.eos.ubc.ca. 2019. Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.