C.V. Sarah-Jane Barnes Professor emerita |
06/2017-09/2020 |
Full Professor specializing in igneous petrology and economic geology, UQAC |
06/2003-06/2017 |
Canada Research Chair in Magmatic Ore Deposits, UQAC |
07/1995-06/2003 |
Full Professor specializing in igneous petrology and economic geology., UQAC |
06/1992-06/1995 |
Professor, specializing in igneous petrology and economic geology, UQAC |
08/1986-06/1992 |
Assistant Professor, specializing in igneous petrology and economic geology, UQAC |
07/1984-07/1986 |
Post-doctoral fellow with the Norwegian Council for Industrial and Scientific Research, based at the Geological Survey of Norway, Trondheim, studying the Caladonide Rana Layered Intrusion for a platinum deposit. |
08/1983-07/1984 |
Assistant professor (sabbatical replacement) University of Toronto, teaching igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary petrology to 3 ‘rd year students. |
01/1976-04/1979 |
Geologist with the Geological Survey of South West Africa. |
Sabbaticals |
08/2002 – 08/2003 |
CNRS, Nancy, France |
02/1994 – 07/1994 |
Monash University, Australia |
08/1993 – 02/1994 |
University of Copenhagen |
Education |
1983 |
Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, for a thesis entitled, The Origin of the Platinum Group Element Fractionation in Archean Komatiites of the Abitibi Belt, Northern Ontario. |
1979 |
M.Sc. from the University of Cape Town for a thesis entitled, Serpentinites in Central South West Africa/Namibia. |
1978 |
Higher Diploma of Library Science, from the University of South Africa, after a three year correspondence course |
1975 |
B.Sc. (Hons) majoring in Geology and Chemistry, from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. |
1971 |
Matric, High School for Young Ladies, Potchefstroom. |
Awards |
2020 |
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
2020 |
Duncan Derry Medal – the Mineral Deposits Division of Geological Association of Canada for contributions to Ore deposit modeling in Canada. Derry medal |
2018 |
13th International Platinum Symposium – Award for outstanding contribution to research on PGE-Cu-Ni deposits. |
2016 |
Jean Descarreaux Prize – L’Association de l’exploration minière du Québec Prix JD |
2015 |
SEG Distinguished Lecturer SEG |
2013 |
Best paper Mineralium Deposita Award Best Paper |
2007 |
Mineralogical Association Canada Past-Presidents Medal MAC |
1994 |
Gross medal awarded by the Mineral Deposits Division of Geological Association of Canada for contributions to Ore deposit modeling in Canada Gross medal |
Other Acitivies |
1997 – aujourd’hui |
I set up a list server (mag-sul) for the geologist studying ore deposits in mafic and ultramafic rocks. There are about 300 subscribers. |
2022 |
Member of the organizing committee for the 14th International Platinum Symposium |
2021 |
Co-editor of Special Issue of Economic Geology resulting from 14th Ni symposium |
2020 |
Co-organizer of 14th Ni sypmosium via zoom |
2000 – 2017 |
Member of DIVEX committee. DIVEX is a network of Quebec universities looking at diversing the exploration techniques in Quebec. |
2014 |
Member of the organizing comittee for 12th International Pt Symposium, Russia
http://12ips.uran.ru/ |
2012 |
Co-editor of a special issue of Chemical Geology, which published papers from the 11th International Platinum Symposium. |
2006-2009 |
Councilor for the Society of Economic Geologists. |
1998-2002 |
Co-leader with Mike Lesher (Laurentian University) of IGCP project 427 – Dynamics of magmatic Ore systems. This was a five year international project with the aim of encouraging meetings, field trips and collaborations between geologists with expertise in nickel and platinum ore deposits. |
1998-2002 |
Editor of Economic Geology. |
2002 |
Acted as editor for the special issue of Canadian Mineralogist in which we published the papers from the Rouyn meeting. |
2001 |
As part of IGCP 427 initiated a 12 day field trip to the Skaergaard intrusion of northern Greenland in September 2001. The trip was led by Jens Andersen of Cambourne School of Mines and Neil Irivine of Carneige Institute. |
1999 |
Organised the Ni-field symposium in Rouyn-Noranda, which approximately 50 people from 12 countries attended. In addition to the meeting there were 10 days of field trips to the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and to the Raglan Ni-sulfide deposits of northern Quebec. |
1999 |
Member of the FCAR New Researchers committee. |
1995-1998 |
Member of NSERC 08 committee. |
1992-1994 |
Councilor Canadian Mineralogist. |
1991-1993 |
Member of the Canadian Deep Continental Drilling Committee. |
1990 |
Guest editor for Canadian Mineralogist special issue on advances in the study of PGE. |
Titre à l'Université du Québec à Chicoutimi