Catherine Constable Explained

Catherine G. Constable
Workplaces:	Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Alma Mater:	University of Western Australia Australian National University Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Thesis Title:	Some statistical aspects of the geomagnetic field
Thesis Url:	http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1113711694
Thesis Year:	1989

Catherine G. Constable is an Australian earth scientist who is a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Her research considers palaeo- and geo-magnetism. Constable was awarded the American Geophysical Union William Gilbert Award in 2013 and elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2017.

Early life and education

Constable was born in St Andrews. At the age of eleven her family moved to Australia. She completed her high school education in Perth and attended the University of Western Australia for her undergraduate studies. As a graduate student, Constable moved to the Australian National University. Her master's dissertation investigated the variations in holocene geomagnetism in Queensland.^[1] She was a doctoral researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, where she continued to study geomagnetism and focussed on statistical analysis.

Research and career

Constable was appointed to the faculty at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography after completing her doctoral degree, where she was eventually made a Professor of Geophysics. She has continued to study the time variation of geomagnetic fields^[2] and how these dynamical processes impact the deep interior^[3] of planet Earth.^{[4] [5]}

Academic service

From 2006 to 2009, Constable was Head of the Earth Section at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.^[6] In 2009, she was made Deputy Director for Research and Associate Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences. Alongside her work at the Scripps Institution, Constable held various positions of leadership at the American Geophysical Union.^[7] She oversaw the geomagnetism and paleomagnetism (GP) communities. Constable was involved with the Future Focus Task Force of the AGU and contributed to the Mission Alignment Project (MAP). She was elected to the Board of Directors of the AGU in 2013.^[8]

Awards and honours

• 1997 Royal Astronomical Society Price Medal for Geomagnetism^[9]
• 1999 Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union^[10]
• 2004 National Science Foundation Antarctica Service Medal^[11]
• 2013 American Geophysical Union William Gilbert Award^[12]
• 2017 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[13]

Selected publications

• • • • Johnson . C. L. . Catherine Johnson (scientist). Constable . C. G. . Tauxe . L. . Barendregt . R. . Brown . L. L. . Coe . R. S. . Layer . P. . Mejia . V. . Opdyke . N. D. . Singer . B. S. . Staudigel . H. . Stone . D. B. . Recent investigations of the 0-5 Ma geomagnetic field recorded by lava flows: THE 0-5 Ma GEOMAGNETIC FIELD FROM LAVAS . Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems . April 2008 . 9 . 4 . n/a . 10.1029/2007GC001696. free .

Personal life

Constable is married to geophysicist Steven Constable.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Holocene geomagnetic secular variation in Queensland. 1982. English. Catherine. Constable. 222145435.
2. Web site: Home. 2021-01-19. CATHERINE CONSTABLE. en-US.
3. Web site: Harrison. Anna. Earth's magnetic field changes faster than previously thought. 2021-01-19. www.leeds.ac.uk. en.
4. Web site: Constable Receives 2013 William Gilbert Award. 2021-01-19. Honors Program. en-US.
5. Web site: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photographs. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20211211220429/https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb12981130 . 2021-12-11 . 2021-01-19. library.ucsd.edu. 1980.
6. Web site: Biography. 2021-01-19. CATHERINE CONSTABLE. en-US.
7. Web site: AGU - American Geophysical Union. 2021-01-19. www.agu.org.
8. Web site: William Gilbert Award AGU. 2021-01-19. www.agu.org.
9. Web site: Price Medal. 2021-01-19. The Royal Astronomical Society. en.
10. Web site: Fellows Alphabetical List. 2021-01-19. Honors Program. en-US.
11. Web site: 2003-11-30. United States Antarctic Activities 2003-2004. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210414130218/https://www.nsf.gov/geo/opp/antarct/treaty/pdf/0304Plans.pdf . 2021-04-14 . 2021-01-19. National Science Foundation.
12. Constable. Catherine. 2014. Constable Receives 2013 William Gilbert Award: Response. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union. en. 95. 28. 257. 10.1002/2014EO280011. 2014EOSTr..95..257C. 2324-9250.
13. Web site: 2017 AAAS Fellows Recognized for Advancing Science American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2021-01-19. www.aaas.org. en.
14. Web site: Cathy Constable. 2021-01-19. Geology Bites. en-US.