John Clague

John Clague is the Canada Research Chair in Natural Hazard Research at Simon Fraser University and also, at the same institution, Director of the Centre for Natural Hazard Research. He has published over 250 papers in 45 different journals on a range of earth science disciplines, including glacial geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and natural hazards. Dr Clague's other principal professional interest is improving public awareness of earth science by making relevant geoscience...See more

John Clague is the Canada Research Chair in Natural Hazard Research at Simon Fraser University and also, at the same institution, Director of the Centre for Natural Hazard Research. He has published over 250 papers in 45 different journals on a range of earth science disciplines, including glacial geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and natural hazards. Dr Clague's other principal professional interest is improving public awareness of earth science by making relevant geoscience information available: he has written two popular books on the geology and geologic hazards of southwest British Columbia and a textbook on natural hazards. He is the recipient of the Geological Society of America Burwell Award, the Royal Society of Canada Bancroft Award, the Geological Association of Canada's (GAC) 2006 E. R. W. Neale Medal and GAC's 2007 Logan Medal. He was the 2007 8 Richard Jahns Distinguished Lecturer for the Geological Society of America and Association of Environmental and Engineering Geology. See less