One of my favorite past times: Hobie Cat Sailing on Lake Michigan

Portrait by Jon Friedman

CURRICULUM VITAE

DAVID BALLANTYNE ROWLEY

Department of Geophysical Sciences

The University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois 60637

773-702-8146

email: drowley@ uchicago.edu

Personal

Born March 14,1954; 3 children

Education

Lake Forest College,1972-1973

Denison University,1973-1976

University of Illinois,1975 (summer)

State University of New York at Albany,1976-1982

Degrees

B.Sc Denison University,1976

M.Sc. State University of New York at Albany,1980

Ph.D. State University of New York at Albany,1983

Theses

Complex structure and stratigraphy of the lower slices of the Taconic Allochthon near Granville, New York: M.Sc. thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 258 pp.

Operation of the Wilson Cycle in western New England during the Early Paleozoic: with emphasis on the stratigraphy, structure, and emplacement of the Taconic Allochthon: Ph.D. thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 602 pp.

Professional Experience

Professor, The University of Chicago 2000-present

Department Chair, The University of Chicago April 1999-June 2006

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Earth System Evolution Program- Senior Fellow April 1999-2015

Associate Professor, The University of Chicago 1993-2000

Senior Research Associate, The University of Chicago, 1986-1992

Lecturer, The University of Chicago, Fall 1984, Structural Geology

Research Associate, The University of Chicago, Paleogeographic Atlas Project, 1982-1986

Lecturer, State University of New York at Albany, Spring 1982 

Research Associate, State University of New York at Albany, Spring and Summer, 1982

Editor, Journal of Geology, July 2008-

Associate Editor, Geology, 1993-1998

External Visiting Committees, Harvard Earth and Planetary Sciences 2004-present, Princeton Geosciences 2007, Lehigh Geosciences 2009, Arizona State University

University Committees, Council of the Senate, 2000-2003,2004-2007, 2009- ; Committee of the Council, 2006; Vice President’s Committee on Physical Sciences Core Facilities, 2005; Ryerson Lecturer Selection Committee, 2005-2007(chair), Physical Sciences Diversity Committee (Chair), 2007-2013; Block Board, 2009- 2015, Provost’s Committee to Assess GEMS, 2009.

Last Updated: April 3, 2015