Prof John Ludden

Prof John Ludden BGS Director

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3226

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Biography

  •  The Skinner's school, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK
  •  2006 :  2006–present Executive Director, British Geological Survey, UK
  •  2002 –2006 :  2002–2006 Associate Director for Earth Sciences, CNRS-INSU, France
  •  1994 –2002 :  1994–2002 Director CRPG-CNRS, Nancy, France
  •  1984 –2004 :  1984–2004 Professor and Research Institute Director, University of Montreal, Canada
  •  1978 –1984 :  1978–1984 Associate Professor University of Montreal, Canada
  •  1976 –1978 :  1976–1978 Post Doctoral fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
  •  1973 –1976 :  1973–1976 PhD Manchester University, UK
  •  1970 –1973 :  1970–1973 BA (Hons), University of Lancaster, Environmental Sciences, UK

Current projects and collaboration

  •  Board Member ISES - Integrated Solid Earth Sciences - Research schools
  •  Board Member of Network of Research Infrastructures for European Seismology
  •  Board member GEOTOP, Canada
  •  Executive Board European Member, IODP-International
  •  Executive Board Member, Natural Environmental Research Council
  •  Executive Director, British Geological Survey, Senior Leadership Team
  •  Member of the EC Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP)
  •  Member, British Geological Survey Board
  •  President of EuroGeosurveys — The association of European Geological Surveys

Skills

  •  French speaker
  •  Igneous petrology and geochemistry
  •  Science leadership

Professional association

  •  2008 :  2008 Chartered Geologist
  •  2007 :  Council Member, Geological Society of London
  •  2002 :  2002–present member, President, Past President, European Geosciences Union
  •  2000 :  2000–present Past president, International Association of Geochemistry
  •  1995 :  1995 Honorary President, Societe Geologique de France
  •  1976 :  1976–present Member American Geophysical Union

Research interests

  •  Earth systems science
  •  Energy science
  •  Science into government
  •  Sea-floor hydrothermal systems

Published outputs

Key papers

Isotopic portrayal of the Earth's upper mantle flow field
Author(s): Meyzen, CM; Blichert-Toft, J; Ludden, JN, et al.
Source: NATURE   Volume: 447   Issue: 7148   Pages: 1069-1074   Published: 2007

Sulfur isotope evidence for microbial sulfate reduction in altered oceanic basalts at ODP Site 801
Author(s): Rouxel, O; Ono, SH; Alt, J, et al.
Source: EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS   Volume: 268   Issue: 1-2   Pages: 110-123   Published: 2008

Subduction fluxes through geologic time
Author(s): Ludden, J
Conference Information: Goldschmidt Conference 2006, Date: 2006 Cologne GERMANY
Source: APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY   Volume: 24   Issue: 6   Pages: 1052-1057   Published: 2009

Re-Os results from ODP Site 801: Evidence for extensive Re uptake during alteration of oceanic crust
Author(s): Reisberg, L; Rouxel, O; Ludden, J, et al.
Conference Information: 3rd International Workshop on Highly Siderophile Element Geochemistry, Date: JUL 05-08, 2006 Durham ENGLAND
Source: CHEMICAL GEOLOGY   Volume: 248   Issue: 3-4   Pages: 256-271   Published: 2008

Hf-Nd input flux in the Izu-Mariana subduction zone and recycling of subducted material in the mantle
Author(s): Chauvel, C; Marini, JC; Plank, T, et al.
Source: GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS   Volume: 10   Article Number: Q01001   Published: 2009
Times Cited: 1