1 VITAE: BERNARD HALLET Last update: 4/15/2013 Biographical Data Born: September 28, 1948 Ciney, Belgium U.S. Citizen Bernard Hallet has considerable experience in studying diverse glacial and periglacial processes that shape landscapes primarily in mountainous and polar regions. He also studies aeolian processes, solar weathering and atmosphere-regolith exchange of energy and moisture in dry regions on Earth and Mars. His work on erosion ranges from detailed analyses of the mechanics of glacial erosion and measurements of sediment yields from glaciated basins using modern instrumentation, to theoretical and field studies of the linkage between climate, tectonics and erosion in regions of extreme relief. These regions include the St. Elias Mountains (Alaska, USA), the Himalaya (China, India and Nepal), Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (Chile), and the Antarctic Peninsula. A central theme addressed in his research is physical self-organization in nature, which ranges in size and type from a few meters in frozen soil patterns to hundreds of kilometers in the Himalayas, and other tectonically active mountain ranges, where the topography naturally tends to a state where rates of uplift and erosion are balanced. Most recently, he has been active as a member of the Mars Science Laboratory science team exploring Mars with Curiosity since early August 2012. Education B.S. (Geology) University of California at Los Angeles, 1970 Ph.D. (Geology) University of California at Los Angeles, 1975 Honors and Awards Regents' Graduate Intern Fellowship (4 years) Outstanding Graduate Student Award, UCLA, 1975 Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2007 National and International Committees Member, Council of the International Glaciological Society, 1985-1988 Member, Committee on Permafrost, Polar Research Board, National Research Council 1984-1987. Member, Council, International Permafrost Association, Member, Working group on Periglacial Environments, International Permafrost Association, International Geographical Union, 1989-present. Vice-chairman, U.S. Committee of the International Permafrost Association, U.S. National Committee on Geology, National Research Council, 1990-1995. Chairman, U.S. Committee of the International Permafrost Association, U.S. National Committee on Geology, National Research Council, 1995-2000. Member, Erosion and Sedimentation Committee, Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union, 1990-1992 Member, Snow, Ice and Permafrost Committee, American Geophysical Union, 1992-2000 Member, Polar Research Board, National Research Council, 1993-2000. 2 Member, Science Steering Committee, Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interaction (LAII) initiative, Arctic System Science, NSF, 1996-1999. Member, Science Advisory Committee, International Arctic Research Center (IARC), 1998-2000 University of Washington Committees Graduate School Research Fund Physical Sciences and Engineering Research Project Committee 1984-1988. Burke Museum: Fire and Ice Exhibit Committee Other Committees Scientific Advisory Committee of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder, (1994-1996) Editorial Duties Scientific Editor for: Geology (1983-1986) Journal of Glaciology (1985-1992) Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (1993-1996) Societies International Glaciological Society American Geophysical Union Geological Society of America Academic Experience 1975-1980 Assistant Professor of Geology and Applied Earth Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in geomorphology, permafrost studies, structural geology, regional geology, and glaciology. Worked with graduate students in engineering geology (permafrost, earth flows, soil creep), environmental geology (hydraulic mining, physical impact of off-road vehicles on the land) and glaciology (glacier-rock interface, glacial surging). Advised undergraduates in Applied Earth Sciences and Geology. 1981-1986 Associate Professor of Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Director of Periglacial Laboratory, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington , Seattle, Washington. 1986 - present Professor, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences and Director of Periglacial Laboratory, Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Currently Teaching: ESS 326 - Introductory Geomorphology ESS 427 - Hillslope Geomorphology ESS 504 – Surface Processes 1988-1989 Visiting Professor, Department of Geography University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 1998 - 2003 Director, Quaternary Research Center 3 Other Professional Activities Organized special session of American Geophysical Union's Annual Meeting "Deformable Glacier Beds: Past and Present" in San Francisco, December 1986. Convenor, Geomorphology Session at First Workshop on Geochemical Self Organization in Santa Barbara, June 1988. Editorial Board Member, Workshop Proceedings Volume entitled "Self-Organization in Geological Systems". Local Organizing Committee, Symposium on Ice and Climate, International Glaciological Society, Seattle, Aug. 1989. Invited Participant in U.S. Arctic Commission meeting, Seattle, Dec. 1989. Convenor, Special Session: Surficial Processes and Quaternary Research, 38th Annual Meeting, American Geophysical Union's Pacific Northwest regional meeting, Sept. 1991. Co-convenor of special session of American Geophysical Union's Annual Meeting "Ice and the Sedimentary Record" in Baltimore, May 1993. Deputy Chief Delegate of the National Academy of Science - Research Council Delegation to the Sixth International Conference on Permafrost, Bejing, China, August 1993. Member of the Committee of Visitors for the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs to review ARCSS proposal handling, March 1994. Convenor of Special Session on Frozen Ground and the Changing Climate, 1994 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. Organizer and convenor of workshop on "Frozen Ground: Our Current Understanding of Processes and the Ability to Predict Change", December 9-11, 1995 in Hanover, NH. Co-convenor of Special Session on Frozen Ground Processes, 1995 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. Co-convenor of Special Session on "Earth Surface Processes: a session in Honor of Ronald Shreve", 1995 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. Co-convenor of upcoming workshop: "Frozen Ground: Our Current Understanding and ability to detect change" at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH. Dec. 1995. Participant of field workshop in Northern Mongolia, Sept. 1996. Convenor of Periglacial Processes: A Special Session in Honor of Linc Washburn I, 1997 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting Co-convenor of Fire and Ice - The Geomorphology of Metamorphism: Mesoscale Linking, 1998 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting Co-convenor of Heat, Stress, and Climate - The Legacy of Arthur H. Lachenbruch II and IV: Permafrost,1998 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. Participant of field workshop to Matanuska Glacier, Alaska. March 2000. 4 Co-convenor of Interactions of Permafrost With Climatic, Hydrologic, and Ecosystems Processes. 2002 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. Co-convenor of “High-Latitude surface processes and climate change. 2005 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. Organized, with Ron Sletten’s help, a one-day Quaternary Research Center Workshop in Honor of Lincoln Washburn: New Insights into Periglacial Processes, Landforms & Environments. June 2008. University of Alaska, Fairbanks Facilitator-discussion leader, Workshop in May 2010 on Glacial Erosion Modelling. Convened by National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra), which is in charge of implementing deep geological repositories in Switzerland. Selected Invited Talks: “An overview of patterns in landscapes with a focus on ice-dominated regions”. 1988. Gordon Conf. First on Pattern Formation in the Geosciences. Santa Barbara Keynote lecture, 1992 National Chapman Conference, Snowbird, Utah “Meter-scale tectonics and topography in sorted circles. Tectonics and Topography”. “Permafrost Temperatures and Changing Climate” University of Washington, Quaternary Research Center, Jan. 1994 “Meter-Scale Plate Tectonics and Self-Organization in Freezing Soils” University of California, Los Angeles, April 1994 “Recent theoretical advances in modeling glacial erosion: abrasion, quarrying, and sediment output.” Barents Sea Conference. 94 Fjorland Meeting, Norway. Keynote lecture “Rates of Erosion in Glaciated and Non-Glaciated Active Mountain Belts”. Conference on “Exhumation Processes: Normal Faulting, Ductile Flow and Erosion” in Crete, October 9-13, 1996 “30+-year displacement measurements in permafrost polygons, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Special Session, Fall AGU meeting, 1996. (with K. Whilden) “Glacial Erosion: Processes, Rates and Implications”. Harvard University, April 1997 “Distorted Drainage Basins as Markers of Crustal Strain East of the Himalaya”. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 1997, and at Lehigh University, September, 1998. “Freezing and Self-Organization in Soils” April 1997 University of Washington, Chemical Engineering Department Keynote lecture: “On overview of patterns in landscapes with a focus on ice-dominated regions.” Gordon Conference on Pattern Formation in the Earth Sciences, July 5-10, 1998 New Hampshire “Advances in Glacial Erosion Research”. University of California, Berkeley, September 2000. "Recent Advances in the Study of Glacial Erosion: Processes and Rates", Massachusetts Institute of Technology,