[Aqualist] Associate Professor Geoff Humphreys

[Tim Barrows]

Dear Members
It is with great sadness that I inform the Quaternary community of 
the sudden passing away of our distinguished colleague, Associate 
Professor Geoff Humphreys, at the weekend. Geoff was out on a jog 
through the bush near Oxford Falls, as he so often did, when he 
apparently suffered a heart attack.
Geoff did his undergraduate and postgraduate study at Macquarie 
University, returning to Sydney as an academic after time spent in 
Papua New Guinea, the Australian National University and the 
University of NSW. He is best known for his work on soil formation 
and particularly the role of bioturbation. Most of us saw him at 
INQUA only a week or so ago, where he enthusiastically spoke about 
his research.
Our sincerest condolences go out to his family at this time.
Henk Heijnis
President of AQUA


More Information :

It is with great sadness that the Division of Environmental and Life 
Sciences announces the sudden death of its Associate Dean Research, 
Associate Professor Geoff Humphreys from the Department of Physical Geography.

Please see our brief tribute to Geoff on the attached link: 
http://www.mq.edu.au/provost/geoff.html

Funeral details will be available from the Dean's office (ELS, 02 
9850 8418) as they become available.


Henk Heijnis , BSc, Drs , PhD, Adjunct Professor (UTS)

Institute for Environmental Research

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

Telephone: 02 97179086

Fax: 02 97179270

Monday to Wednesday only

For the rest of the week: president at aqua.org.au