
Bearded Academics Dancing
by David Fawcett
Date Painted: 2003
Acrylic on paper, 57 x 77 cm
Collection: Open University
The hallowed halls of academia may have filled with a dizzying array of counter-culture fashion since the 1960s, but like its fellow fashion statement the corduroy jacket, the academic beard continues to hold fast to the faces of many an academic.
Bearded Academics Dancing
by David Fawcett
Date Painted: 2003
Acrylic on paper, 57 x 77 cm
Collection: Open University
Dr. Neil R. Banerjee
Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Stable Isotope Science
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Western Ontario
http://www.uwo.ca/earth/people/faculty/banerjee.html
Research Interests:
Stable isotope biogeochemistry; Microbial alteration of modern and ancient oceanic crust; Evidence for early life on Earth; Formation and evolution of oceanic crust; Geochemical cycling at mid-ocean ridges; Formation of massive sulfide deposits at mid-ocean ridges; The origin and emplacement of ophiolites; Astrobiology.