Dear all:
While we tend to reserve this space for announcements relevant to GeoPRISMS science we thought it was appropriate to use this channel to inform you that Bilal Haq has retired as full-time NSF program manager in OCE/MGG. Bil has been a guiding light in the establishment and success of the MARGINS and now GeoPRISMS programs which has provided a unique funding opportunity for shore-line crossing research in the US and has sparked significant international collaboration. Bil will remain actively engaged with NSF and GeoPRISMS as part-time Expert in Marine Geosciences and he will split his time between the US and France, where he is an Adjunct Research Professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. I think we owe Bil a bunch of thanks for his work and we’ll find some time at AGU to celebrate his retirement.
Peter van Keken, Chair GeoPRISMS program
Bil received his doctorate in Marine Geology at the University of Stockholm. Before becoming program manager at NSF in 1988 he held positions at Woods Hole and Exxon Mobil along with many visiting scientist positions. During his time in Washington he held positions at the World Bank and at the White House. Bil is a Fellow of the GSA, AAAS, AGU and AAPG and has given its name to a fossil Genus (Haqius circumradiatus Roth) and Species (Reticulofenestra haqii Backman).