Cliff Stanley

Cliff Stanley

Cliff Stanley, P. Geo., is a Professor of Applied Geochemistry in the Department of Earth Environmental Science, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Cliff received his bachelor’s degree in Earth Science from Dartmouth College (1980), worked for three years for Anaconda Minerals Company as a geochemist, and then returned to academia to complete his master's and doctorate at UBC (1984, 1988) under the supervision of Dr. Alastair Sinclair and statistician Dr. John Petkau. Prior to Acadia, Cliff worked for two years as a research associate at Queen’s University with Dr. Ian Nichol in lithogeochemistry, and for seven years as an Adjunct Professor in the MDRU at UBC, leading research in alkalic porphyry Cu-Au deposits, lithogeochemistry, and Broken Hill-type mineral deposits. Cliff has been a member of the Association since 1981, a Fellow since 1988, and previously served as Councilor for the Association for 14 years. In addition, Cliff has been a distinguished lecturer for AAG (2004) in lithogeochemistry, and for CIM (2008) and AusIMM (2009) in geochemical quality control. Cliff has published extensively in sampling and quality control, partial digestion pedogeochemistry, lithogeochemistry, and geochemical data analysis. In 2017, Cliff was awarded the Chayes Prize for contributions to research in numerical petrology by the IAMG.