G. V. Gibbs
Professor Emeritus of Mineralogy and University Distinguished Professor
5079 Derring Hall
Education
Ph.D., Penn State University
M.S., University of Tennessee
B.S., University of New Hampshire
Mathematical crystallography
Crystal chemistry and computer modeling of equations of state and charge density for oxide, nitride, fluoride and sulfide crystals
- Wine Award for excellence in teaching, 1975
- Visiting University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Arizona State University, 1979
- Visiting University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Arizona State University, 1981
- Visiting Research Scholar at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris France, 1982
- Elected Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America, 1983
- Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 1983
- Mineral Jerrygibbsite named, 1984
- Named University Distinguished Professor, 1984
- Awarded National Silver Medal Professor of the Year by National Council for The Advancement of Education, 1987
- Elected Honorary Fellowship in the Mineralogical Society of Great Britian and Ireland, 1988
- Awarded Roebling Gold Medal, 1988
- Virginia Scientist of the Year, 1989
- Elected to Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1990
- Visiting Distinguished Research Scholar in the Chemistry Department at the University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 1991
- Faculty member in the Department of Material Science and Engineering, 1993
- Awarded Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, Kyoto University, 1993
- Awarded Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, Kyoto University, 1996
- Named University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, 1999
- Awarded Belov Medal for outstanding advances in the teaching of mathematical crystallography, 2001
- Awarded Gledden Senior Fellowship in the Chemistry Department at the University of Western Australia, Perth Australia, 2006
- Awarded the 2019 Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science