Prof Steve McCourt

Professor Stephen (Steve) McCourt

Position:	Professor in Geology
Qualifications:	BSc (Honours), PhD
Office Block:	Room 124 Geological Sciences Westville Campus
Telephone: Fax: Email:	+27 (0)31 260 2803 +27 (0) 31 260 2280 mccourts@ukzn.ac.za

Born April 1951
Education: University of Exeter BSc Honours (1969-1972) and PhD (1972-1975)
Married to Liz, 1 daughter (in Pretoria), 2 sons (in London and Melbourne)
Arrived in South Africa in 03-1976 directly after PhD at Exeter University; initial employment with the then Geological Survey of South Africa as part of the regional mapping team in the high grade Limpopo belt. Joined academia in 1983 as lecturer in structural geology at the University of Pretoria, relocated to the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) in KZN as Professor and Head of department in 04-1995. Served as Honorary Editor of the South African Journal of Geology 1994-1998 attaining ISI listing for the Journal during this period. Deputy Dean of Science at UDW 2002-2004 and part of the team negotiating and managing the merger with the University of Natal. Head School of Geological Sciences at UKZN 10-2006 to 12-2011. Served on numerous University and external committees dealing with geoscience during this period. Currently Senior Professor of Geology at UKZN.

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (University of Pretoria)
Professor and Head of Department (University of Durban-Westville 04-1995 to 12-2003))
Senior Professor UKZN from 2004
Deputy Head of School Geological Sciences (01-2005 to 09-2006)
Head School of Geological Sciences (10-2006 to 12-2011))
External examiner in geology at various Universities in southern African at all levels

Council Member Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA): 1991-1998
Member Executive Committee GSSA Council 1994-1998
Founder Member Tectonics Division GSSA
Chairman of Tectonics Division 1988‑91 and 1994-96
Committee Member: IASTG (International Association Structural/Tectonic Geologists)
Member of Editorial Board South African Journal of Geology 1990‑1993
Honorary Scientific Editor South African Journal of Geology 1994-1998
Chair: Scientific Publications Committee GSSA 1996, 1997
Chairman Earth Sciences Task Group SANAP 1996-2001
Member South African Committee Antarctic Research 1996-2001
National Representative IGCP Project 418 1997-2001, 2002-2005
South African National Committee for IUGS and IGCP 1998-2001, 2002-2005, 2008-2012
Member Geology Working Group, Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research 1998-2001
FRD evaluation team for individuals, projects and equipment proposals
NRF Grant Funding Panel
Editorial Board Journal of African Earth Sciences 2001-present
Member SANAP review panel 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009
Member Executive Committee International Commission for Earth Science in Africa
Member SA National Committee for International Year of Planet Earth 2008-2009
Member Review Panel Wits School of Geosciences 2007
Member NRF Panel for National Equipment Programme 2010, 2011
Member Council for Geoscience Audit Panel (KZN and Eastern Cape Business Units) 2006-2012

Research interests are in crustal evolution of southern Africa in particular the Archaean Limpopo belt and adjacent cratons, the Palaeoproterozoic Angolan Shield and the Mesoproterozoic Natal belt.