Dr. Chris Barnes

Dr. Chris Barnes is the winner of the 2010 Logan Medal from the Geological Association of Canada in recognition of his “sustained distinguished achievement in Canadian earth science.” Barnes, a marine paleontologist, is project director of NEPTUNE Canada, the world’s largest cabled ocean observatory. He led earth sciences departments at the University of Waterloo and Memorial University and served as director general of the sedimentary and marine branch in the Geological Survey of Canada before joining UVic’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences in 1989. He headed the school from 1991–2002.