Sierd Cloetingh#
| Email: | sierd.cloetingh 'at' uu.nl |
| Membership Number: | 1408 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Username: | scloetingh |
http://www.vu.nl/en/research/vision-strategy/researchers-spotlight/prof-dr-sierd-cloetingh/index.asp
Present and Previous Positions
- 1988-present: Professor of Tectonics, VU University Amsterdam
- 1986-1988: Associate Professor of Tectonophysics, department of Geophysics, Utrecht
- 1983-1986: Senior lecturer Geophysics, department of Geophysics, University of Utrecht
- 1977-1982: Junior lecturer Geophysics, department of Geophysics, University of Utrecht
- December 1982 PhD degree geophysics University of Utrecht (Thesis: Evolution of passive margins and initiation of subduction zones; Promotor: Prof. dr. N.J. Vlaar)
- January 1977 MSc degree geophysics with minors in structural geology and numerical mathematics (cum laude; supervisor Prof. dr. N.J. Vlaar), University of Utrecht
- March 1972 BSc degree geology with physics and mathematics, University of Groningen (supervisors Professors Ph.Kuenen and L.M.J.U. van Straaten)
Fields of Scholarship
- solid earth geophysics
- tectonics
- intraplate deformation
- lithospheric dynamics
- sedimentary basin evolution
- sea level change
Honours and Awards
- Member Academia Europaea, 1993
- Distinguished Lecturer American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1993
- Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 1995
- Leopold von Buch Medal, German Geological Society, 1995
- Golden Badge Award European Geophysical Society, 1996
- Professor Honoris Causa of Bucharest University, Romania, 1996
- Member Netherlands Society for Sciences, 1997
- Sackler Professor at the Institute of Geohysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv, University, Israel, 1997
- Member Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998
- Doctor Honoris Causa of University of Rennes, France, 1998
- Honorary Member of the Hungarian Geophysical Society, 1999
- Professor and Doctor Honoris Causa, Eötvös University of Budapest, Hungary, 2001
- Fellow American Geophysical Union, 2002
- Doctor Honoris Causa of University of Salzburg, Austria, 2002
- Foreign Member Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences, 2005
- Corresponding Member Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, 2005
- Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur, 2005
- Stephan Mueller Medal, European Geosciences Union, 2006
- Foreign Member Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, 2006
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences Distinguished Professor, 2006
- Honorary Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2006
- Van Waterschot van der Gracht Medal, Royal Netherlands Geological and Mining Society, 2007
- Honorary Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2007
- Visiting Professor, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2007
- Blaustein Professor, Stanford University, 2007
- Foreign member Bavarian Academy of Sciences, 2008
- Visiting Professor, University Pierre et Marie Curie, 2008
- Visiting Professor, ETH Zürich, 2009
- Visiting Professor, IFP Rueil-Malmaison, 2009
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