Francois Holtz#
| Membership Number: | 4492 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http:///www.mineralogie.uni-hannover.de/holtz |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1996 Professor (Petrology) at the Leibniz Universität Hannover
- 1991 - 1996 Research position (Chargé de Recherche) at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Orléans
- 1989 - 1991 Research position, University of Hannover; position supported by the DFG (German Science Foundation)
- 1987 - 1989 Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Hannover (Inst. of Mineralogy); grant from the European Union
- 1983 - 1987 PhD at CRPG-CNRS, Nancy, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Experimental petrology / geochemistry
- Magmatic processes and formation of continental and oceanic crust
- Volatiles in silicate melts and glasses
- Volcanology and magma storage conditions
- Formation of metallic ore deposits
Honours and Awards
- Abraham Gottlob Werner medal in silver in 2013 (from the DMG, Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft)
- Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America in 2013 (MSA)
