Erwin Suess#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1983 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2000 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Erwin Suess passed away September 28, 2023.
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 Professor Emeritus
- 1995 - 1999 Director of the GEOMAR research center, University of Kiel
- 1992 Deputy director of the GEOMAR research center, University of Kiel
- 1989 Professor in the Department of Marine Environmental Geology, University of Kiel
- 1981 - 1989 Professor, Oregon State University in Corvallis
- 1976 Associate professor of oceanography, Oregon State University in Corvallis
- 1976 Habilitation, University of Kiel
- 1970 - 1976 Research assistant at the University of Kiel
- 1967 - 1969 Research assistant at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu
Fields of Scholarship
- Marine methane hydrate research
- Marine geosciences
Honours and Awards
- Honorary professor at Oregon State University
- 2006 Elisabeth Mann Borgese Marine Prize (awarded for the first time, with Klaus Töpfer)
- 2004 Gustav Steinmann Medal
- 2001 Philip Morris Research Prize with Gerhard Bohrmann, Peter Linke, Jens Greinert and the chemist Dirk Rickert
- 1964 Fulbright Award.
