Timothy Michael Kusky#
| Membership Number: | 6082 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | http://cgtch.cug.edu.cn/en/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4553-620X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Adjunct Professor, Middle East Technical University, Department of Geological Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
- 2014 - present Director, Center for Global Tectonics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
- 2009 - present Distinguished Professor and Changjiang Scholar, State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Badong National Observatory and Research Station for Geohazards, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
- 2007 - 2009 Founding Director, Center for Environmental Sciences, Saint Louis University
- 2003 - 2009 P. C. Reinert Endowed Professor of Natural Sciences, Saint Louis University
- 2003 - 2008 Research Geologist, GS 15, U.S. Geological Survey, intermittent appointment
- 2000 - 2009 Assistant/Associate Professor, Saint Louis University
- 1992 - 2000 Assistant Professor, Boston University
- 1991 - 1995 Geologist GS-1350-12, U. S. Geological Survey, Excepted/ Intermittent Appointment (WAE)
- 1990 - 1992 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Department of Geosciences, and Allied Geophysical Laboratories
- 1989 - 1990 Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara
- 1986 - 1989 Graduate Student Researcher, NASA Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center
- 1985 - 1989 Gilman Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins University
- 1984 - 1985 Teaching Assistantship, State University of New York at Albany
- 1983 - 1984 Research Assistant, State University of New York at Albany.
- 1980 - 1982 Regents Scholarship, State of New York
Fields of Scholarship
- Structural geology
- Regional geology (North America, Asia)
- Precambrian geology
- Tectonics
- Active tectonics and geological hazards
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Member (Academician), Academia Europaea (life)
- 2022 Fellow of the Geological Society of London (life)
- 2019 Friendship Award and Medal Laureate from China Central Committee, the highest award to foreigners in China
- 2019 Hubei Province Ministry of Science and Technology, Top Research Award for Advances in Precambrian Tectonics
- 2018 Fellow of the Geological Society of America (life)
- 2016 Foreign Affairs (Overseas Chinese Affairs) Office of Hubei Provincial Government, Chime Bell Award (highest award from Provincial level)
