Michael Sarnthein-Lotichius#
| Email: | ms 'at' gpi.uni-kiel.de |
| Membership Number: | 774 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Username: | msarnthein-lotichius |
| Elected: | 1990 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since fall 2004: Guest professor at University of Innsbruck, Austria
- Fall 2004: Retired
- Fall 1985-2004: Full professor at the University of Kiel
- Since spring 1985: guest professor at Tongji University, Shanghai
- 1970: Lecturer ("Dozent"), since 1973: Associate professor, University of Kiel
- 1966-1970: Research associate with Prof. E. Seibold, University of Kiel
- 1963-1965: Assistant professor, University of Innsbruck
- 1963: Ph.D. (geology, geophysics) at University of Innsbruck, Austria
Fields of Scholarship
- Paleoceanography
- Marine paleoclimate research (Quaternary and Neogene)
- Radiocarbon chronology
- Stable isotope stratigraphy
- Changes in ocean meridional overturning circulation
- Tracers of ocean nutrients and paleoproductivity
- Ocean tracers of continental aridity
- Global change
Honours and Awards
- 1975: DFG scholarship for one-year visit to Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (LDGO), New York
- 1976: CLIMAP scholarship for two-months visit at LDGO, New York
- 1986/1987: DFG scholarship for half-year visit to University of Rhode Island (GSO), LDGO, New York, and the University of Cambridge, England
- Dec. 1988: LEIBNIZ Award of the DFG (1.5 Million DM)
- May 1990: Fellow of the Academia Europaea (London)
- Sep. 1990: Corresponding Member of the Geologische Bundesanstalt Vienna, Austria
- July 1994: Fellow of the German National Academy of Science in Halle ("Leopoldina")
- May 1995: Corresponding Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Science in Vienna
- May 1998: Honorary Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai
- July 1999: Mèdaille Albert Ier, Prix Manley Bendall, Paris / Monte Carlo
- April 2000: Honory Fellow of the Austrian Geological Society
- April 2001: Honorary Fellow of the European Union of Geosciences, Strassburg
- April 2005: Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
- April 2006: Shephard medal of SEPM
- April 2006: Milankovitch medal of the European Geosciences Union
- Sept. 2009: Gustav Steinmann medal of the Geologische Vereinigung
