Jostein Bakke#
| Membership Number: | 6511 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | NORWAY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Jostein.Bakke |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-6114-0400 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 Professor of Quaternary Geology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural sciences, University of Bergen/ Norway
- 2020 Director for Centre for Integrated Earth system science education (iEarth)
- 2016 Leader for the national infrastructure Earth surface sediment laboratory (EARTHLAB)
- 2014 - 2022 Research group leader Quaternary geology and paleoclimate, Department of Earth science
- 2015 - 2018 Thematic network leader, University of the Arctic (UArctic): Polar ice, climate and land dynamics
- 2012 - 2015 Co-leader PAGES Arctic 2k network
- 2011 - 2016 Research group leader Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research: Research group for natural climate variability
- 2010 - 2011 Professor in Physical Geography, Faculty of Social science/ Department of Geography, University of Bergen/ Norway
- 2008 - 2011 Associate professor in Physical Geography, Faculty of Social science/ Department of Geography, University of Bergen/ Norway
- 2011 Visiting scientist, Climate System Research Center, UMASS, US (6 months)
- 2007 Guest scientist, Climate Geology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (6 months)
- 2005 Guest scientist Department of Geography, St Andrews University, UK (4 months)
- 2004 - 2008 Post Doc, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research/University of Bergen/ Norway
Fields of Scholarship
- Geohazards
- Sedimentology
- Glacial geology
- Earth science education and communication
- Paleoclimatology
- Glaciology
Honours and Awards
- 2011 - 2012 Fulbright Arctic Chair Award
