Lehrstuhl für Mineralogie, Petrologie & Geochemie
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Curriculum Vitae

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Bachelor of Science - Geology/Geophysics (B.Sc. Honours: 1980), Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, Dissertation: "Geology, Geochemistry and Geophysics of the Port Aux Basques Granite", Profs. D.F. Strong a. H. Miller

Doctor of Philosophy - Geology (Ph.D: 1984), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Dissertation: "Investigation of the role of fluorine in silicate melts: implication for igneous petrogenesis."; Prof. C.M. Scarfe

Habilitation in Geochemistry (Dr. rer. nat. Habil. 1992); Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Dissertation: "Relaxation and Rheology in Silicate Melts"

Beruflicher Werdegang

  • Oct 2018 - Sept 2019 Center of Advanced Studies Research Group Leader
  • Sept 2011 - Dec 2013 3rd Secretary General - European Research Council
  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2011  Appointed Research Professor for Experimental Volcanology (LMU Excellent program of the Bundesexzellentinitiative)
  • July 2004 - Sept 2005 Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences - University of Munich
  • from June 2002 - founding Director - Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences - University of Munich
  • from February 2000 -  Chair of Mineralogy and Petrology and Head of the Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, University of Munich   
  • Feb 1991 - Feb 2000 Scientific Manager (geschäftsführender Mitarbeiter), Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik (Bayerisches Geoinstitut), Universität Bayreuth
  • July 1987 - Jan 1991 Deputy Director (wiss. Assistent) - Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik (Bayerisches Geoinstitut), Universität Bayreuth
  • July 1986 - July 1987 Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) - Earth and Planetary Sciences - University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Sept 1984 - July 1986  Carnegie Postdoctoral fellow - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., USA 
  • Sept 1980 - Sept 1984  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 1967 Science Scholar - The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • June 1980 - Aug 1980 Senior Field Assistant - Department of Mines and Energy, Newfoundland
  • June 1979 - Aug 1978 Explorationist - Esso Resources Offshore Drilling Office, St. John's, Newfoundland
  • June 1978 - Aug 1978 Explorationist - Esso Resources Frontier Office, Calgary, Alberta
  • June 1977 - Aug 1977 Operator/Technician, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Corner Brook, Newfoundland
  • June 1976 - Aug 1976 Announcer/Operator, CBC, Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Research foci

  • experimental investigation of the physics and chemistry of magmas and melts, and their volcanological, geochemical and petrological significance   
  • magma rheology and experimental volcanology

Ausgewählte Ehrungen

  • Harry. H. HESS Medal of the American Geophysical Union (2020)
  • Officer of the Order of Canada -O.C. (2020)
  • Arthur HOLMES Medal & Honorary Membership - European Geosciences Union (2020)
  • Distinguished Visiting Professor – Xiamen University (2019-)
  • Abraham-Gottlob-Werner Medal – German Mineralogical Society (DMG) (2019)
  • Fellow and Honorary Member – Intl. Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (2019)
  • 2nd European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Researcher Award (2019-2024)
  • D.Sc. (honoris causa) – bestowed by Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México (2019)
  • VIP Career Achievement Award of the Geological Association of Canada (2019)
  • Life Member of the Board of Trustees (Kuratorium) of the Deutsches Museum (2017-)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - AAAS (2017)
  • elected to the German National Academy of Science - LEOPOLDINA (2017)
  • Fellow - Gutenberg Research College (GRC) - Universität Mainz (2017-2021)
  • Chair – Expert Group - Western Balkans / Berlin Process Joint Science Conference (2016-)
  • Arthur L. DAY Medal of the Geological Society of America (2016)
  • PEACOCK Medal of the Mineralogical Association of Canada (2015)
  • President - International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth´s Interior
    (IAVCEI) (2015-2019)
  • Member of the European Academies Scientific Advisory Council EASAC (2015)
  • Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia (2013)
  • Appointed to the Executive Committee of the Deep Carbon Observatory (2014)
  • Appointed to the Board of the Academia Europaea (2014-2016)
  • Capital Science Evening Lecture (Washington D.C.) (2014)
  • Otto SCHOTT Research Award – Ernst-Abbe-Fonds (2014)
  • Elected to the German National Academy of Science and Engineering – ACATECH (2013)
  • Norman Levi BOWEN Award of the American Geophysical Union (2013)
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany - Bundesverdienstkreuz (2013)
  • D.Sc. (honoris causa) – bestowed by University College London (2012)
  • D.Sc. (honoris causa) – bestowed by the University of Alberta, CA (2012)
  • AAAS Topical Lecturer – Vancouver, CA (2012)
  • Named 3rd Secretary General of the European Research Council (2011)
  • Elected to the Royal Society of Canada (2010)
  • Elected President of the European Geosciences Union (2011-2013)
  • Senior Associate – Rachel Carson Center – LMU (2010-)
  • European Research Council Advanced Researcher Award (2010-2011, 2014-2017*) (*suspended 9/2011-12/2013 for term as Secretary General of the ERC)
  • Visiting Professor – Universitá di Roma Tre – “Scuola dottorale in Geodinamica Ambiente e Risorse” (2010)
  • Elected as Union Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2009)
  • Named as founding member of the Center for Advanced Studies – LMU (2008-)
  • Chair of the Earth and Cosmic Sciences section of the Academia Europaea (2008-)
  • Distinguished Lecturer of the Mineralogical Society of America (2008/09)
  • Bunsen Medal of the European Geoscience Union (2008)
  • ISI Highly Cited Researcher (world´s most cited authors, 2004)
  • Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada (1998)
  • Lansdowne Lecturer of the University of Victoria (1997)
  • MSA Award - Mineralogical Society of America (1996)
  • Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (1995)
  • NSG Distinguished Scholar - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (1994)
  • Gerhard-Hess-Research Prize of the German Science Foundation (DFG) (1993-98)
  • Victor-Moritz-Goldschmidt-Prize of the German Mineralogical Society (DMG) (1991)
  • AGU Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing - Journal of Geophysical Research (1989)
  • Carnegie Institution of Washington Fellowship (1984-1986)
  • NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship (1984-86)
  • NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship (1980)
  • University Medal for Academic Excellence (1980)

Stand: November 2020