Kurt Lambeck
Professor Kurt Lambeck (born 20 September 1941 in Utrecht, Netherlands[1]) AO, FRS, FAA, FRSN is Professor of Geophysics at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He has also taught at University of Paris and at Smithsonian and Harvard Observatories.[2]
His current research interests include the interactions between ice sheets, oceans and the solid Earth, as well as changes in ocean levels and their impact on human populations.[3]
Honours and Awards
Lambeck was President of the Australian Academy of Science from 2006 to 2010. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the Royal Society of New South Wales,[4] as well as the recipient of many prestigious international awards.[3] He is a member of the French Academy of Science, the US National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europaea, and the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[5] Lambeck is a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1993.[6]
- 2012 Awarded a prestigious Balzan Prize for his work on Solid Earth Sciences, with emphasis on interdisciplinary research.
- 2013 Made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur by the Government of France for his work at Centre national d'études spatiales in the 1970s.[7]
- 2013 Awarded the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London, the Wollaston Medal recognizing lifetime achievements and service.
- 2015 Awarded the Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture by the Australian Academy of Science [8]
References
- ↑ http://www.balzan.org/en/prizewinners/kurt-lambeck/bio-bibliography_1971_1975.html
- ↑
- 1 2 Earth Scientist Elected New President of Science Academy
- ↑ "Fellows of RSNSW". RSNSW. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ "Gruppe 3: Geofag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ "K. Lambeck". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Canberra scientist awarded highest French decoration". ABC. 6 March 2013.
- ↑ "Australian geologist receives top national honour". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 18 September 2015.