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Sierd Cloetingh

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Sierd Cloetingh
Born (1950-08-20) 20 August 1950 (age 74)
Groningen, Netherlands
AwardsArthur Holmes Medal (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics, Tectonics
InstitutionsUtrecht University

Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh (born 1950) is Professor of Earth Sciences[1] at Utrecht University. From 2014 to 2021 he was President of the Academia Europaea.[2]

Education[3]

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  • BSc degree geology with physics and mathematics, University of Groningen (supervisors Professors Philip Kuenen and L.M.J.U. van Straaten): March 1972
  • MSc degree geophysics with minors in structural geology and numerical mathematics (cum laude; supervisor Prof. dr. N.J. Vlaar), University of Utrecht: January 1977
  • PhD degree geophysics University of Utrecht (Thesis: Evolution of passive margins and initiation of subduction zones; Promoter: Prof. dr. N.J. Vlaar): December 1982.

Publications[3][4]

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He published more than 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has been promoter of more than 70 PhD students of 18 different nationalities. He served the Earth Science community in various functions, including Presidency of the European Geophysical Society. He is currently the President of the International Lithosphere Programme, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal “Global and Planetary Change” and Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the ESF Large Scale Collaborative Research Programme (EUROCORES) TOPO-EUROPE.

Honours[3]

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Cloetingh has received honorary doctorates from five European universities and numerous honours and awards, including the Stephan Mueller Medal, Arthur Holmes Medal and honorary membership of the European Geosciences Union, Fellow and Honorary Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[5] and the Geological Society of America, the Leopold von Buch Medal of the German Geological Society and the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award.

Cloetingh was elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998.[6] He became corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 2005 and of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 2008.[7][8] Cloeting is also Foreign member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters,[9] the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters,[10] and the German Academy for Technical Sciences, Acatech. He was distinguished in 2006 as Chevalier de Légion d'honneur and in 2014 as Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion[11] for his contributions to science and European scientific cooperation in research and education.

He was elected member of Academia Europaea in 1993[12] and served Academia Europaea as Chair of the Earth and Marine and Earth and Cosmic Sciences Sections and as vice-president. In 2014 he was elected as President of Academia Europaea. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the ERC since 2009.[13] In 2017, he was appointed President of the COST Association.[14] In December 2018, he became chair of the Board of SAPEA, part of the European Commission's Scientific Advice Mechanism.[15]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Sierd, Cloetingh. "Profile". www.uu.nl. Utrecht University. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  2. ^ "The Board of Trustees of the Academia Europaea". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "CV".
  4. ^ Sierd, Cloetingh. "Research output". Utrecht University.
  5. ^ "Sierd Cloetingh". American Geophysical Union. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Sierd Cloetingh". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Prof. Dr. Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh". Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Prof. Dr. Sierd A. P. L. Cloetingh" (in German). Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Group 2: Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics". Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Professor Sierd Cloetingh". Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Koninklijke onderscheidingen 2014" (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Sierd Cloetingh". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Short CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Press release COST Association".
  15. ^ "SAPEA Board". SAPEA. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
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