Kurt Lambeck
Professor Kurt Lambeck AC, FRS, FAA, FRSN (born 20 September 1941 in Utrecht, Netherlands[1]) 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[edit]
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 Sciences, 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]
- 2018 Awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science[9]
- 2021 Appointed Companion of the Order of Australia[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "International Balzan Prize Foundation". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ Biography, Research School of Earth Sciences, anu.edu.au
- ^ Jump up to: a b Earth Scientist Elected New President of Science Academy Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, www.science.org.au
- ^ "Fellows of RSNSW". RSNSW. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Gruppe 3: Geofag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. 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.
- ^ Osborne, Tegan (17 October 2018). "Geophysicist who helped make GPS accurate gets top PM Science Prize". ABC News. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck AO". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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