Prof. Dr. Sierd A.P.L. Cloetingh

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeophysics
KeywordsTectonics, Intraplate deformation, Lithospheric Dynamics, Sedimentary Basin Evolution, Sea Level Change

Current contact address

CountryNetherlands
CityUtrecht
InstitutionUtrecht University
InstituteDepartment of Earth Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Donald Bruce DingwellDepartment für Geo- und Umweltwissenschaften, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2010

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Cloetingh is an international authority in the study of the solid earth. He has established vast new inroads in the understanding of the processes and forces which shape the Earth's interior and its surface. He is one of Europe's greatest authorities on the physics of earth processes and has been an inspirational leader of multidisciplinary international consortia using new groundbreaking observational possibilities.