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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Geophysics |
| Keywords | deep earthquakes, Simulations, Rock rheology, Plate tectonics, Subduction |
| Honours and awards | 2017: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award 2014: Kavli Institute, Frontiers of Science, Fellow 2008: National Science Foundation, Early Career Award |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Davis |
| Institution | University of California, Davis |
| Institute | Department of Geology |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Heiner Igel | Sektion für Geophysik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), München |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2017 |
Programme(s)
| 2017 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Billen is internationally recognized for her outstanding research in subduction dynamics. She has made important contributions on the role of rock rheology, overriding plate structure and mantle phase transitions in the deformation of sinking tectonic plates. While in Germany, she will expand her research to focus on subduction-induced flow patterns by integrating synthetic predictions of rock fabric formation into numerical simulations and making comparisons to seismological observations from the Alp-Array. |