Prof. Dr. Peter van der Beek

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeology, Geoengineering and Palaeontology,Geomorphology
Keywordsmodeling, thermochronology, landscape evolution, cosmogenic nuclides, erosion
Honours and awards

2019: ERC Advanced Grant

2017: Alexander von Humboldt Research Award

2015: Senior Member Institut Universitaire de France

2014: European Geosciences Union Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal

2005: Junior Member Institut Universitaire de France

: Peter van der Beek

: Peter van der Beek

: Peter van der Beek

: Peter van der Beek

: Peter van der Beek

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityPotsdam
InstitutionUniversität Potsdam
InstituteInstitut für Geowissenschaften
Homepagehttps://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/geo/institute/members/van-der-beek-peter

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Manfred StreckerInstitut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2018

Programme(s)

2017Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor van der Beek is a globally recognized leader in quantitative studies of landscape evolution in tectonically active regions. His research merges innovative landscape-evolution models with low-temperature thermochronology and provides novel insights into how the tectonics and erosional processes interact to shape orogenic belts and rifts at a variety of timescales. In Germany, he will focus on deciphering the role of climate oscillations on erosion rates in high mountains and assess possible feedbacks with tectonic processes.