Prof. Dr. Claudio Faccenna

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietPhysik des Erdkörpers,Geologie
Keywordsmountain building, subduction, mantle convection, crustal deformation, tectonics
Auszeichnungen

2019: Francis Birch Lecture Award, Tectonophysics section, American Geophysical Union

2017: Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

2015: Humboldt Research Award from Alexandre von Humboldt Foundation

2014: Stephan Muller medal European Geoscience Union, Division Tectonics-Structural Geology

2013: Prix Viquesnel 2013 Société Géologique de France

2010: Galileo Galilei International Medal for Earth Science

2008: Member of the Academia Europaea.

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandDeutschland
OrtPotsdam
Universität/InstitutionGFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung
Institut/AbteilungSektion 4.1 Dynamik der Lithosphäre

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Onno OnckenDepartment 4 Geosysteme, GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung, Potsdam
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.06.2015

Programm(e)

2014Forschungspreis-Programm auf Gegenseitigkeit für Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Faccenna is one of the internationally leading scientists in the field of geodynamics with an emphasis on active tectonics. His theme is the link between observing and quantifying deformation of the Earth's lithosphere with the modelling of these processes employing numerical and experimental techniques in the laboratory. He has particularly gained an internationally leading position in the understanding of the dynamics of the Earth's surface as driven by processes within the Earth's interior. During his stay in Germany, Claudio Faccenna intends to expand his most recent field of research, the deformation processes and mechanical aspects related to subduction and the corresponding topography evolution at the Earth's plate boundaries.