Biographical entry Lambeck, Kurt (1941 - )

Summary

Kurt Lambeck has been professor of geophysics at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University since 1977 and Head of the School since 1984. His work is on "glacial rebound" which studies how the sea responds to changing levels, its impact on civilisations and the future. He was educated at the universities of New South Wales (BSurv) and Oxford (DPhil, DSc).

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1964

Career position - Research Associate at the Technical University of Delft, Netherlands

1965

Career position - Research Associate at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece

1967 - 1970

Career position - Geodesist at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard College Observatory, USA

1970 - 1973

Career position - Directeur de Recherches at Observatoire de Paris, France

1973 - 1977

Career position - Professor of Geophysics at the University of Paris

1976

Award - Macelwane Award received

1977 -

Career position - Professor of Geophysics at the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University

1984 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1984 - 1992

Career position - Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences

1993

Award - Charles A Whitten Medal received from the American Geophysical Union

1993

Career position - Foreign Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

1994

Career position - Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Arts

1994

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

1996

Award - Jaeger Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1997

Award - Alfred Wegener Medal received from the European Union of Geosciences

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Online Resources

• Lambeck, Kurt, Interview with Professor Anton Hales, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2002, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/h/hales.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Lambeck, Kurt', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1150851. Details