Bio-bibliographie (anglais)

États-Unis/Allemagne

Wolfgang H. Berger

Prix Balzan 1993 pour la paléontologie (plus particulièrement ses aspects océanographiques)

Pour ses recherches d’avant-garde dans le domaine de la paléocéanographie développées en utilisant des méthodes micropaléontologiques pour étudier l’histoire géologique de nos océans et ses implications climatiques.

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EDUCATION:
M.Sc. Geology 1963 U. Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D. Oceanography 1968 U. California, San Diego

APPOINTMENTS:
1971-1974   Assistant Prof. Oceanogr., SIO/UC San Diego
1974-1980   Associate Prof. Oceanogr., SIO/UC San Diego
1977 & 1980   Visiting Prof. Geology, Univ. Kiel, Germany
1980-present   Professor of Oceanography, SIO/UC San Diego
1987-present   Visiting Senior Researcher, U.Bremen, Germany
1994-1996   Director, Geosciences Research Division, SIO
1996-1997   Interim Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
1996-1997   Interim Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, UCSD
1998-present   Director, California Space Institute, UC

HONORS:
Bigelow Medal (Oceanography), Woods Hole 1979; Norwegian Research Fellow, 1980; Huntsman Medal (Marine Geology), Bedford 1984; Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew University, 1986; Humboldt Award, Bonn 1986; Ewing Medal (Marine Geophysics), Am. Geophys. Union and U.S. Navy, San Francisco, 1988; Prince Albert I Medal (Oceanography), Paris, 1991; International Balzan Prize (Marine Paleontology), Bern, 1993; Steinmann Medal (Geology), Bern, 1998; Shepard Medal (Marine Geology), 2001; Foreign Member, European Academy of Sciences (Earth and Cosmic Sciences), 2001.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American Assoc. Adv. Science (Fellow); American Geophysical Union (Fellow); Geological Society of America (Fellow); European Union of Geophysical Sciences; American Society of Limnology and Oceanography; National Association of Geology Teachers.

BOOKS CO-EDITED AND CO-AUTHORED:
1982 (W. H. Berger, J.C.Crowell, eds) Climate in Earth History. Studies in Geophysics. National Academy Press, Washington, D. C. 198 pp.; 1987 (W.H. Berger, L.Labeyrie, eds) Abrupt Climatic Change – Evidence and Implications. Reidel Dordrecht; 1989 (W.H. Berger, V.S. Smetacek, G. Wefer, eds) Ocean Productivity – Present and Past. John Wiley Chichester; 1993 (W.H. Berger, L.W. Kroenke, L.A. Mayer, et al.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Leg 130 (Pelagic Record of Ontong Java Plateau), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; 1996 (G. Wefer, W.H. Berger, G. Siedler, D. J. Webb, eds) The South Atlantic: Present and Past Circulation. Springer?Verlag Berlin Heidelberg; 1998 (G. Wefer, W.H. Berger, C. Richter, et al.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Results, Leg 175 (History of Benguela Current and Upwelling), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

(May 2002)