Taras Gerya#
| Membership Number: | 4723 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://jupiter.ethz.ch/~tgerya |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - present Professor, Study Advisor in Geophysics (since 2013), Institute of Geophysics, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2008 - 2010 Privatdozent, Institute of Geophysics, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2005 - 2008 Oberassitent (Senior research scientist, Lecturer, permanent Research Faculty since 2007) Institute of Geophysics, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2004 - 2005 Oberassitent (Senior research scientist, Lecturer) Geological Institute, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2000 - 2004 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow, Guest Scientist, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany
- 1990 - 1999 Associate Professor, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- 1987 - 1999 PhD student, Research Associate, Senior Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Metamorphism, Institute of Experimental Mineralogy Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow dist., Russia
- 1984 - 1987 Junior Researcher, Institute of Geology and Geophysics USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, USSR
Fields of Scholarship
- Global geodynamics
- Life evolution
- Thermal-chemical plumes
- Large scale tectonic processes
- Oceanic transform faults
- Seismo-thermo-mechanical modelling of seismic cycles
- Planetary evolution
- Numerical modelling and theory of subduction processes
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Adjunct Professor of Geology Department of Moscow State University
- 2008 Listed in Top 50 Russian Scientists Abroad, Russian Newsweek Magazine
- 2008 Golden Owl Price from ETH-students for excellence in teaching
