Carlo Laj#
| Membership Number: | 4793 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1975 - 1985 Research Scientist, Service de Physique des Solides et Résonance Magnétique, CE- Saclay
- 1985 - 1995 Research Scientist – founder Paleomagnetic Laboratory, Centre des Faibles Radioactivités CEA-CNRS
- 1985 - Dec 1996 Head of Department, Earth and Environmental Sciences, CEA/DSM, CE Saclay
- 1991 - Dec.1996 Founder and Director, Laboratoire de Modélisation du Climat et de l’Environnement (LMCE)
- 1997 - Dec. 2001 Senior Research Scientist, CEA – LSCE
- 2001 - present Emeritus Professor École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Fields of Scholarship
- Geomagnetic reversals and excursions
- Earth’s magnetic field intensity variations
- Paleomagnetic secular variation
- Education-training of primary and secondary school teachers
- Environmental magnetism applied to paleoceanography and paleoclimatology
- Paleomagnetism applied to geodynamics
- High resolution magnetic stratigraphy
- Paleomagnetism
Honours and Awards
- 1988 Prize F. Holweck de l'Académie des Sciences
- 1994 Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite
- 1996 Fellow of the l'American Geophysical Union
- 1997 Directeur de Recherches au CEA
- 2004 Union Service Award, European Geosciences Union, for educational activities
- 2011 Excellence in Geophysical Education Award AGU
- 2012 Visitante Distinguido del Cusco
- 2015 Arthur Holmes Medal and Honorary Fellowship of the European Geosciences Union
