Eugen Seibold#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 10 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1988 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Eugen Seibold passed away October 23, 2013.
Positions Held
- 1980 - 1983 Vice President of the European Science Foundation
- 1980 - 1984 President of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)
- 1980 - 1985 President of the DFG
- 1984 - 1990 President of the European Science Foundation
Fields of Scholarship
- General research on sedimentology
- Geochemistry
- Hydrogeology
- Tectonics and micropalaeontology
- Studies on sedimentology and marine geology
Honours and Awards
- Membership
- Member and honorary member of the German Academy of Natural Sciences/Leopoldina (Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina) in Halle
- Mainz Academy of Sciences and Literature (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur)
- Corresponding member of various academies of sciences and humanities (Bavaria, Göttingen, Croatia and Rhineland-Westphalia)
- Member of the Académie des Sciences Paris
- Distinctions
- Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz (1983)
- Gustav Steinmann Medal (1985)
- Hans Stille Medal of the German Geological Society (1986)
- Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg (1987)
- Blue Planet Prize, Tokyo (1994)
- Honorary doctorates
- University of Norwich (1984) and University of Paris (1988)
