Guust Nolet

 

Personal Information

Now at: Geosciences Azur  
Université de Nice/Sophia Antipolis 
250, Rue Albert Einstein 
Sophia Antipolis, 06560 France

Phone: +33.4.92.94.26.32
E-Mail: nolet at geoazur.unice.fr 

Education

   1972    MSc (cum laude), Utrecht University: Geophysics with mathematical        physics and numerical analysis (`Doctoraalexamen').

    1976    PhD (cum laude), Utrecht University.

 

Languages

     Dutch, English, French, German, Italian

 

Employment

     1967-1968    Teaching assistentship in department of medical physics.

     1969-1972    Teaching assistentships in departments of Physics and Geophysics

     1972-1975    Research associate, Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research

     1976-1985    Faculty, Earth Science Department, Utrecht University

     1985-1991 Professor, Utrecht University

     1991- present    Professor, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University (since 1997 as George J. Magee Professor of Geophysics and Geological Engineering)

 

Awards and Honours

     1980 Prix Lagrange,  Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique

     1983 Vening Meinesz prijs, Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research

     1988 Member, Academia Europaea

     1988 Cecil H. and Ida Green Fellowship

     1993 Fellow, American Geophysical Union

     1994 Gutenberg lecturer, American Geophysical Union

     1996 Corresponding member, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences

     2006 Beno Gutenberg medal, European Geophysical Society

     2006 Bownocker medal , Ohio State University

     2006 Member,  American Academy of Arts and Sciences

 

Professional Activity

     1982-1986 Editor, Geophysical Journal Royal Astronomical Society

     1984-1988 Member, Executive Committee ORFEUS consortium

     1985-1987 Head of Department of Geophysics, Utrecht University

     1986-1987 Director, Int. School of Applied Geophysics, Erice, Italy.

     1987-1988  Associate Dean, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University

     1982-1991 Member, ESC working group on seismic theory

     1988-2002 Editor, "Modern Approaches to Geophysics" (Kluwer)

     1989-2000 Chairman, IASPEI subcommission on Geotomography

     1989-1991 NWO Review Panel for lithospheric studies

     1990 STW Panel on applied research

     1990-1991 Earth Science Council, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences

     1990-1992 Vice President, European Seismological Commission

     1992 NSF/EAR Panel on Small Business Innovation research

     1992-1996 Member, IRIS Executive Committee

     1993 DOE review panel, BES Geosciences Research Program

     1993-1995 Associate Editor, J. Geophysical Research

     1998-2000 President, Seismology Section, American Geophys. Union.

     1998-2001 Editor, Journal of Seismology

     2000-2004 Member, US National Committee for the IUGG

     2000-2004 Member, Committee on Seismology, National Research Council

     2001-present Associate chair, Dept of Geosciences, Princeton University

    2001-2004  NSF/EAR Geophysics panel

     2003 Peer review committee, Dept of Geophysics, Stanford University

     2003 Peer review committee, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard

     2003 Umbrella committee, NWO Bonus Incentive Scheme

     2003-2005 Chair, IRIS Data Management System Standing Committee

     2004-present Jury, Spinoza Prize, NWO, The Netherlands.

     2005 Member, EarthScope Science and Education Committee (ESEC)

 

Field Experience

    1979 Seismic refraction experiment in the Pamir-Himalaya mountains

    1980-1984 Design, testing and setting up of the 14 station, broad band, digital Network of Autonomously Recording Seismographs (NARS)

    1996 Installation of a 35 station PASSCAL array on Iceland.

 

 

Invited Scientist/Lecturer

    1975 (March-June) Istituto di Geofisica, Bari, Italy

    1977 (May-June) Dept of Appl Math and Theor Physics, Cambridge, England

    1978 (January) Institut fur Geophysik, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    1979  (March-April) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA 

   1980  Lecturer, International School of Applied Geophysics, Erice, Italy

    1982  Lecturer, International School of Applied Geophysics, Erice, Italy

    1983  Lecturer, Department of Geophysics, Stanford, USA

    1987    Lecturer, International School of Solid Earth Geophysics, Erice, Italy

    1988/9 Visiting Professor at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UC San Diego, USA.

     1989    Lecturer, Tsukuba Winter School, Tsukuba, Japan.

     1990    Lecturer, International School of Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

     1994    Lecturer, International School of Solid Earth Geophysics, Erice, Italy.

     1995    Lecturer, IX Summer school on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Siena, Italy.

     1997/8 Visiting Professor at Geosciences Azur, Sophia Antipolis and Universite de Nice, France.

     1999  Lecturer, International School of Solid Earth Geophysics, Erice, Italy.

     2004  Visiting Professor LGIT, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.

     2005  Visiting Professor at Geosciences Azur, Sophia Antipolis and Universite de Nice, France.

     2006  Lecturer, International School of Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

 

Last updated: 01/28/08.