Vincent Courtillot#
| Membership Number: | 1547 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ipgp.fr/~courtil |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 Director, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- 2002-2009 President, Scientific Council of the City of Paris
- 2001-2002 Invited Professor (Moore Fellow) at the California Institute of Technology
- 1998-2001 Director for Research, Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (supervising all French Research effort)
- 1997-1998 Special adviser to the Minister of Education, Research and Technology
- 1996-1998 Director, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- 1996-2010 Full Professor, Institut Universitaire de France
- 1995-1998 Director, Graduate School for the Earth Sciences (IPGP-Paris VII)
- 1994 Full Professor, « exceptional class », Université Paris VII
- 1993-1996 Scientific adviser to the director of research, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (French Geological Survey)
- 1989-1993 Director of the Ministry of National Education for Research and Graduate Studies in all French Universities
- 1989-1994 Physicien (Full Professor, « exceptional class »), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- 1983-1989 Physicien titulaire (Full Professor), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- 1978-1983 Associate Professor, University Paris VII
- 1977-1978 Assistant Professor 2, University Paris VII
- 1973-1977 Assistant Professor 1, University Paris VII
Fields of Scholarship
- Geophysics
- Geodynamics
- Paleomagnetism
- Geomagnetism
- Tectonics
- Climate
Honours and Awards
- 1985 First Franco-Britannic Prize (French Academy of Sciences and Royal Society)
- 1990 Fellow, American Geophysical Union
- 1990 Knight, Ordre National du Mérite
- 1993 Silver medal of Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- 1994 Fairchild Distinguished Scholar (Cal Tech)
- 1994 Member, Academia Europaea
- 1994 Knight, Légion d’honneur
- 1996 Gerald Stanton Ford Lecturer (University of Minnesota)
- 1996 Professor, Institut Universitaire de France
- 1997 Associate, Royal Astronomical Society
- 1997 Officer, Ordre National du Mérite
- 1997 Commander, Ordre National des Palmes Académiques
- 1997 Rosone d’Oro (Italy)
- 2001 Dolomieu Prize, French Academy of Sciences
- 2001 Moore Distinguished Fellow (CalTech)
- 2002 “Geological Society of London Lecturer”
- 2002 “Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecturer” (Princeton)
- 2002 First “Bullard Lecturer”,American Geophysical Union
- 2003 Member, French Academy of Sciences
- 2006 André Dumont Medal and invited speaker (Société Geologica Belgica, Belgian Geological Society
- 2008 Member, Chinese Academy of Scinces
