Hans Berckhemer#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 931 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Hans Berckhemer passed away 23 July 2014.
Positions Held
- 1994 Professor Emeritus
- 1963 Full Professor for Geophysics at the University of Frankfurt
- 1951-1963 Research Associate at the Geophysical State Institute in Stuttgart
Fields of Scholarship
- Seismology
- Experimental rock physics
- Deep seismic sounding
Honours and Awards
- 1971-1974 Chairman of the German National IUGG Committee and the National Representative for IUGG
- 1973-1979 Chairman of the International Geodynamics Project Working Group 3 (Alpine-Mediterranean Region)
- 1975-1979 President of IASPEI
- 1979-1981 President of the German Geophysical Society
- Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (German National Academy of Sciences)
- Otto Yuljevich Schmidt Medal of the United Institute of Earth Physics named for O.Yi.Schmidt of the Russian Academy of Sciences
