Claudio Faccenna#
| Membership Number: | 2548 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/faccenna/Home.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011-present Full Professor at Dept. of Geological Sciences, Università Roma TRE
- 2001-2010 Associate Professor at Dept. of Geological Science, Università Roma TRE
- 1995-2000 Researcher at Department of Geological Science, Università of Roma TRE
- 1997-1998 Visiting scholar at Harvard University, Cambridge (USA)
- 1993-1995 Post-doc at Université Paris VI and at Geosciences Rennes-Université di Rennes I
- 1989-1993 PhD at Department of Earth Science, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
- 1984-1988 Graduated at Department of Earth Science, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
Fields of Scholarship
- Subduction and mantle convection
- Tectonic and morphological evolution of convergent margin
- Dynamic topography
- Trench migration and back-arc deformation
- Evolution of orogenic belt and exhumation of deep metamorphic rocks
- Volcanism and fluid circulation in the crust
Honours and Awards
- 2015 Humboldt Research Award from Alexandre von Humboldt Foundation
- 2014 Stephan Muller medal European Geoscience Un. Division Tectonics and Structural Geology
- 2013 Prix Viquesnel 2013 Société Géologique de France
- 2010 Galileo Galilei International Medal for Earth Science
- 2008 Member of the Academia Europaea
