David G. Gee#
Membership Number: | 1943 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
Elected: | 1999 |
Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Homepage(s): | http://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=AA103 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2004 Emeritus at Uppsala University
- 1994 - 2004 Uppsala University, Professor, Orogen Dynamics Programme
- 1986 - 1994 Swedish Research Council, Professor in Lund University
- 1966 - 1986 Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU)
Fields of Scholarship
- Economic geology
- Energy supply and climate
- Palaeozoic mountain belts of Eurasia
Honours and Awards
- 1999 - 2001 President of European Union of Geosciences
- 1996 - 2002 Dean of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
- 2000 - 2003 Chairman of Swedish Polar Research Committee
- 2001 - 2004 Swedish representative, International Arctic Science Committee
- U.N. International Year of Planet Earth 2007-2009, Senior advisor
- Chairman of Crafoord Committee for Geoscience Prize 2006 and Jubilee 2007
- 2003 - 2006 Chairman of Swedish Research Council’s UNESCOråds Committee
- 2007 European Geosciences Union (EGU) Stephan Mueller medal
- 2007 Assar Hadding’s prize in geology, Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet in Lund
- Chairman of Science Committee and Vice-President for IGC 2008 and excursion leader
- 2008 Geologist of the Year, Sweden