Stephan Sobolev#
| Membership Number: | 5674 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/staff/stephan-sobolev/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-3382-4028 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Principal Investigator of the ERC Synergy Grant Project MEET at GFZ Potsdam, Germany
- 2015 - present Professor (W3) for Geodynamics at the Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Germany (joint appointment with GFZ Potsdam).
- 2007 - 2019 Founder and Head of the Section of Geodynamic Modelling at GFZ Potsdam, Germany
- 1997 - 2007 Senior Research Associate at GFZ Potsdam, Germany
- 1996 - 1997 Visiting Professor at the Institute Physique du Globe, University of Strasbourg, France
- 1992 - 1996 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow and then Research Associate at the Geophysical Institute, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1976 - 1993 Junior Research Associate, then Head of Modelling Section at Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Moscow, Russia
Fields of Scholarship
- Geodynamics
- Geophysics
- Seismology
- Numerical modeling
Honours and Awards
- 2019 ERC Synergy Grant for research in 2020 - 2026
- 2004 GFZ-Senior Researcher Award for outstanding research
- 1992 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship at the Geophysical Institute, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
- 1987 Recipient of Academy of Sciences, USSR Medal for Best Research in Geosciences
