Dr. Mark Dekkers elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has named Dr. among its newly elected Fellows.
Election as an AGU Fellow is a very special tribute to those who have made exceptional scientific contributions. Nominated Fellows must have attained acknowledged eminence in the Earth and space sciences. This designation is conferred upon not more than 0.1 percent of all AGU members in any given year. Nominations generally come from AGU members, and new Fellows are chosen by a committee of Fellows. The award ceremony will be held during the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting this December in San Francisco, the biggest conference in Earth Sciences worldwide.
Rock magnetism
The research and teaching of Mark Dekkers, working in the of the Department of Earth Sciences, is at the interface of geophysics and geochemistry. His overarching research interest is in the preservation of the paleomagnetic record, how subsequent geological processes may interfere with the original paleomagnetic signal, at all time scales - ranging from early diagenetic processes operating shortly after the formation of a rock succession, to ongoing burial and related geodynamic processes hundreds of millions years later in a rock's history. His research further includes paleointensity methodology and how anthropogenic influence can be tracked by magnetic properties. Finally, he is involved in archeology, through dating of hominide sites.
Mark teaches courses in general geology and Earth and Sustainability at 木瓜福利影视 College Utrecht, geochemical cycles in the bachelor鈥檚 programme Earth Sciences, and participates in the teaching of paleomagnetism and rock magnetism in the master鈥檚 programme Earth, Structure and Dynamics.
Mark was nominated by an American colleague and awarded the Fellowship for the rigor of his research that has opened new avenues to interpret paleomagnetic and geomagnetic data, and has put the use of magnetic properties as proxy parameter to the next level. His strategy of including multivariate statistical approaches has delivered interpretations of complex data sets that were otherwise not possible.
The 6th AGU Fellow
The Department of Earth Sciences is proud that Mark is already the 6th department member to be honoured with this fellowship. Earlier elected AGU Fellows are: , , and retired professors Prof.dr. Hans Zijderveld and Prof. dr. Nico Vlaar (deceased).