Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery
Physical sciences, Surface and interface science, (photo)catalysis and nanophotonics
Dr. Arwen Fedora Deuss
Nominated by
- European Research Council (ERC)
- AcademiaNet member since 12.12.2011
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Utrecht University
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Environment, Physical sciences
Area of specialisation
Geophysics
Research interests
Global and theoretical seismology, Earth's deep interior
Distinctions and Awards
Ammodo/KNAW award for fundamental research in natural sciences, by the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, 2015
Philip Leverhulme Prize, 2010
Murchison Fund, by the Geological Society London, 2008
Fowler Award, by the Royal Astronomical Society London, 2005
Doornbos Prize, by the IUGG Committee on Studies of Earth's deep Interior, 2004
AGU outstanding student paper award, Fall meeting 1998
Interested in
- Lectures
Languages
Dutch, English
Doctorate
- 2002: Oxford University
Short CV/Education and training
- 1993 – 1998Undergraduate and MSc ('Doctorandus') in geophysics,University of Utrecht, the Netherlands
- 1998 – 2002D.Phil, Oxford University
- 2002 – 2004Junior Research Fellow, University College, Oxford
- 2003 – 2004NERC research fellowship, Dept. Earth Sciences, Oxford
- 2004 – 2013Lecturer in Theoretical Geophysics, Cambridge University
- 2013- 2014 Reader in Earth Sciences, Cambridge University
- 2014- onwards Associate Professor, Utrecht University
Selected publications
Selected projects
ERC starting grant, 2008-2014
ERC consolidator grant, 2016-2021
NWO Vici grant, 2016 – 2021
Media coverage
Television: Interview for BBC Horizon programme 'The Core' (2011)
5 Lectures for 'Universiteit van Nederland' broadcast on YouTube and television, 2016
Newspaper: Articles in Dutch newspapers (1999, 2001, 2010, 2013) and KIJK popular Science magazine (2016)
Radio: Interview for BBC (2008, 2013, 2015) and Dutch radio (2010, 2015)
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