CV
Curriculum Vitae - Peter van der Beek
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Positions held
- 2018-2019 : Alexander von Humboldt visiting research fellow, Universität Potsdam, Germany
- 2011 : Visiting Fellow, CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
- 2006- Full Professor, Université Joseph Fourier (now Université Grenoble Alpes), Grenoble, France
- 2001-2002 : Part-time appointment as research fellow at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- 1998-2006 : Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences), Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
- 1995-1997 : Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra Australia
- 1991-1995 : Research Assistant, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Education
- 1991-1995 PhD in Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- 1985 1990 : MSc in Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Synergistic Activities
- Editor-in-Chief for Basin Research (2008-2014)
- Associate editor for Tectonics (2018-) ;
- President of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) Geomorphology division (2015-2019) ; member of EGU Council and Topical Events Committee.
- President of the International Association of Geomorphology (IAG) working group on Tectonic Geomorphology (2017- ) ;
- President of the organising committee of the 14th International Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix-Mt. Blanc, France, September 2014.
- Member of the organising committee of the 2016 Himalayan-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop (HKT), Aussois, France, May 2016.
- External examiner for numerous PhD and HDR theses (France, Sweden, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Italy, Australia, India
Local Responsibilities
- President of the Habilitation Committee and president of the Council of the Graduate School in Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences, Université Grenoble Alpes (2017- ).
- In charge of the Master’s Programme in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Université Grenoble Alpes (2012- ) ;
- Adjunct Director (Director of Studies) of the Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers de Grenoble (2013-2015) ;
- Adjunct Director of the Laboratoire de Géodynamique des Chaînes Alpines (2007-2010) and the ensuing Institut des Sciences de la Terre (2011-2012) ;
- Representative for the Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Undergraduate Council of Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble (2002-2006) ;
Honors and Awards
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2017)
- Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2015-2020)
- European Geosciences Union Ralph Alger Bagnold Medal 2014
- Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2005-2010)