Douglas A. Wiens is an American geophysicist, focusing in seismology and geophysics, currently the Robert S. Brookings Distinguished Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.[1][2]

Douglas A. Wiens
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWheaton College
Northwestern University
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis

Career

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Wiens received his bachelor's degree in physics from Wheaton College in 1980, followed by an M.A. in 1982 and a Ph.D. in geosciences from Northwestern University in 1985 under the supervision of Seth Stein.[3] He became a faculty member at Washington University in 1984,[4] and has held visiting positions at Australian National University, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the University of Tokyo. He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union.[5] Doug has published more than 200 papers in refereed scientific journals, and supervised 21 PhD theses. He was chair of the Washington University Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences from 2008-2013.[6]

Awards

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Antarctic Service Medal of the United States, 2002[7]

Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 2007[8]

Robert and Bettie Cody Award in Ocean Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2014[9]

Seismological Society of America Distinguished Lectureship, 2015[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Douglas A. Wiens". wustl.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Doug Wiens". wustl.edu. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "Physics Tree - Douglas A. Wiens". academictree.org. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  4. ^ "News - Video - Douglas Wiens talks about his project to learn how the Gamburtsev Mountains formed. | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  5. ^ "Douglas Wiens" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-05-01.
  6. ^ https://eeps.wustl.edu/files/eps/Vita_nopubs_2023.pdf
  7. ^ https://eeps.wustl.edu/files/eps/Vita_nopubs_2023.pdf
  8. ^ https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2007EO260013
  9. ^ https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/prominent-seismologist-unlocks-antarcticas-secrets-public-lecture
  10. ^ https://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/epo/distinguished_lectureship