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Herbert Huppert
Academic title, degree: Professor of Theoretical Geophysics, Doctor of Science, FRS
Fields of science: Geophysics
Research interest: Carbon dioxide sequestration, volcanic eruptions and lava flows, general fluid mechanics
Institution: University of Cambridge
Position: Director of the Institute for Theoretical Geophysics
Country: United Kingdom
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About Winner
Herbert Huppert was born and received his early education in Sydney, Australia. He graduated in Applied Mathematics from Sydney University with first class Honours, a University medal and the Baker Travelling Fellowship in 1964. He then completed a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego, and came as an ICI Post-doctoral Fellow to the University of Cambridge in 1968 for what was meant to be a one-year sojourn.
Professor Huppert has published widely using fluid-mechanical principles in applications to the Earth sciences: in meteorology, oceanography and geology. He was elected a Fellow of The Royal Society in 1987.
In 2005 Prof. Huppert was the only non-American recipient of a prize from the US National Academy, being awarded the Arthur L. Day Prize Lectureship for contributions to the Earth sciences; and the first Australian to win this prize. He has been elected a Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the American Physical Society. He was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2007 and the Bakerian Prize Lectureship of The Royal Society in 2011.
Recent Achievements
Prof. Dr. Huppert is an author and co-author of approximately 275 papers discussing applied mathematics, crystal growth, fluid mechanics, geology, geophysics, oceanography, meteorology and science in general, with a total of over 21,000 citations and an h index of 81 (according to Google Scholar).
Prof. Herbert Huppert has been at the forefront of research in fluid mechanics. As an applied mathematician he has consistently developed highly original analysis of key natural and industrial processes. For this and other achievements in 2020 The Royal Society (London, UK) awarded Prof. Huppert with the prestigious Royal Medal A.