Barbara Romanowicz

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Barbara A. Romanowicz
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Born (1950-04-05) April 5, 1950 (age 71)
Suresnes, France
NationalityFrance
OccupationGeophysicist

Barbara A. Romanowicz (born April 5, 1950) is a French geophysicist and an expert on imaging the earth's interior.[1]

Early life[]

Romanowicz was born in Suresnes, France.

Barbara Romanowicz is the daughter of Kazimierz Romanowicz and Zofia Romanowiczowa.[2] The first years of Barbara's life were an inspiration for Zofia Romanowiczowa's debut novel entitled Baśka and Barbara.

Education[]

Romanowicz received a BSc degree in mathematics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure, a MSc in applied physics from Harvard University and PhDs in astronomy from Pierre and Marie Curie University and in geophysics from Paris Diderot University.[citation needed]

Career[]

From 1979 to 1981, Romanowicz was a postdoctoral research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1982 to 1990, while working as a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), she developed a global network of seismic stations known as GEOSCOPE to study earthquakes and the interior structure of the earth. From 1990 to 2011, she was director of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory; she was also a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. During her time at the Berkeley laboratory, she helped develop a real-time earthquake notification system for northern California. In 2011 she was named to the chair of Physics of the Earth Interior at the Collège de France,[3][1] where she regularly organises symposiums on topics related to the evolution of the Earth.[4]

She has been European editor for Geophysical Research Letters and editor for Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.[1]

She is the founder of Cooperative Institute for Dynamic Earth Research (CIDER), which was established with the goal to engage geoscientist on multidisciplinary research.[5]

In 2019, Romanowicz received the William Bowie Medal for "outstanding contributions for fundamental geophysics and for unselfish cooperation in research".[6] Her citation includes:

Dr. Romanowicz’s research is characterized by innovative seismological theory, sophisticated numerical methods, and insightful interpretations that have illuminated key Earth processes.

— Karen Fischer

Honors and Awards[]

Personal life[]

In 1979, Romanowicz married Mark Jonikas.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Gates, Alexander E (2009). A to Z of Earth Scientists. pp. 223–224. ISBN 978-1438109190.
  2. ^ "The Renaissance of Zofia Romanowicz".
  3. ^ "Barbara Romanowicz". European Research Council.
  4. ^ "Home". www.college-de-france.fr. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  5. ^ Romanowicz, Barbara; Hirschmann, Marc; Kellogg, Louise; Manga, Michael; Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy; Buffett, Bruce (2017-05-08). "Advancing Geoscience Research through CIDER". GSA Today: 60–61. doi:10.1130/gsatg329gw.1. ISSN 1052-5173.
  6. ^ "Barbara Romanowicz Receives 2019 William Bowie Medal". Eos. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  7. ^ "AGU Fellows page".
  8. ^ "CNRS Silver Medals". CNRS video library.
  9. ^ "List of previous Wegner medallists".
  10. ^ "AAAS Fellowship list" (PDF).
  11. ^ "EGU medal citation page".
  12. ^ "NAS Fellowship page".
  13. ^ "AGU medal citation page".
  14. ^ "SSA medal citation page".
  15. ^ "2019 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients Announced". Eos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  16. ^ "Barbara Romanowicz Receives 2019 William Bowie Medal". Eos. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  17. ^ "2020 awards and funds winners". Geological Society. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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