Barbara Romanowicz
Barbara A. Romanowicz | |
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Born | Suresnes, France | April 5, 1950
Nationality | France |
Occupation | Geophysicist |
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[]
- 1990 Fellow, American Geophysical Union[7]
- 1992 Silver Medal of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique[8]
- 1999 European Union of Geosciences[9] of the
- 2001 Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[10]
- 2003 Gutenberg Medal, European Geophysical Society[11]
- 2005 Member, National Academy of Sciences[12]
- 2008 Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, France
- 2009 Inge Lehmann Medal of the American Geophysical Union[13]
- 2010 Miller Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- 2011 Harry Reid Medal of the Seismological Society of America[14]
- 2013 Elected Member, Académie des Sciences, France
- 2019 William Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union[15][16]
- 2020 Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London [17]
Personal life[]
In 1979, Romanowicz married Mark Jonikas.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Gates, Alexander E (2009). A to Z of Earth Scientists. pp. 223–224. ISBN 978-1438109190.
- ^ "The Renaissance of Zofia Romanowicz".
- ^ "Barbara Romanowicz". European Research Council.
- ^ "Home". www.college-de-france.fr. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Barbara Romanowicz Receives 2019 William Bowie Medal". Eos. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "AGU Fellows page".
- ^ "CNRS Silver Medals". CNRS video library.
- ^ "List of previous Wegner medallists".
- ^ "AAAS Fellowship list" (PDF).
- ^ "EGU medal citation page".
- ^ "NAS Fellowship page".
- ^ "AGU medal citation page".
- ^ "SSA medal citation page".
- ^ "2019 AGU Union Medal, Award, and Prize Recipients Announced". Eos. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
- ^ "Barbara Romanowicz Receives 2019 William Bowie Medal". Eos. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- ^ "2020 awards and funds winners". Geological Society. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- 1950 births
- Living people
- French geophysicists
- Harvard University alumni
- University of California, Berkeley faculty
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences