Eric Wolff Explained

Eric William Wolff, FRS (born 5 June 1957) is a British climatologist, glaciologist, and academic. Since 2013, he has been Royal Society Research Professor of Earth Sciences in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.[1] [2]

Honours

In 2009, he was awarded the Louis Agassiz Medal by the European Geosciences Union. The medal is awarded 'in recognition of [an individual's] outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the cryosphere on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system'.[3] In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the UK's most senior learned society for science.[4] In 2012, he was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London.[5] In 2020, he was awarded the Richardson Medal by the International Glaciological Society along with Christina Hulbe.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WOLFF, Prof. Eric William. Who's Who 2015. Oxford University Press. 6 June 2015. November 2014.
  2. Web site: Eric Wolff . Department of Earth Sciences . . 6 June 2015 . 14 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150606160104/http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/professor-eric-wolff . 6 June 2015 .
  3. Web site: Louis Agassiz Medal. Awards and medals. European Geosciences Union. 6 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Fellows. About us. Royal Society. 6 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Lyell Medal. About Us. The Geological Society of London. 6 June 2015.
  6. Web site: The Richardson Medal . 2020-10-25 . International Glaciological Society (IGS) . en.