Petrus Peregrinus Medal 2006

The American scientist Dennis V. Kent has won the prestigious EGU Petrus Peregrinus Medal for his fundamental contributions to our knowledge of the Earth's magnetic field in the past and for his leadership in palaeomagnetism

The Petrus Peregrinus Medal has been established by the Division on Magnetism, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Physics & Geomaterials in recognition of the scientific achievements of Petrus Peregrinus, to be awarded for outstanding scientific contributions in the field magnetism

Professor Kent is working at the Department of Geological Sciences of Rutgers University, New Jersey USA.  Dennis V. Kent is a fellow of GSA, AGU and AAAS, an Allan Cox lecturer and GSA and VMSG medallist, and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

Resumé

Professor Dennis V. Kent is expert in the study of the magnetism of rocks, and in its application to an amazingly wide range of problems in the Earth Sciences: magnetostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, marine magnetic anomalies, history of the geomagnetic field, and tectonics. Current interests include Cenozoic and Mesozoic magnetostratigraphy and geomagnetic polarity time scales, paleoclimatology, paleogeography and tectonics of the Pangea supercontinent, paleofield intensity variations, and the magnetic recording properties of sediments and oceanic basalts.
He excels because of his mastery in the laboratory and because of the often novel and imaginative manner in which he applies his knowledge. He has authored or co-authored 200 publications and was cited by Science Watch as having the second highest citation index worldwide among solid Earth scientists.

Medal Lecture

Professor Kent will accept his medal and give his Medal lecture during the EGU General Assembly, to be held in Vienna, Austria from 2 – 7 April 2006. The lecture ‘Geomagnetic polarity time scales for the Cenozoic and Mesozoic’ starts Thursday April 6, at 18:15 h in Lecture Room 29.

More information: http://www.copernicus.org/EGU/awards/petrus_peregrinus_overview.html