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Member Since 2013
Taras Gerya
Professor, ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Chair, Hess Medal Committee; Chair, Hess Medal Committee
Professional Experience
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professor
2004 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1990
Moscow State University
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Francis Birch Lecture
Received December 2021
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Union Fellow
Received December 2019
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For fundamental contributions to our understanding of lithospheric and mantle dynamics from a planetary evolution perspective.
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Publications
Topography Response to Horizontal Slab Tearing and Oblique Continental Collision: Insights From 3D T...
The horizontal propagation of slab detachment (slab tearing) is known to control lateral migration of the mountain uplift along the collisional bel...
October 08, 2024
A Tectonic Manifesto
December 01, 2023
Tectono‐Magmatic Evolution of Asymmetric Coronae on Venus: T...
October 27, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Transient water storage in the mantle transition zone of rocky exoplanets
AGU 2024
planetary sciences | 10 december 2024
Taras Gerya, Sebastian Lochmann, Robert J. Stern
The spinel phase (wadsleyite, ringwoodite) in the mantle transition zone (MTZ) of rocky exoplanets, can contain up to 12 wt% of water. However, whethe...
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Determining the Role of Paleogeographical Reconstructions in Phanerozoic Carbon Cycle Modeling
AGU 2024
paleoceanography and paleoclimatology | 09 december 2024
Niklas Werner, Christian Vérard, Maura Brunetti, T...
Throughout the Phanerozoic, Earth's climate has oscillated between icehouse and greenhouse conditions, driven by shifts in continental and oceanic con...
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The Necessity of Oceans, Continents and Plate Tectonics for the Development of Active, Communicative Civilizations: Implications for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
AGU 2024
union sessions | 09 december 2024
Robert J. Stern, Taras Gerya
Within the uncertainties of involved astronomical and biological parameters, the Drake Equation typically predicts that there should be many exoplanet...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - Present
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
2024 - 2025
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Hess Medal Committee
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