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Taras Gerya
Professor, ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professional Experience
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professor
2004 - Present
Education
Moscow State University
Doctorate
1990
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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Current Roles
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
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Hess Medal Committee
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
Creating high resolution paleolandscape maps for biogeodynamic modeling}
EARTH AND PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Dominic Stemmler, Taras Gerya, Loïc Pellissier
The links between the constant changes in Earth's surface driven by tectonics, surfaces processes like erosion and climate as well as the biosphere sh...
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Prolonged tectono-magmatic lifetimes and eclogite recycling at asymmetric coronae on Venus
VENUS EXPLORATION: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR EARTH’S HOTTER TWIN III ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Anna Gülcher, Taras Gerya
Understanding Venus geological history helps to answer why Earth and Venus have undergone such staggeringly divergent evolutionary paths. At present, ...
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The dynamics of subduction zones and their influence on earthquake sequences.
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM (ST2B): THE NATURE OF THE SUBDUCTION INTERFACE, EARTHQUAKES, AND THE ROLES OF FLUIDS I POSTER
tectonophysics | 14 december 2023
Thanushika Gunatilake, Taras Gerya, James A. Conno...
Fluids in subduction zones play a dominant role in the geodynamic system. This includes feeding volcanic arcs, weakening subduction zone interfaces, a...
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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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