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Dr. Hans-Peter Plag
Photo by Theresa Danna-DouglasResearch Professor
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Business telephone: (775) 682-8779
Fax: (775) 784-1709
E-mail: hpplag@unr.edu
Education
Promotion (PhD), Free University of Berlin, Natural Sciences
(summa cum laude), 1988
Diploma, Geophysics, Free University of Berlin, 1982
"Vordiplom" Mathematics, Technische Fachhochschule Berlin
(Technical College), 1974
Areas of Expertise
Solid Earth geophysics
Global geodynamics
Rheology of the Earth's mantle and continuum mechanics
Deformation of the solid Earth
Earth system dynamics and global change
Global to local sea level changes
Space geodesy and geodetic reference frames
Earth observations
A wide range of aspects related to sustainability
Professional Work Experience
Research professor, jointly at Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology and Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, Reno (July 2004–present)
Professor II (20 % position) at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oslo for "Mathematical models in geodesy" (January 2000–June 2004).
Head of the department "Global reference" at the Geodetic Institute, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway (August 1997–June 2004).
Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (assistant professor) at the Institute of Geophysics, University of Kiel, Germany (March 1992–July 1997; visiting scientist at Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, April 1995– September 1995)
Post-doctoral research and teaching at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Kiel, Germany (December 1987–February 1992)
Research Geophysicist at the Free University of Berlin (March 1982–April 1983; May 1984–December 1987, in parallel free lance programmer from May 1984–December 1987)
Selected Publications
All publications are available online.
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