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FACT SHEET:
Dr. Gerald Matthias Ganssen
Adress:
Dr. Gerald Ganssen
Hüpohl 21
46342 Velen Ramsdorf
Tel: 01631362542
Email: retiredganssen@gmail.com
Basic Facts:
D.O.B: 24.4.1955 Nationality: German
Married with Sabrina Ganssen, geb. Hildebrandt
No children
Higher Education
Diplom/Masters: Geology and Paleontology, Ruhr University, Bochum, 1978.
Ph.D.: Marine Geology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, “magna cum laude”, 1982.
Language Skills
oral/written
German: perfect/perfect
English: perfect/perfect
Dutch: perfect/very good
French: good/good
Employment and working activities
- 1.12.1982 until 1.12.2022: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- Associate Professor in research and teaching, working in Ocean Sciences, with focus on past and recent Global Change, since September 2021 part-time (30%) retirement.
- Head of stable isotope laboratory (1982-1996).
- Co-promoter and supervisor of research students, teaching of bachelor and master students.
- Regular participant in ocean research expeditions as chief or co-chief scientist (1986-2000)
- Major contributor to funding bids for research and equipment.
- 2009-2012, acting head of section Marine Biogeology, 2012-2019 head of Cluster Earth and Climate of the Earth Science department at the Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Working philosophy
“Passionately sharing my knowledge, vision and experience with colleagues and students”
I look back to a career of 40 years of research, teaching and management as expert in past and modern climate change focussing on causes and consequences.
Main achievements
- experience in sea-going research as chief scientist, dealing with extreme situations
- publications ?Gerald Ganssen? - ?Google Scholar???????????????????????????????
- developing and teaching university courses incl. set up of the Earth Science master program at the VU in Amsterdam
- supervising students at all levels as mentor and teacher
- various functions within the European Geosciences Union (EGU), the largest Geosciences organization in Europe with more than 20000 active members EGU - About EGU
- EGU president (2007-2009) and vice-president 2006-2007 and 2009-2010
- Initiator and co-founder
