Background
Salje, Ekhard Karl Hermann was born on October 26, 1946 in Hanover, Germany. Son of Gerhard and Hildegard (Drechsler) Salje.
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Salje, Ekhard Karl Hermann was born on October 26, 1946 in Hanover, Germany. Son of Gerhard and Hildegard (Drechsler) Salje.
Diploma in Physics, University Hanover, Germany, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Hanover, Germany, 1972. Doctor habilitatus, University Hanover, Germany, 1978.
Master of Arts, University Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1987.
Lecturer University Hanover, Germany, 1975-1978, professor Germany, 1978-1986. Lecturer University Cambridge, England, 1986-1988, reader England, 1988-1992, professor England, since 1992, head department earth science England, 1998—2008. Director integrated research Cambridge-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Institute, 2000—2003.
Advisory Minister of Research, Germany, 1986—1989. Co-director Interdisciplinary Research Center in Superconductivity, University Cambridge, 1990—1998. Program chairman European Science Foundation, 1993—1999.
Mombusho professor, Japan, 1996. Chairman steering committee institute multiphase fluids BP, Cambridge, 2000—2008. President Clare Hall, Cambridge, England, 2001—2008, Alexander von Humboldt Association, England, 2004—2008.
Member international advisory board Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, since 2007. Advisory German governor, visiting professor, Paris, Bilbao, Nagoya, Grenoble. Board member Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Leipzig, Germany, University Hamburg, Germany, 2002—2008, Parliamentory Office Science and Technology, London, since 2007.
Chairman environmental initiative, Cambridge, England, 2003—2008. Chairman Isaak Newton Institute, Cambridge, 2007—2008.
Advisor German Government, since 2006. Chairman European Trust Support Academy Exchanges, since 2007. Fellow: Geological Society, Institute of Physics, Royal Society, Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina), Royal Society Advancement of Arts.
Member: Alexander von Humboldt Association (president 2004-2008), British Pugwash Group.
Married Elisabeth Démaret. Children: Henrik, Joëlle, Jeanne, Léa-Cécile, Barbara.