Gerold Siedler

Background

Siedler, Gerold was born on August 16, 1933 in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia.

Education

D Natural Sciences, U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1960; Habilitation, U. Kiel, Federal Republic Germany, 1966.

Career

Research scientist, Oceanographic Institute, Kiel, 1960-1969; director marine physics department, Oceanographic Institute, since 1969; director Institute, Oceanographic Institute, 1976-1978. Visiting scientist Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institution, 1967-1968, 71-72, 83, 89, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1984, 85, U. Marie et Pierre Curie, Paris, 1989, U. Miami, 1990, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1990, Ifremer Brest, 1994, U. Concepcion, 1998. Vice president Science Committee on Oceanic Research, 1980-1983, president, 1983-1988.

Achievements

• Gerold Siedler has been listed as a noteworthy Physical oceanogrpaher educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, Oceanography Society, Challenger Society (United Kingdom), German Physical Society, German Meteorological Society, German Geophysical Society, European Geophy. society.