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Coffin, Mike was born on September 1, 1955 in Bangor, Maine, United States.
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Mike Coffin, American marine geophysicist, educator. Member of Society Exploration Geophysicists, International Association Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, Geological Society of America, European Geosciences Union, European Association Geoscientists & Engineers, American Geophysical Union, American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Education
AB cum laude in Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 1978. Master of Arts in Geology, Columbia University, 1981. Master of Philosophy in Geology, Columbia University, 1982.
Doctor of Philosophy in Geology, Columbia University, 1985.
Career
Research scientist Geoscience Australia, 1985—1989, University Texas Institute Geophysics, Austin, 1990—1999, senior research scientist, 1999—2001, senior research fellow, 2001—2005. Professor University Tokyo Ocean Research Institute, since 2001. Senior researcher Institute Research on Earth Evolution, Japan, 2002—2003.
Visiting research scholar University Oslo, 1992, 96. Visiting professor University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, 2001. Visiting scholar University Hawaii, 2002.
Science advisory Sumitomo Ocean Development & Engineering Company, 2003—2005. Advisory Institute Research on Earth Evolution, Japan, since 2003. Advisory Ocean Policy Research Foundation Nippon Foundation, since 2005.
Membership
Member of Society Exploration Geophysicists, International Association Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, Geological Society of America, European Geosciences Union, European Association Geoscientists & Engineers, American Geophysical Union, American Association Petroleum Geologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
