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Name: |
Alfred Kröner |
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Born: |
8 September 1939 in Kassel, Germany |
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Marital status: |
Married since 1965, 2 children aged 33 and 30 |
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School: |
1945-1950 - Primary School, Kassel |
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1950-1959 - High School, Kassel, matriculated in April 1959 |
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Military Service: |
National Service in West German Army 1959/1960 specialized in ABC warfare. Additional training in short periods 1961-1965. Present rank: Captain of Reserve. |
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University: |
1960-1962: |
Technical University Clausthal-Zellerfeld, West Germany Geology, Mineralogy, B.Sc. in 1962 |
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1963: |
University of Vienna, Austria, Postgraduate studies |
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1964-1965: |
Technical University Munich, West Germany, Geology M.Sc. in structural geology June 1965 |
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1966-1968: |
University of Cape Town, Precambrian Research Unit Ph.D. December 1968, main fields: structural geology and geochemistry |
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Professional career: |
1968: |
Temporary Junior Lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Cape Town |
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1969: |
Exploration Geologist for base metal exploration in Namibia with Navarro Exploration Ltd. |
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1970-1977: |
Senior Research Fellow, Precambrian Research Unit, University of Cape Town Research on Precambrian rocks of western South Africa and Namibia |
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1975-1976: |
Acting Director, Precambrian Research Unit, University of Cape Town Administration and coordination of research, fundraising, supervision of research students, teaching in structural and regional geology |
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since 1977: |
Full Professor of Geology, Department of Gesciences, University of Mainz, Germany |
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1981-1982: |
Visiting Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University, USA, October 1981 to April 1982, Research in palaeomagnetism |
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1985-1986: |
Visiting Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, August 1985 to February 1986. Work ion the ion-microprobe |
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1990: |
Visiting Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, September-November. Work on the ion- microprobe |
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1996: |
Visiting Research Fellow, Dept. of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, January-March. Work on the ion-microprobe |
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1997: |
Visiting Research Fellow, Dept. of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, February-March. Work on the ion-microprobe |
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2004-2005: |
Gledden Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia, Perth Research on accretionary orogens |
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Fields of interest: |
Tectonics of the continental crust, geochronology, geochemistry, palaeomagnetism, structural geology, petrology. Major field of research: Precambrian crustal evolution |
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Professional experience and research activities: |
Considerable field experience in many parts of the world (30 years), with emphasis on Precambrian terrains. Consulting work in base metal exploration. Fundraising for major research projects. Supervision of more than 40 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students so far. Numerous international and interdisciplinary research projects with colleagues in the USA, Canada, China, Australia, South Africa, Finland, UK, France, India, Egypt, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan and Russia. Personal experience with mass spectrometers, ion microprobe, cryogenic magnetometer and various other analytical facilities. |
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Publications: |
More than 260 research papers in earth science journals and books, co-author of one textbook, editor of 3 multi-author books, editor of several special issues of international journals |
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Awards and Honours: |
- Jubilee Medal, Geological Society of South Africa, 1974; - Fellow, Geological Society of America, 1982 - Distinguished lecture, French Academy of Sciences, 1982 - Honorary Professor, Northwest University, Xian, China, 1986 - Ananda Coomaraswamy Memorial Medal, Geological Society of Sri Lanka (2000) - Emanuel Boricky Medal, Charles-University, Prague (2002) - Fellow, Geological Society of South Africa (2004) - NMGS/SHELL-Award, Nigeria, 2004. |
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International activities: |
- Secretary, IUGS Commission on Tectonics (1978-1989) - Chairman, Working Group 3 , International Lithosphere Program (1983-86) - Leader, IGCP Projekt 280 “The oldest rocks on Earth” (1988-1993) - President, Geologische Vereinigung (1986-91) - Vice-President, European Union of Geosciences (1996-1999) - Program Director, EUG 9, Strasbourg - Member of Science Advisory Council, Tectonics Special Research Centre, Univ. of Western Australia, Perth (since 1997) - Member of Advisory Council, MPI für Chemie, Mainz (since 2000) - Reviewer for DFG (Germany), NSF (USA), NERC (U.K.), ARC (Australia), NFR (Sweden), FRD (South Africa), CRC (Canada), FFW (Austria), SNF (Switzerland), RFBR (Russia), ISF (Israel), CNSF (Czech Republic), CNNSF (China) |
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Editorial activities: |
- Co-editor (since 1984) of PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH - Co-editor (since 1996) of TERRA NOVA - Associate Editor (1985-87) of TECTONICS - Editorial Board of GEOLOGY (1992-94) - GEOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU (1990-2000) - JOURNAL OF GEODYNAMICS (1990-1994) - BULLETIN GÉOLOGIQUE DU FRANCE (SINCE 2004) - Editor of: "Precambrian plate tectonics" (Elsevier, 1981) - "Precambrian tectonics illustrated" (with R. Greiling, Schweizerbart, 1984) and "Archaean geochemistry" (with G.N. Hanson and A.M. Goodwin, Springer-Verlag, 1985) - Editor of 10 special journal volumes containing international conference proceedings |
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