Timothy (Tim) Stern
Associate Editors, Journal of Polar Science and Engineering
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Professor of Geophysics - Emeritus
Interests: Crust and upper mantle structure of the Earth, particularly in the South Pacific and Antarctica. Applied geophysics, seismic exploration.
Published 132 papers, H-Index = 52. 7000 citations
Served on the editorial board of Geology, 1993-95
DISTINCTIONS
2018 Fulbright scholarship
2012 Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2010-12 James Cook Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand
2010: Leverhulme (UK) Visiting Professorship at University of Leeds (UK)
2007 Elected Fellow of Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD
2024- present Emeritus Professor, Victoria University of Wellington
2023-1992 Victoria University of Wellington, School of Earth Sciences
2018 Fulbright scholar, University of Colorado, Boulder and Columbia University, New York
2015 Visiting fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford, and Dept of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
2010 Leverhulme visiting Professor, Leeds University, UK
2006 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) visiting fellow,
University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
1999 Research Associate, Caltech, CA, USA
1998 Research Associate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1989-92 Scientist, DSIR Geology and Geophysics: 1989-92.
1987-88 Research Associate (Post-Doctoral): Stanford University, California
1986-87 Research Associate (Post-Doctoral): Cornell University, New York
1983-86 Scientist, Geophysics Division, Dept. Sci. Indus. Res (DSIR)
AWARDS
2017 Staff Research Excellence Award, Victoria University of Wellington
2015 New Zealand Geophysics Prize, Royal Society of New Zealand
2018, 2012, 2006, 2003 “A” grade ranking for Performance Based Research Funding (PBRF)
2003 New Zealand Geophysics Prize, Royal Society of New Zealand
2002 Excellence in Research Award, Victoria University
1998 Royal Society of New Zealand Science Medal (for scientific leadership of the SIGHT (South Island Geophysical Transect) project
1997 Hochstetter Lecturer, Geological Society of New Zealand
1990 New Zealand Geophysics Prize, Royal Society of New Zealand
1984 Royal Society of New Zealand Young Scientist Award
Personal website: https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/93-tim-stern