About Department of Earth Sciences
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Our department
We investigate the processes that influence Earth's development and change over time; rocks, minerals, volcanism, earthquakes, erosion, climate change, ocean currents, weather patterns and much more. Earth science uses observations, measurements, fieldwork and laboratory investigations to understand the Earth's complex systems.
The department is very broad in terms of knowledge and has been created by merging five previously independent departments. The Department of Geology, the Department of Physical Geography and the Department of Palaeontology were merged in 1992. Six years later, the Department of Meteorology and the Department of Geophysics were added. This makes us one of the most comprehensive departments in Earth sciences in all of Europe.
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We are organised in six different research programmes and conduct education and research both in Uppsala and in Visby.
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The Department of Earth Sciences conducts education and research both in Uppsala and in Visby.
Brief facts
- 289 staff, of which 20 are professors,
- 3700 students
- 85 doctoral students including industrial doctoral students,
- six research areas
- 5 Bachelor programmes
- 1 civil engineering programme
- 10 education programmes at advanced level,
- 347 independent courses,
- approximately 231 million SEK in turnover,
over - 30 nationalities are represented in the department.
The Board and the Management group
The Board
Chair and Vice-Chair
- Ian Snowball, Head of Department
- Sebastian Willman, Deputy Head of Department, and Assistant Head of
- Department for Undergraduate and Graduate Education.
Members
- Björn Lund, senior lecturer
- Cecilia Johansson, senior lecturer
- Emmanuel Alofe, PhD student
- Graham Budd, Professor
- Jorijntje Henderiks, Professor
- Karin Högdahl, senior lecturer
- Nicholas Hoad, PhD student
- Veijo Pohjola, Professor
- Malin Eivergård, communicator
- Antonia Roos, student representative
Alternate members
- Jaroslaw Majka, Senior Lecturer
- Stefan Ivanell, Professor
- Anna Neubeck, researcher
- Thomas Kalscheuer, senior lecturer
- Linda Lagebro, study counselor
- Ellen Kvarnmyr, student representative
The term of office of the Board extends from July 1, 2022 for three years.
Management group
- Ian Snowball, Head of Department.
- Sebastian Willman, Deputy Head of Department, and Assistant Head of
- Department for Undergraduate and Graduate Education.
- Frances Deegan, Deputy Head of Department for Curatorial and Facilities.
- Patrik Armuand, Head of Administration
- Graham Budd, Program Manager for Paleobiology.
- Stefan Ivanell, Head of Unit for Wind Energy, Campus Gotland.
- Peter Lazor, Program Manager for Mineralogy, Petrology and Tectonics (MPT).
- Lina Mtwana Nordlund, the department's representative in the collaboration committee.
- Anna Rutgersson, section dean
- Jorijntje Henderiks, the department's representative in the research committee
- Mikael Höök, Director of CEMUS.
- Veijo Pohjola, Program Manager for Air, Water and Landscape Science (LUVAL).
- Ólafur Gudmundsson, Program Manager for Geophysics
- Valentin Troll, Program Manager for Natural Resources and Sustainable Development (NRHU).
- Malin Eivergård, Communications Officer
Research that lives on
Anders Celsius
Anders Celsius is best known today for the Celsius scale, the 100-degree thermometer scale.
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Finn Malmgren
Finn Malmgren was an adventurer, explorer, polar explorer and meteorologist at the Department of Meteorology in Uppsala.
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Axel Hamberg
Axel Hamberg was a professor of geography at Uppsala University and is best known for his lifelong exploration of Sarek. Swedish only.
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Honorary doctors
Regine Hock, a professor of geophysics and glaciologist, has contributed models to calculate how much the world's glaciers are melting, and projections of how fast they will melt in the future. With her unique experience in mass balance modelling, she led the IPCC's work to describe the status of snow and ice masses in the world's high mountain areas. Dr Hock has a long-standing affiliation with the Department of Earth Sciences, as a researcher and visiting lecturer and as a visiting professor.
David Harper is Professor of Palaeontology at Durham University, UK. His research focuses on the origin and early evolution of animal-based ecosystems, their impact and relationship to climate and environment, and characteristics such as biodiversity and biogeography. He is known for his research on the important evolutionary phase of development known as the 'Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event'. Harper has collaborated extensively with the palaeontologists at the Department of Earth Sciences and has also participated in the evaluation of the faculty's master's programme.
Pär Holmgren is a meteorologist and has been involved in the climate change debate since the late 1990s. He has been head of SVT's weather editorial team, and was a member of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation's national board in 2010-2012. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of philosophy at the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University in 2012, where he is a regular guest lecturer.