Carmen Gaina - Curriculum Vitae#

EDUCATION:

• 1999 Ph. D from University of Sydney, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Australia
  
• 1987 M. Sc. from University of Bucharest, Department of Geology, Geophysics and Geography, Romania

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Integrated research in Polar regions
  
• To decipher Earth’s crustal structure and evolution by geophysical data interpretation and modelling and by geoscience data assimilation.
  
• To study the connections between Solid Earth, Oceans and Atmosphere for present day and the geological past by reconstructing ocean seafloor morphology, sea-level and global geochemical budgets resulting from Solid-Earth tectonics.

CURRENT FUNDING:

• 2018-2023 PI Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics – Norwegian Centre of Excellence, RCN Research grant 10 Mil €)
  
• 2016-2019 PI Changes at the Top of the World through Volcanism and Plate Tectonics: Norwegian-Russian-North American
  
• Arctic research and education, Research Council Norway – RCN/SIU Research grant (0.45 Mil €)
  
• 2016-2019 co-PI 3D-EARTH – European Space Agency (1 Mil €/UiO part 0.25 Mil €)
  
• 2016-2020 co-PI Marie Curie ETN “SUBITOP” – European Research Council (4 Mil €/UiO part 0.3 Mil €)

RECENT TEACHING/SUPERVISION:

• 2018 Prepare and teach Master/PhD course at UNIS (Svalbard, Norway)
  
• 2016 Prepare and teach courses at the National Research School DEEP (Oslo, Norway)
  
• 2014 Coordinate and teach University of Oslo international Summer School courses (15 ECTS)
  
• 2013 Supervisor - Master (5 graduated) and PhD (2 current and 2 graduated) students at CEED
  
• 2013 Co-supervisor PhD student Iceland University and ISOR, Iceland (1)
  
• 2011 Teach part of graduate course Tectonics, University of Oslo, Norway

RECENT FIELD EXPERIENCE:

• 2013 R/V Meteor (RHUM-RUM: Imaging the Deep Reunion plume, Indian Ocean)
  
• 2013 OGS Explora, BGR13-1 (PANORAMA cruise, Arctic Ocean)

MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• 2016 Director Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), A Norwegian Center of Excellence
  
• 2013 - 2016 Assistant Director CEED and Team Leader “Dynamic Earth” (CEED) (22 researchers, 8 students)
  
• 2015 - 2023 Board member – The National Research School for Climate Studies CHESS (hosted by University of Bergen)
  
• 2013 - 2016 Board member – Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo and from 2014 – Academic Member in the Temporary Staff Appointment Committee
  
• 2007 – 2011 Section Leader – Centre for Geodynamics (7-18 researchers), Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

PUBLICATION RECORD/CITATIONS:

87-refereed scientific publications
5866 citations (SCOPUS), 8266 (Google scholar); H-index 35 (42)
5 papers in Nature, Science group, 1 PNAS
26 published papers and 3 edited books in the last 5 years