Alexander Sobolev#
| Membership Number: | 3460 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=4IR9u1QAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2009 - present Chair of Excellence, Distinguished University Professor, Institut Science de la Terre (ISTerre), University of Grenoble Alpes, France
- 2006 - 2011 Head of laboratory at Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation (GEOCHI)
- 2009 - 2010 Gauss Professor at the University of Gottingen, Germany
- 2001 - 2005 Wolfgang Paul Award Professor Max-Planck Institut, Mainz, Germany
- 1999 - 2000 Alexander v.. Humboldt Research Award Professor, Max-Planck Institut, Mainz, Germany
- 1990 - 1999 Head of the Section of mantle magmas GEOCHI
- 1986 - 1990 Senior research fellow GEOCHI
- 1976 - 1986 Junior research fellow GEOCHI
Fields of Scholarship
- Petrology and geochemistry of mafic magma in major tectonic settings
- The study of trace element and isotope geochemistry of igneous minerals and melt and fluid inclusions
- State-of-the-art in situ analytical methods (SIMS, LA-ICP-MS, EPMA, Raman, etc)
- Geochemical modelling of mantle melting and melt transport
- Age and origin of mantle heterogeneities
- Mantle geodynamics
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Elected Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
- 2020 Awarded by A.P. Vinogradov Prize by Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2019 Corresponding PI of ERC Synergy Grant for research in 2020 - 2026
- 2019 Elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union
- 2016 Elected Full Member (academician) of Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2015 Senior Member of Institut Universitaire de France
- 2013 Elected Member of Academia Europaea (The European Academy)
- 2009 - 2014 Senior Chair of Excellence, ANR, France
- 2006 - present Head of distinguished Russian scientific school
- 2009 - 2010 Gauss Professor at Gottingen University and Gottingen Academy of Sciences, Germany
- 2001 - 2005 Wolfgang Paul Award, Alexander v. Humboldt Foundation and Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany, November, 2001
- 1999 - 2000 Alexander v. Humboldt Research Award, Alexander v. Humboldt Foundation, Germany, April 1999
- 1997 - Elected Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences in geochemistry, petrology and mineralogy, Russian Federation, May 30, 1997
- 1994, 1997 Recipient of State Award for Distinguished Russian Scientists
- 1994 Recipient of International Science Foundation Award for the Highest Rank of Publications
- 1983 Recipient of Academy of Sciences, USSR Medal for the Best Research in Geosciences
