David Bercovici
David Bercovici (* 1960 in Rome ) is an American geophysicist at Yale University .
Life
Bercovici grew up in California . He received a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvey Mudd College in 1982 and a master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles , in 1987 and there in 1989 with the thesis A Numerical Investigation of Thermal Convection in Highly Viscous Spherical Shells with Applications to Mantle Dynamics in the Earth and Other Terrestrial Planets with Gerald Schubert a Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics . As a postdoctoral fellow , Bercovici worked with John A. Whitehead and Henry JB Dick at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution before becoming a professor at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in 1990 . Since 2001 he has been a professor at Yale University in New Haven , Connecticut .
David Bercovici is married and has two children.
Act
Bercovici is an expert in the geodynamics of the mantle and the lithosphere of the earth and earth-like celestial bodies . He is best known for his work, which explains why the earth has plate tectonics , but not other known celestial bodies, and for his work on the circulation and storage of water in the earth's mantle and its importance for the development of the earth's geochemistry .
Bercovici has (as of October 2018) an h-index of 42.
Awards (selection)
- 1996 James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union
- 2015 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2018 member of the National Academy of Sciences
Fonts
- The Origins of Everything in 100 Pages (More or Less) , Yale University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780300215137
- (as editor) Treatise on Geophysics , 2nd edition, Volume 7: Mantle Dynamics , Elsevier 2015. ISBN 978-0-444-53803-1
Web links
- David Bercovici and curriculum vitae (PDF; 110 kB; status 2018) at Yale University (yale.edu)
Individual evidence
- ^ David Bercovici. In: scholar.google.de. Google Scholar Citations, accessed October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ James B. Macelwane Medal. In: agu.org. American Geophysical Union, accessed October 20, 2018 .
- ^ David Bercovici. In: agu.org. American Geophysical Union, 1996, accessed October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter B. (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ^ David Bercovici. In: nasonline.org. National Academy of Sciences, accessed October 20, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bercovici, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American geophysicist at Yale University |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |