Susanne Buiter
Susanne Buiter | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Utretch University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | structural geology |
| Institutions | GFZ |
Susanne Buiter is a Dutch geoscientist with expertise in geophysics and geodynamics. She is currently the Scientific Executive Director of the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.
Academic career
Buiter got her masters in Geophysics at Utrecht University in 1994. She continued on to get her Ph.D. in Tectonophysics at Utrecht University in 2000 with a thesis on "Surface deformation resulting from subduction and slab detachment."
After earning her degrees, between 2000 and 2006, Buiter worked as a postdoctoral researcher in structural geology at the University of Bern and in geodynamics at Dalhousie University and the Geological Survey of Norway(NGU). She then became a senior researcher in geodynamics at NGU, from 2006 until 2020. [1]
Buiter currently teaches at the RWTH Aachen University as a professor of Tectonics and Geodynamics. She was also a professor at the University of Oslo from 2010 to 2020.[1]
Buiter has also held numerous roles at the European Geosciences Union (EGU). These included Science Officer for the Tectonics and Structural Geology and Geodynamics divisions (2009-2013), President of the Tectonics and Structural Geology Division (2013-2017), member of the Outreach Committee (2014-2018), Chair of the Programme Committee (2017-2020), Topical Editor (2009-2013) and Executive Editor (since 2019) for Solid Earth, and EGUsphere coordinator (since 2021).[2]
Honors and awards
Buiter was appointed (May 15, 2022) to be the next Scientific Executive Director of the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences.[3] She is also the recipient of the 2022 EGU Union Service Award.[2] In 2007, Buiter was awarded the Young Outstanding Scientist Award of the Norwegian Research Council.[1]
Research
Buiter’s research focuses on the cycles and evolution of subducting, rifting, and collisional continental margins. In her research, Buiter uses and develops analogue models, 2D and 3D numerical modeling software, plate reconstruction software, and plate motion models.
Most cited papers:
- “A review of Wilson Cycle plate margins: A role for mantle plumes in continental break-up along sutures?” (2014)[4] This paper shows that continental break up typically occurs along old collision zones and may occur along old or young sutures, and that past collision zones remain weaker heterogeneities in the crust for billions of years.
- “The numerical sandbox: comparison of model results for a shortening and an extension experiment” (2006)[5] Buiter led an mutli-investigator effort to conduct and compare numerical models of sandbox experiments.
- “A review of brittle compressional wedge models” (2012)[6] In this paper Buiter analyzes compressional wedges with the use of numerical and analogue models.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Staff". www.gfz-potsdam.de. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Susanne Buiter". European Geosciences Union (EGU). Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ↑ "Susanne Buiter to head the GFZ". www.gfz-potsdam.de. Retrieved 2022-12-08.
- ↑ Buiter, Susanne J. H.; Torsvik, Trond H. (2014-09-01). "A review of Wilson Cycle plate margins: A role for mantle plumes in continental break-up along sutures?". Gondwana Research. 26 (2): 627–653. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2014.02.007. ISSN 1342-937X.
- ↑ Buiter, Susanne J. H.; Babeyko, Andrey Yu.; Ellis, Susan; Gerya, Taras V.; Kaus, Boris J. P.; Kellner, Antje; Schreurs, Guido; Yamada, Yasuhiro (January 2006). "The numerical sandbox: comparison of model results for a shortening and an extension experiment". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 253 (1): 29–64. doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.2006.253.01.02. ISSN 0305-8719.
- ↑ Buiter, Susanne J. H. (2012-03-20). "A review of brittle compressional wedge models". Tectonophysics. 530–531: 1–17. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.018. ISSN 0040-1951.
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