Stephan Sobolev
Stephan Vladimirovich Sobolev | |
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Степан Владимирович Соболев | |
Stephan Sobolev in fieldwork at Siberian Traps, Polar Siberia, Russia, 2012. | |
| Born | March 23, 1954 |
| Education | Novosibirsk State University (Diploma, 1976) |
| Known for | Geodynamic and petrophysical modelling of plate-boundary deformation; modelling of mantle convection and tectonic style; tsunami early-warning concepts based on real-time GNSS/GPS |
| Awards | Member, Academia Europaea (elected 2021) ERC Synergy Grant (MEET, PI; 2020–2026) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geophysics, Geodynamics, Computational geodynamics, Seismology |
| Institutions | GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences University of Potsdam |
| Thesis | (1980) |
Stephan Vladimirovich Sobolev (Russian: Степан Владимирович Соболев; born 23 March 1954) is a Russian–German geophysicist and computational geodynamicist working on physical modeling of mantle convection and its effects on geodynamics. He is a group leader at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam and Professor of Geodynamics at the University of Potsdam. He is a principal investigator of the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy project Monitoring Earth Evolution Through Time (MEET) and member of the Academia Europaea.