Currently, Royal Netherlands Academy Prof. of Earth Sciences, Utrecht Univ. Has published over 250 papers. Former Pres., European Geophysical Society. Pres., Int'l Lithosphere Progr. Editor-in-Chief, Global and Planetary Change. Chairman, Scientific Committee, ESF Large Scale Collaborative Research Progr. (EUROCORES) TOPO-EUROPE. VP, Academia Europaea. Member: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences; Scientific Council, ERC; Academia Europaea. Foreign Member: Royal Norwegian Academy of Sciences; Royal Danish Academy of Sciences; Heidelberg Academy; Bavarian Academy; German Academy for Technical Sciences, Acatech. Awards.