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JAMES
SYVITSKI (2009)
Dr.
James P.M. Syvitski is an exceptionally productive scientist with a wide
range of interests in the marine sciences including fjords, rivers,
deltas, estuaries, particle dynamics, simulation of sediment transport and
stratigraphy, continental margin sedimentation, gravity flows, and animal–sediment
interactions. Professor Syvitski received his Ph.D. from the University of
British Columbia in 1978 and was a member of the Geological Survey of
Canada (Atlantic) from 1981 to 1995. In 1995 he became Director of the
Institute of Alpine and Arctic Research at the University of Colorado.
Professor Syvitski has held various academic appointments at the
University of Colorado and since 2007 has been Executive Director of the
Community Surface Dynamics Modelling System.
Dr.
Syvitski’s investigative strategy comprises a combination of numerical
modeling, in situ measurements and classical sampling techniques. His
research has addressed both broad and focussed issues such as land–ocean
interactions in various coastal zone hydrodynamic settings, sediment
deposition processes in iceberg-dominated glaciomarine environments and
fjords, the changing microfabric of suspended particulate matter in the
fluvial-to-marine transition, and numerical model developments aimed at
elucidating new understandings on climate-driven riverine sediment fluxes.
A
significant proportion of Dr. Syvitski’s research reflects a team
approach that can be seen in many of his scientific accomplishments. His
scientific contributions have been recognized internationally, including
effective collaborations with peers through several important world-scale
scientific activities such as International Geosphere–Biosphere
Programme and as an advisor to agencies, laboratories and individual
researchers in many countries on a suite of global change and marine
environmental issues.
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