Eric William Wolff, FRS (born 5 June 1957) is a British climatologist, glaciologist, and academic. Since 2013, he has been Royal Society Research Professor of Earth Sciences in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge.[1][2]

Honours

In 2009, he was awarded the Louis Agassiz Medal by the European Geosciences Union. The medal is awarded 'in recognition of [an individual's] outstanding scientific contribution to the study of the cryosphere on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system'.[3] In 2010, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the UK's most senior learned society for science.[4] In 2012, he was awarded the Lyell Medal by the Geological Society of London.[5] In 2020, he was awarded the Richardson Medal by the International Glaciological Society along with Christina Hulbe.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "WOLFF, Prof. Eric William". Who's Who 2015. Oxford University Press. November 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Eric Wolff". Department of Earth Sciences. University of Cambridge. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Louis Agassiz Medal". Awards and medals. European Geosciences Union. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fellows". About us. Royal Society. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lyell Medal". About Us. The Geological Society of London. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Richardson Medal". International Glaciological Society (IGS). Retrieved 25 October 2020.


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