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Member Since 2013
Taras Gerya
Professor, ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professional Experience
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professor
2004 - Present
Education
Moscow State University
Doctorate
1990
Current Roles
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
Honors & Awards
Francis Birch Lecture
Received 2021
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Union Fellow
Received 2019
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Publications
Inferring the Paleo‐Location of Proto‐Arc Magmas During Subduction Infancy in the Izu‐Bonin‐Mariana

Subduction zones are one of the principal drivers of the modern‐day plate tectonics, but the processes that develop as incipient subduction z...

April 04, 2024
AGU Abstracts
Creating high resolution paleolandscape maps for biogeodynamic modeling}
EARTH AND PLANETARY SURFACE PROCESSES GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 15 december 2023
Dominic Stemmler, Taras Gerya, Loïc Pellissier
The links between the constant changes in Earth's surface driven by tectonics, surfaces processes like erosion and climate as well as the biosphere sh...
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Prolonged tectono-magmatic lifetimes and eclogite recycling at asymmetric coronae on Venus
VENUS EXPLORATION: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR EARTH’S HOTTER TWIN III ORAL
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Anna Gülcher, Taras Gerya
Understanding Venus geological history helps to answer why Earth and Venus have undergone such staggeringly divergent evolutionary paths. At present, ...
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The dynamics of subduction zones and their influence on earthquake sequences.
SUBDUCTION TOP TO BOTTOM (ST2B): THE NATURE OF THE SUBDUCTION INTERFACE, EARTHQUAKES, AND THE ROLES OF FLUIDS I POSTER
tectonophysics | 14 december 2023
Thanushika Gunatilake, Taras Gerya, James A. Conno...
Fluids in subduction zones play a dominant role in the geodynamic system. This includes feeding volcanic arcs, weakening subduction zone interfaces, a...
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Volunteer History
2024 - 2025
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Hess Medal Committee
2025
Chair
Hess Medal Committee
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