Nick Kusznir

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Nick Kusznir
Alma mater Durham University
Awards Bigsby Medal (1987)
Lyell Medal (2019)
Scientific career
Fields Geophysics
Institutions University of Liverpool
Thesis Theoretical studies of the geodynamics of accretion boundaries in the plate tectonics  (1973)
Doctoral advisor Martin Bott

Nicholas John Kusznir [1] is a British geophysicist. He is Emeritus Professor of Geophysics at the University of Liverpool. [2]

Kusznir completed his BSc in Physics at Durham University in 1972; earning a PhD from the same institution in 1976. [2] He has been awarded both the Bigsby Medal (1987) and Lyell Medal (2019) of the Geological Society of London. [3]

As of February 2022, his h-index, per Google Scholar, is 56. [4]

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References

  1. "December Congregation". University of Durham Gazette. XXII: 59. 31 January 1977.
  2. 1 2 "Nick Kusznir". University of Liverpool . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "2019 awards". Geological Society of London . 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. "Nick Kusznir". Google Scholar . Retrieved 2 February 2022.