Australian geophysicist to receive 2015 honour

Geophysicist Professor Kurt Lambeck AO FAA FRS from the Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, has won the Australian Academy of Science’s 2015 Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture for scientific research of the highest standing in the physical sciences.

Professor Lambeck’s research has provided answers to questions about how the Earth evolved over the billions of years since its formation. His interdisciplinary contributions to our understanding of the Earth’s mantle — the subject of ongoing controversy for over half a century — have fundamentally affected our understanding of the Earth’s structure and evolution.