Gerald Schubert (born 1939) is a geophysicist and Professor Emeritus of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences at

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. His research has broadly dealt with modeling the structure and dynamics of the interiors and atmospheres and Earth and other planets. He got degrees in engineering physics and aeronautical engineering from

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and his Ph.D. in engineering and aeronautical sciences from the

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Awards

He was elected as member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2002. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1972.

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