Jan Mangerud (born 29 November 1937 in

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) is a Norwegian

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who grew up in

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, and currently lives in

Rådal Rådal is a neighborhood in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the border between the boroughs of Fana and Ytrebygda. The center of the area is the shopping center Lagunen Storsenter. While the area has no official bo ...

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Scientific career

Mangerud graduated from the

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with a

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(

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) in 1961 and a master's degree (

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) in 1962, and in 1973 he obtained a Doctorate (

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) from the University of Bergen, where he started a long lasting cooperation with Professor

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, becoming a professor at the same university in 1977. He is also connected to the University of Bergen's

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, now as

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(2013). Mangerud was a visiting scholar at

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in 1965 and the

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in 1972, and a visiting professor at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research,

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on several occasions. He has been involved in supervising research activities at the

Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities (Norges almenvitenskapelige forskningsråd, NAVF) was one of Norway's five research councils. It was established in 1949. NAVF was responsible for funding the natural sciences. In 1993, t ...

and the Research Council of Norway, and his own publications in academic journals number about 160. Mangerud became a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters in 1987, the

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in 1992, the

Royal Swedish Physiographic Society The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund ( sv, Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund), is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, Royal Academies in Sweden. It was founded in Lund, on December 2, 1772, and received a Royal Charter by Gustav III of Sw ...

in 1996, and the Academia Europaea in 1991. He was the first Norwegian to become an honorary member of the

Quaternary Research Association The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million year ...

, in 2006, and the

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, in 2007. He has won several prizes for his research, including the Reusch Medal in 1971 and the Brøgger Prize in 2005. Childlike curiosity and enthusiasm characterize Mangerud, and when he resigned as professor at the University of Bergen in 2005, he knew that it was precisely these qualities that were the key to his success as a researcher.

Honors

*1962 –

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and Helga Reuschs Legacy *1971 – The

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from the Norwegian Geological Society *1987 – Member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters *1991 – Member of Academia Europaea *1992 – Member of the

*1995 – The Fram Committee's Nansen Reward *1996 – Member of

Royal Physiographic Society in Lund The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund ( sv, Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund), is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. It was founded in Lund, on December 2, 1772, and received a Royal Charter by Gustav III, on March 6, 1778.

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*2005 – Brøgger Prize from the Norwegian Geological Society *2006 – Honorary member of the Quaternary Research Association (QRA) *2007 – Honorary member of

(INQUA)

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mangerud, Jan 1937 births Living people Quaternary geologists 20th-century Norwegian geologists 21st-century Norwegian geologists University of Oslo alumni Norwegian expatriates in Sweden Norwegian expatriates in the United States University of Bergen faculty Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Members of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund People from Lillestrøm