James Syvitski

Syvitski obtained aBachelor of Science degree from Lakehead University in 1974 in both geology and mathematics and an Honors degree in geology in 1975. In 1978, Syvitski became a Ph.D. recipient from the University of British Columbia. After graduation, Syvitski became an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. In 1981, Syvitski moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia to work as a Senior Research Scientist of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography with the Canadian Federal Department Natural Resources Canada. During that period Syvitski received appointments as Adjunct Professor at Canadian Universities: Dalhousie, Laval Universities, Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Institut national de la recherche scientifique of Quebec. In 1995, Professor Syvitski was appointed Director (1995-2007) of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research of the University of Colorado and Professor in the Departments of Geological Sciences, Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences, Hydrological Sciences, and the graduate program in Geophysics. In 2007, Syvitski became Executive Director of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System. [1]

Professor Syvitski has written over 300 peer-reviewed books and articles[1] some of which are published in such journals as the Journal of Geology, Science, Nature Geoscience, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, and many others. In 2009 Syvitski was awarded the A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in the Marine Sciences from the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2010 became a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. In 2011, Syvitski was appointed by the International Council of Science as Chair of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme.[2][1]