Jan Mangerud

Jan Mangerud (born 29 November 1937 in Oslo) is a Norwegian geologist who grew up in Lillestrøm, Akershus, and currently lives in Rådal, Bergen. He is also connected to the University of Bergen's Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, now as Professor emeritus.

Mangerud was a visiting scholar at Stockholm University in 1965 and the University of Minnesota in 1972, and a visiting professor at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado on several occasions. He has been involved in supervising research activities at the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities and the Research Council of Norway, and his own publications in academic journals number about 160.

Honors 1962 – Hans and Helga Reuschs Legacy 1971 – The Reusch Medal 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 Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 1995 – The Fram Committee's Nansen Reward 1996 – Member of Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, Sweden 2005 – Brøgger Prize from the Norwegian Geological Society 2006 – Honorary member of the Quaternary Research Association (QRA) 2007 – Honorary member of International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)