About Johannes Oerlemans
Born 1950. Johannes Oerlemans is a Dutch university teacher, climatologist, glaciologist, geophysicist and meteorologist.
Johannes "Hans" Oerlemans (born October 8, 1950 in Eethen) is a Dutch climatologist specialized in glaciology and sea level. He has been a professor of meteorology in the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at Utrecht University since 1989.
He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994. In 2001 he won the Spinoza Prize. In 2010 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. In 2022 he was awarded the Balzan Prize for Glaciation and Ice Sheet Dynamics together with Dorthe Dahl-Jensen.
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Who is Johannes Oerlemans?
Dutch glaciologist
When was Johannes Oerlemans born?
Johannes Oerlemans was born on 8 October 1950 in Eethen.
What is Johannes Oerlemans's occupation?
Johannes Oerlemans is a university teacher, climatologist, glaciologist, geophysicist and meteorologist.
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Johannes Oerlemans is Dutch.
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