Curriculum Vitae

Páll Einarsson
January 2006


Origin


Born: March 27, 1947, in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Nationality: Icelandic.
Spouse: Ingibjörg Briem.
Children: Einar Pálsson (b. 1967), Jóel Pálsson (b. 1972), Magnús Pálsson (b. 1992).


Education


Reykjavík Senior High School 1963-67.
Reykjavík College of Music 1957-67. Majors: Cello and composition.
University of Göttingen, Germany, 1967-70. Major in physics, minors in mathematics and chemistry. Vordiplom in physics 1970.
Columbia University, New York, 1970-75. Major in seismology, minors in general geology, physics and structural geology. M.Phil. degree in 1974, Ph.D. degree in 1975.


Professional positions


Graduate research assistant, Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, 1970-75.
Teaching assistant, Columbia University, 1974-75.
Research scientist, Science Institute, University of Iceland, 1975-77.
Senior research scientist, Science Institute, University of Iceland, 1977-1994 and 1997-98.
Head of the Geophysics division and member of the Board of Directors of the Science Institute 1983-87.
Member of the University Senate, University of Iceland, 1986-90.
Lecturer in the Department of Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, 1975-94 and 1997-98, teaching courses in geophysics, physics, seismology, tectonics and volcanology.
Professor of geophysics, University of Iceland, 1994-97 and since 1999.


Professional memberships


Jarđfrćđafélag Íslands

Vísindafélag Íslendinga
Eđlisfrćđifélag Íslands
Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands
American Geophysical Union
Seismological Society of America