Hans-Ulrich Schmincke

Hans-Ulrich Schmincke (born 21 October 1937) is a notable German volcanologist.

Life

He studied in various places in Germany and USA. He worked at the Ruhr University Bochum (1969–90), before being the manager of the department of volcanology and petrology (1990–2003) of the "GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel" (former "Leibniz-Instituts für Meereswissenschaften", IFM-Geomar), University of Kiel.

The first edition of his book "Vulkanismus" was published 1986; its second edition 2000 with translations in English (2004) and Japanese (2009, with considerable additions); the third edition appeared 2010. Hans-Ulrich Schmincke was secretary general of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI, 1983–91). He was honoured with the Leibniz-Preis der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (1991), with the Thorarinsson Medal of the IAVCEI (1993), with the Hans-Stille Medal (2001) and with the Gustav-Steinmann Medal (2012).

Selected publications

• Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (2013). Vulkanismus (4 ed.). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (WBG). p. 104. ISBN 978-3-534-26245-8.  Note: reprint. The same book has ISBN 978-3-86312-367-3 (Primus Verlag) for trade outside the WBG publishing company.
• Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich (2009). Vulkane der Eifel - Aufbau, Entstehung und heutige Bedeutung. Spektrum-Akademischer Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3-8274-2366-5. 
• Schmincke, Hans-Ulrich; Sumita, Mari (2010). Geological Evolution of the Canary Islands. Koblenz: Görres Verlag. ISBN 3-8697-2005-0. 

References

• "Gustav-Steinmann-Medaille 2012 an Hans-Ulrich Schmincke". Geologische Vereinigung e. V. Retrieved 2014-10-19. 
• "Hans-Ulrich Schmincke". Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Retrieved 2014-10-19. 
• "Harald Meller trifft Hans-Ulrich Schmincke". Landesamts für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt.