Jan Smit

Curriculum Vitae of Jan Smit

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Born: April 8, 1948
Birthplace: Den Haag, the Netherlands

University degrees:

MSc (doctoraalexamen): April 24, 1974 at the University of Amsterdam: Geology, with major in Stratigraphy and minor in Sedimentology,

PhD Thesis: A catastrophic event at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary:
May 11, 1981 (cum laude) of the University of Amsterdam

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Employment

Assistant researcher at Geological Institute, University of Amsterdam, May 1974- January 1978 and January 1981 - May 1981.
Post-doctoral researcher sponsored by a fellowship from Z.W.O., the Netherlands organization for Pure Scientific Research. Geological Institute, University of Amsterdam, June 1981 - June 1983.
Visiting assistant Professor of Geology, CALTECH October 1983 - December 1983.
Post-doctoral researcher, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA. January 1984 - July 1985.
Lecturer Paleontology, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, September 1984 - June 1985.
Assistant research fellow Chemostratigraphy, Department of sedimentary Geology, VU University Amsterdam. January 1986 - December 1988.
Research Fellow of the Koninklijke Academie van Wetenschappen (KNAW). January 1989 - December 1993.
Academic Researcher and lecturer Paleontology, VU University Amsterdam. January 1994 - August 2003.
Visiting Miller Research Professorship, dept. Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley 1995
Professor Event Stratigraphy, Department of Sedimentary Geology, VU University Amsterdam, September 2003-2013

Honours and other involvements