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Taras Gerya is an Adjunct Professor at ETH Zurich in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, specializing in Geodynamics and Analytical Numerical Modelling. He completed his MSc in Geology at Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, in 1984, followed by a PhD in Petrology at Moscow State University in 1990. He has held significant research positions, including Research Associate and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Experimental Mineralogy of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Associate Professor at Moscow State University. Gerya was an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow at Ruhr-University Bochum from 2000 to 2004. His research interests encompass geological planetary processes and geophysical fluid dynamics, and he has taught various courses at ETH Zurich. Gerya has received multiple awards for his teaching excellence, including the Golden Owl award, and is recognized for his contributions to geosciences through fellowship in prominent scientific organizations.
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