| Personal data: |
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| Name |
Gero Kurat |
| Born |
Nov. 18 1938, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria |
| Married |
since March 3 1962 to Frigga Wolf |
| Children |
Markus, born September 12 1962
Barbara, born November 26 1963
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| Residence |
Leystrasse 20C/4
A-1200 Vienna, Austria
Tel./Fax: +43 1 333 44 05
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| Aducation and academic: |
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| 1944 - 1952 |
Primary School Griffen, Carinthia |
| 1952 - 1957 |
Pedagogical College, Klagenfurt, Carinthia |
| 1957 - 1963 |
University of Vienna: Mineralogy, petrology, and physics;
dissertation: The Weinsberg Granite of the Southern Austrian Moldanubicum
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| April 2 1963 |
Ph. D. (Dr. phil.)
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| 1966 |
Research associate, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. (studies on meteorites) |
| 1970-1971 |
Research associate, Institute of Meteoritics, Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico (studies on lunar rocks) |
| 1976 |
Venia Legendi at University of Vienna (petrology and cosmic petrology) |
| 1977 |
Guest Professor, Instituto de Geosciencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, S. P., Brazil (lecture on ultramafic rocks) |
| 1979-1982 |
Chairman, Austrian Mineralogical Society |
| 1993-1995 |
Correspond. Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1995 |
Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1999-2000 |
Vice President, The Meteoritical Society |
| 2001-2002 |
President, The Meteoritical Society |
| 2003 |
Honorary Member, Austrian Mineralogical Society |
| 2003-2004 |
Past President, The Meteoritical Society |
| 2004 |
Retirement |
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| Professional career: |
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| 1962 |
Curator, Division of Mineralogy and Petrology, Natural History Museum, Vienna |
| 1968-2003 |
Head of Division of Mineralogy and Petrology, Natural History Museum, Vienna |