Hrvoje Tkalčić (born 3 February 1970) is Australian and

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ian

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( geophysicist) and Professor at the

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in Canberra.Who is Who in Croatian Science: Hrvoje Tkalčić
Retrieved 2018-02-24.

Biography

Hrvoje Tkalčić studied physics and geophysics at the University of Zagreb (Faculty of Science), from which he obtained a Diploma of

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(speciality in Geophysics with

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) in 1996. He continued his postgraduate study at the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant uni ...

in the Department of

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and Planetary Science, and defended a

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entitled "Study of deep Earth structure using seismic body waves" in 2001. He was employed as a

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at the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory (1997-2001), as a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics of the

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(2002-2003), and as a postdoctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in

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(2003-2006). In 2006, he began a continuing position as Scientist in the Seismology group at Multimax, Inc., in

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. From 01/2007 until 04/2013, he was a

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at the Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES) of the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. From 04/13 until 12/18, he was a Senior Fellow and Associate Professor in

Seismology Seismology (; from Ancient Greek σεισμός (''seismós'') meaning "earthquake" and -λογία (''-logía'') meaning "study of") is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic waves through the Earth or through other ...

and

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at RSES, ANU. He has been Head of Seismology and Mathematical Geophysics since 01/17 and Professor since 01/19. He has published 104 papers in peer-review journals in the field of seismology and mathematical geophysics and an academic book on the Earth's inner core. His primary research interests involve studying Earth's structure and dynamics using state-of-the-art seismological techniques, with the main focus on the Earth's core and the lowermost mantle, and developing new techniques for imaging Earth's interior, including both seismic and correlation wavefield. Other interests include studying the physics of tectonic and volcanic earthquakes by means of waveform modelling and improving volumetric raypath coverage of the Earth's interior through the installation of seismic instruments in remote parts of the planet, including on the ocean bottom. He participated in a number of scientific field campaigns to establish temporary seismic networks in remote parts of Australia and the Southern Ocean. The main objective has been to image the structure of the Earth's crust and upper mantle using seismic tomography and other imaging techniques. He actively participates in special sessions at a number of international geophysical conferences.The Australian National University – Research School of Earth Sciences: Hrvoje Tkalčić, Curriculum Vitae
Retrieved 2018-02-24. He is a member of the

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and

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, and a Fellow of the

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. He has been serving on the editorial board of the journals

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors ''Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors'', established in October 1967, is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The co-editors are A. Ferreira (University College London), K. Hirose (Tokyo Institute of Techno ...

and Scientific Reports. He is currently a member of the Australian Research Council College of Experts and New Zealand

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College of Assessors. He is Director of Warramunga Seismic and Infrasound Research Station in

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Academic Honours

* 2022 – Price Medal of the

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* 2020 – Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical UnionAustralian National University: Research School of Earth Sciences – Hrvoje Tkalčić, Curriculum Vitae
Retrieved 2020-12-04. * 2016 – Excellence in Research Achievement Award by AuScope * 2010/2011 – Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) * 2002 – Outstanding Student Paper Award by American Geophysical Union * 1997 – The Perry Byerly Graduate Fellowship in Seismology, UC Berkeley

Books

* Tkalčić, H.: »The Earth's Inner Core Revealed by Observational Seismology«,

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(UK):

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, 2017. * Tkalčić, H.: »Potresi: divovi koji se ponekad bude«,

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: Naklada Ljevak, 2022.

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Hrvoje Tkalčić: »Potresi: divovi koji se ponekad bude«
Retrieved 7 July 2022.

References

External links

Who is Who in Croatian Science: Hrvoje Tkalčić

Google Scholar: Hrvoje Tkalčić (Publications)

* ttp://rses.anu.edu.au/~hrvoje/HT_Vitae-web.pdf The Australian National University – Research School of Earth Sciences: Hrvoje Tkalčić (Curriculum Vitae)br> Research Gate: Hrvoje Tkalčić (Publications)
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