Salomon Kroonenberg

PhD 1976, University of Amsterdam, on high-grade metamorphism in SW Suriname. 1972-1978 geologist-petrologist Geological Mining Service Suriname ; 1978-1979, lecturer physical geography, University College Swaziland; 1979-1982 lecturer Remote Sensing Centro Interamericano de Fotointerpretación, Bogotá, Colombia; 1982-1996 Full professor of Geology, Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands; 1996-2009 Full professor of Geology, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; 2009-present, emeritus and guest researcher Delft University of Technology; 2017-present Guest researcher Utrecht University; 2017-present Endowed professor of geology, Anton de Kom University of Suriname. Awards: Plancius Medal, Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 2023; F.P. Litke Golden Medal, Russian Geographical Society, March 2021; Van Waterschoot van der Gracht Medal, Royal Netherlands Geological and Mining Society, November 201; Honorary Professor Moscow State University, 2008. 50 years of research in the Guiana Shield, 170 full papers, 8 books for non-specialists, many media outlets, see website www.salomonkroonenberg.nl for details.