Katharina Perch-Nielsen
Katharina Perch-Nielsen | |
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Born |
1940 (age 77–78) Switzerland |
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation | geologist, micropaleontologist |
Employer | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
Awards |
Steno Medal (1998) The Brady Medal (2008) |
Medal record | ||
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Women's orienteering | ||
Representing | ||
World Championships | ||
1966 Fiskars | Individual | |
European Championships | ||
1964 Le Brassus | Relay |
Katharina von Salis Perch-Nielsen (born 1940) is a Swiss geologist and orienteering competitor.[1][2]
Sports career
She competed at the very first European Orienteering Championships, in 1962, where she placed 6th in the individual contest. She also won a bronze medal in the unofficial relay, with the Swiss team. At the 1964 European Orienteering Championships, she won a silver medal in the relay for Switzerland, and placed tenth in the individual event.[3] She won a silver medal in the individual event at the 1966 World Orienteering Championships in Fiskars, and finished 4th in the relay event with the Swiss team.[4]
Scientific career
Perch-Nielsen was awarded the Steno Medal in 1998, for her work in micropaleontology in Denmark and Greenland, and as a pioneer in the study of coccoliths.[5][6]
Personal life
A daughter of Charlotte v. Salis, Perch-Nielsen grew up in Zollikofen, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. She married Danish chemical engineer Jørgen Perch-Nielsen, and has three children. She was appointed professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich.[2]
Selected works
- Geologische und sedimentologische Untersuchungen in Molasse und Quartär südöstlich Wolhusen (1965)
- Der Feinbau und die Klassifikation der Coccolithen aus dem Maastrichtien von Dänemark (1968)
- Revision of Triassic stratigraphy of the Scoresby Land and Jameson Land region, East Greenland (1974)
References
- ↑ "Laudatio für Katharina von Salis" (PDF). ethz.ch (in German). Universität Zürich. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- 1 2 "Katharina v. Salis Perch-Nielsen (K.9, 1940)". wiki.hitz-family.info (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ European Orienteering Championships, senior statistics 1962-2004
- ↑ "World Orienteering Championships 1966". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ↑ "Stenomedaljen 1998". 2dgf.dk (in Danish). Geological Society of Denmark. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ "DGF. Foreningsmeddelelser 27. Katharina von Salis Perch Nielsen modtager Stenomedaljen af DGF's formand Svend Stouge". docplayer.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ↑ IPNI. Perch-Nielsen.