William Lowrie

William Lowrie was elected professor of geophysics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1974, where he taught and researched until his retirement in 2004. He has authored over 130 scientific articles, and is books include Fundamentals of Geophysics and A Student's Guide to Geophysical Equations. He has been president of the European Union of Geosciences, and section president and council member of the American Geophysical Union. Lowrie was elected as a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1990 and a member of the Academia Europaea in 2000.