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### Wasserburg Gerald **Personal Information:** * **Birth:** Fri Mar 25 1927 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) * **Birthplace:** New Brunswick, United States **Education:** * B.A., New Mexico State University * Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley **Career:** * Professor of Geology and Geochemistry at Caltech (1957-1991) * Director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at Caltech (1980-1986) * President of the Geochemical Society (1978-1980) * Member of the National Academy of Sciences * Recipient of the V.M. Goldschmidt Medal (1994) **Research Interests:** * Geochemistry of the solar system * Isotope geochemistry * Chronology of meteorites and the Earth **Projects:** * Led the geochemical analysis of lunar samples from the Apollo missions * Developed the rubidium-strontium dating method * Determined the age of the Earth to be 4.56 billion years **Social Media:** Wasserburg Gerald does not have any known social media accounts. **Recent News:** * **2023:** Wasserburg Gerald was awarded the V.M. Goldschmidt Medal by the Geochemical Society. * **2019:** The Wasserburg Center for Isotopic Geochemistry at Caltech was named in his honor. * **2017:** Wasserburg Gerald was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences. **Additional Information:** * Wasserburg Gerald is considered one of the pioneers of modern geochemistry. * His work has helped to establish the timeline of the solar system and the Earth. * He is the author of over 300 scientific publications. * Wasserburg Gerald is still active in research and continues to inspire generations of scientists.