Gerel Ochir | |
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Гэрэл Очир | |
| Born | 17 July 1941 |
| Alma mater | Charles University Irkutsk Institute of Geochemistry Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry |
| Awards | Jan Masaryk Medal (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, petrology, geochemistry |
| Institutions | Mongolian University of Science and Technology |
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Gerel Ochir (Mongolian: Гэрэл Очир; born 17 July 1941) is a Mongolian geologist. She specializes in petrology, geochemistry, and metallogeny. She has taught at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology for over 50 years and headed the Department of Geology for 30 years.
After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in geology, geochemistry, and petrology from Charles University in Prague, she received her PhD and ScD through the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Ochir has served as vice president of the International Union of Geological Sciences and received the Jan Masaryk Medal in 2021.