sentences:  He is also interested in the application of stratigraphical principles and chairs the International Commission on Stratigraphy Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy.Phil Gibbard was awarded the Geological Society's Lyell Fund prize in April 1999 'for excellence in Quaternary geology'.In 2010 Phil was awarded an honorary doctorate degree (PhD ("honoris causa") by the University of Helsinki  and a ScD degree in July 2009 by the University of Cambridge.