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AGU Elections: Candidates for 2010–2012 Union Officers, Board of Directors and Sections Officers
Candidates for Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Bernard Marty—President–elect, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Catherine A. McCammon—President–elect, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Anita Grunder—Secretary, Volcanology and Petrology
Elisabeth Widom—Secretary, Volcanology and Petrology
Matthew J. Kohn—Secretary, Geochemistry
Sumit Chakraborty—Secretary, Geochemistry
Section Officer Roles and Responsibilities
Biographies and Statements
Bernard Marty—President–elect, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Research interests include isotope geochemistry of volatile elements (C, N, water, noble gases), with application to the origin of isotopic anomalies in the solar system, early Earth geodynamics and environments, mantle geodynamics, plumes and volcanic provinces, the geological carbon cycle, and fluid circulations in the crust. M.S. and Ph.D. in physics at Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse; postdoctorate at the University of Tokyo (1981–1984); research assistant at CNRS (1986–1992); Docteur d'Etat at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (1987); professor of geochemistry, Nancy (1992 to present). Member of the NASA Genesis Mission science team, in charge of the isotopic analysis of solar wind nitrogen. Member of the Preliminary Examination Team of the NASA Stardust mission, first analysis of noble gases in a comet. Director of CRPG (2002–2008); president of the National Program of Planetology (2000–2006); cochair of the Meteoritical Society Meeting, Nancy (2009); chair of the Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, 2011. Author of 128 papers, seven in AGU journals. Associate editor, Geochemical Journal (2000–2006), Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2001 to present); executive editor, Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research (2002–2008). Lavoisier Award Fellowship (1981–1984); Best Paper Award, the Japan Geochemical Society (2003); elected senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2008; ~1%; of French professors). Member, AGU Fellows Committee (2008 to present); Joint Publication Committee, Geochemical Society (2003 to present); Goldschmidt Medal Committee (2008 to present).
Statement: AGU is an extremely important professional organization in Earth and planetary sciences. It sponsors essential meetings, on both broad-scale and focused subjects, and it represents the best geoscience communication for the general audience as well as for students. Within the new AGU administration frame, we shall have more time and energy to improve scientific animation in our fields. Our section must stay focused on basic science, while not ignoring energy and resource issues.
I will work to streamline communication between planetary sciences and Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP), in the context of the growing exploration of the solar system. I shall also be attentive to efforts aimed at using a VGP approach to environmental/climate change on both geological and human scales. AGU serves as a bridge between developed and developing countries. However, three quarters of the world population lacks access to scientific education and communication, especially in countries where geosciences have a large impact because of their tectonic location or of their changing environment. AGU can improve this situation by facilitating exchange of information, e.g., access to publications and exchange between scientists attending AGU-sponsored events, and by introducing exchanges with developing countries.
Catherine A. McCammon—President–elect, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Major interests are crystal chemistry of iron in high-pressure phases and effect on physical and chemical properties of the mantle, oxygen fugacity and implications for mantle processes, high-pressure high-temperature Mössbauer spectroscopy, nuclear resonance synchrotron methods, and development of new methods to measure oxidation state. B.S. in physics (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979), Ph.D. in Earth science (Australian National University, Canberra, 1984). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) postdoctoral fellow at University of Manitoba (1984–1985) and University of British Columbia (1985–1986), NSERC assistant professor at University of British Columbia (1986–1990), research scientist at Bayerisches Geoinstitut (1990–1996), promoted to permanent staff scientist (1996 to present). Member of Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) and German Mineralogical Society. Editor of Physics and Chemistry of Minerals (2004 to present), associate editor of Canadian Mineralogist (1998–2000). Author of over 200 publications, 10 in AGU publications. Key papers on spin transitions in lower mantle minerals, mantle oxidation state, and oxygen fugacity. NSERC University Research Fellowship (1986–1990), MSA Distinguished Lecturer (2001–2002), MSA fellow (2002), AGU fellow (2006), Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry fellow (2007). Chair (2008 to present) and past member (2006–2008) of AGU Fellows Committee (Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology section), Mineral and Rock Physics Focus Group Executive Committee (2006 to present), and convener of many symposia in past AGU meetings.
Statement: AGU is on a fresh path to a prosperous future. The approval of the changes to the Statutes and Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation has paved the way to provide better service, closer engagement with members, and a stronger geosciences leadership in the wider world. These changes are not the vision of a single person but the collective wisdom from a broad spectrum of the membership as well as external partners. The recently convened AGU Forum for the Future drew participants from academia, government, and industry and covered a broad age, career, and geographic range. One of the important tasks in the coming months and years will be to sustain this effective communication, both within the organization and to the outside world. Parallel to the changes involving AGU as a whole, the sections and focus groups need to evolve to meet the changing needs of their membership. In this role the Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (VGP) president will not act alone but must channel the ideas, opinions, needs, and wants of the individual members. Included among the governance changes is an expansion of the AGU Council to include the presidents and presidents-elect of the focus groups, giving these parts of AGU a stronger voice in the scientific affairs of the organization. Together the members of the VGP section and the Mineral and Rock Physics and Study of the Earth's Deep Interior focus groups make up nearly 10%; of the total AGU membership, rivaling the size of the largest sections. AGU has also become an international organization, with roughly 36%; of its members living outside of the United States. The VGP section is thriving on the successful leadership of its past presidents, but to maintain this momentum and move forward with new initiatives I will bring to the section leadership an effective bridge between disciplines and a broad network of international connections.
Anita Grunder—Secretary, Volcanology and Petrology
Interests include crustal magmatism, petrology, and volcanology. A.B., 1977, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., 1986, Stanford University. Assistant professor, Oregon State University (OSU), 1986; associate professor, OSU, 1992; full professor, OSU, 1998. Vice president and member of International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI); Fellow of Geological Society of America; member of Geochemical Society. Thirty refereed papers, three in AGU journals. Honors include Carter Award, OSU College of Science award for graduate teaching; Horne Award, College of Science award for sustained excellence in teaching; Association for Women Geoscientists Outstanding Educator of the Year Award in October 2009. Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research; nomination committee for awards.
Elisabeth Widom—Secretary, Volcanology and Petrology
Research focuses on applications of radiogenic and stable isotopes to problems in volcanology, geochemistry, and igneous petrology, including shallow magmatic processes and timescales of magma evolution, subduction zone processes, and the effects of lithospheric recycling and core-mantle interaction on mantle evolution. A.B., geology, 1984, Cornell University; Ph.D., geology, 1991, University of California, Santa Cruz. Research staff, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984–1985; Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1991–1993; National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, Analytical Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1994–1996; assistant research scientist and lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, 1996. Member of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI), the American Geological Institute, Sigma Xi, the Geochemical Society, and the Geological Society of America. Author of 22 refereed publications, one in an AGU journal, including key papers on processes and timescales of silicic magma evolution and basalt petrogenesis in ocean islands. Past member of Penrose and IGCP organizing committees, and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research since 2006.
Matthew J. Kohn—Secretary, Geochemistry
Major interests include metamorphic petrology with applications to tectonics and geodynamics, geochemistry of fossils with applications to paleoclimate and paleoecology, and geochemical and chronological microanalysis. B.S., geology, 1986, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S. and Ph.D., metamorphic petrology, 1989 and 1991, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Postdoctoral positions at University of Wisconsin (stable isotopes; 1991–1996) and Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (tectonics; 1996–1998). Assistant/associate professor, geology, University of South Carolina, 1998–2007. Author of 70+ refereed publications, four in AGU journals. VGP Bowen Award Committee, 2004–2006. Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1998–2001; associate editor, Geological Society of American Bulletin, 2001 to present. Fellow of Geological Society of America and Mineralogical Society of America.
Sumit Chakraborty—Secretary, Geochemistry
Research interest is in the application of thermodynamic and kinetic principles to the understanding of transport processes in Earth and planetary materials. One major goal of the research is to try to unravel the hierarchial time scales of various terrestrial and cosmochemical processes using mineral kinetics. Study of Earth sciences at Presidency College, Calcutta (B.S. with honors in geology, 1980), Calcutta University (M.S., 1983), and the University of Arizona (Ph.D., 1990). Habilitation at the University of Cologne (1997). Employment as a research scientist at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Bayreuth, Germany (1990–1994), and the University of Cologne (1994–1998). Since 1999, professor at Ruhr-Universität. In addition to AGU, a member of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA), the Geochemical Society, and the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft. Elected a Fellow of the Geochemical Society and a councillor of MSA. Awarded, together with coauthors, the best paper award of MSA in 1999. Past member of the Mineral and Rock Physics Committee of AGU. Fifty publications in peer-reviewed journals, three in AGU journals.