Mineral & Rock Physics Focus Group
Providing an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of the properties of the materials of Earth's interior.Latest news (updated November 2007)
Congratulations to Ho-kwang (Dave) Mao who received the Lehmann medal of the AGU at the Honors ceremony at the 2007 Fall meeting.
Congratulations to winner of the 2007 Mineral and Rock Physics Outstanding Student Award:
Dr. Yasuhiro Kuwayama, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, for his discovery of the pyrite-type high-pressure form of silica and for his research on phase relations and physical properties of iron-nickel alloys at multi-megabar pressures and high temperatures, significantly advancing knowledge of the physical state of Earth's core.
Mineral and Rock Physics Outstanding Student Research Award: Call for Nominations 2008
The AGU Mineral and Rock Physics Focus Group seeks nominations for its 2008 Outstanding Student Research Award. This award recognizes one or more promising young scientists for outstanding contributions achieved during their Ph.D. research. Nominees may be members of any AGU section. They should be engaged in experimental and/or theoretical studies of Earth and planetary materials with the purpose of unraveling the physics and chemistry that govern their origin and physical properties. The award consists of $500 for support of travel or other professional expenses, a certificate and public recognition at the annual Mineral and Rock Physics Reception at the AGU Fall Meeting. Contributions by AGU members in the Mineral and Rock Physics community finance the award.In order to be considered by the selection committee, nominations should be received by Thursday, May 1, 2008. As this award specifically recognizes scientific achievements during Ph.D. research, eligibility is restricted to current Ph.D. students and those who have completed the requirements for a Ph.D. degree up to 12 months prior to the nomination deadline. Nominations should include a letter of nomination, a curriculum vitae, two supporting letters, and up to three reprints or preprints of the nominee's work.
Please send nominations, preferably in hard copy by post, to:
Prof. Steven D. Jacobsen
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northwestern University
1850 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL 60208-2150
Tel: +1-847-467-1825; Fax: +1- 847-491-8060
E-mail: steven@earth.northwestern.edu
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Recognizing the outstanding young student members of the Mineral and Rock Physics Community, including those studying the physical properties of Earth materials, is one of the most important things we can do for the future of our field. You are encouraged to make nominations and to support the MRP Outstanding Student Research Award by making a tax-deductible contribution. You can make this contribution at the time you renew your membership with AGU or at any other time during the year. If as you renew your AGU membership, you become a supporting AGU member, you can designate that up to 50% of your annual contribution will go directly to the MRP Outstanding Student Award. If you make your contribution to the MRP Outstanding Student Research Award at some other time of the year, all you need to do is send a check made out to AGU and designate that your contribution go to the MRP Outstanding Student Award Fund.Send Contributions for the MRP Outstanding Student Award to:
Mineral and Rock Physics Student Award Fund
American Geophysical Union
2000 Florida Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20009-1277 USA
Phone: (202) 462-6900
http://www.agu.org
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Focus-Group-Related Activities
Name Office Affiliation Telephone J. Brian Evans MRP Chairman Massachusetts Institute of Technology brievans@mit.edu (617) 253-2856 Carl Agee Vice-chairman University of New Mexico agee@unm.edu (505) 277-1644 Ross Angel Webmeister Virginia Tech rangel@vt.edu (540) 231-7974 Ronald Cohen Past MRP Chairman Geophysical Lab cohen@gl.ciw.edu (202) 478-8937
Reid Cooper Secretary Brown University reid_cooper@brown.edu (401) 863-2160
Thomas Duffy Past MRP Chairman Princeton University (609) 258-6769 Jennifer Jackson California Institute of Technology jackson@gps.caltech.edu (626) 395-6780 Steven Jacobsen Student Award Chair Northwestern University steven@earth.northwestern.edu (847) 467-1825
David Kohlstedt Past MRP Chairman University of Minnesota dlkohl@umn.edu (612) 626-1544
Andreas Kronenberg Fellows Ctte Texas A&M University kronenberg@geo.tamu.edu (979) 845-0132 Jung-Fu Lin Student Award Ctte Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory lin24@llnl.gov (925) 424-4157 Chris Marone Student Paper Ctte Pennsylvania State University cjm38@psu.edu (814) 865-7964 Catherine McCammon Fellows Ctte Bayerisches Geoinstitut catherine.mccammon@uni-bayreuth.de +49 (0)921 55 3709/3753 Eiji Ohtani Student Award Ctte Tohoku University
ohtani@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp 81-222176662
Jeffrey Roberts Student Award Ctte & EOS Correspondent Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory roberts17@llnl.gov (925) 422-7108
Nancy Ross Virginia Tech nross@vt.edu (540) 231-6356 David Rubie AGU Awards Ctte Bayerisches Geoinstitut
dave.rubie@uni-bayreuth.de 49-921-553711
Thomas Sharp Arizona State University tom.sharp@asu.edu (480) 965-3071
Heather Watson AGU Meeting Program Ctte Geophysical Lab h.watson@gl.ciw.edu (202) 478-8934
- Mineral and Rock Physics Reception at the Fall AGU Meeting (normally Tuesday evening--reception night; specific time and location TBA)
- Physical Properties of Earth Materials, standing committee of MRP
- Mineral and Rock Physics Outstanding Student Award
Each year, the Mineral and Rock Physics Focus Group presents the The Mineral and Rock Physics Outstanding Student Award which recognizes outstanding contributions by young scientists who are engaged in experimental and/or theoretical studies of minerals and Earth materials with the purpose of unraveling the physics and chemistry that govern their properties.
Past Winners of the Mineral and Rock Physics Outstanding Student Award
Publications of Interest
The first three volumes of AGU's Reference Shelf provide the most recent publication of Handbooks of Physical Constants for solid Earth scientists. View Volumes online.New video release Texturing of Rocks in the Earth's Mantle-A Convection Model Based on Polycrystal Plasticity Hans-Rudolf Wenk, Paul Dawson, Chris Pelkie, and Yvan Chastel, Authors
Properties of Earth and Planetary Materials at High Pressure and Temperature , Murli H. Manghnani and Takehiko Yagi, Editors
Earth's Deep Interior: Mineral Physics and Tomography From the Atomic to the Global Scale , Shun-ichiro Karato, Alessandro M. Forte, Robert C. Liebermann, Guy Masters, and Lars Stixrude, Editors
Earth's Deep Water Cycle , Steven D. Jacobsen and Suzan van der Lee, Editors
GeoComplexity and the Physics of Earthquakes, John B. Rundle, Donald L. Turcotte, and William Klein, Editors
Useful Links
Physical Properties of Earth MaterialsMineralogical Society of America
Mineral Physics group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Mineral Spectroscopy (maintained by George Rossman)
AGU Sections with close connections to MRP:
BiogeosciencesAGU Focus Groups in related fields:
Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism
Hydrology
Planetary Sciences
Seismology
Tectonophysics
Volcanology, Geochemistry, and PetrologyNon-linear Geophysics
Study of the Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI)
Selected Laboratories:
Rock & Ice Physics Laboratory at University College London
Center for Tectonophysics in rock mechanics at Texas A&M
Virginia Tech Crystallography Lab
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