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Member Since 1996
Renata Wentzcovitch
Professor, Columbia University
President, Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee; Section President, Council
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Professional Experience
Columbia University
Professor
2017 - Present
University of Minnesota
Professor of Materials Science
1994 - 2016
University of California Berkeley
PhD
1983 - 1988
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
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Education
University of California Berkeley
Doctorate
1988
University of Sao Paulo
Masters
1982
University of Sao Paulo
Bachelors
1980
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Thank You to Our Peer Reviewers in 2025
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTATION
02 april 2026
Machine Learning Potential for Serpentines
EXPLORING PLANETARY MATERIALS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 17 december 2025
Phase transitions, stability, and thermodynamic properties of Mg0.5Fe0.5O under super-Earth conditions
EXPLORING PLANETARY MATERIALS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 17 december 2025
The Fe-Si-O system at Terapascal pressures
EXPLORING PLANETARY MATERIALS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING II POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 17 december 2025
Fe-Ni Phase Diagram: Mineral Physics Implications for a Layered Inner Core
EARTH AND PLANETARY CORES: INTERDISCIPLINARY INSIGHTS ON STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND EVOLUTION I ORAL
study of earth's deep interior | 17 december 2025
Thermoelasticity of Geologically Relevant Silica Phases (SiO2) Using Machine Learning Potentials
EXPLORING PLANETARY MATERIALS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING I ORAL
mineral and rock physics | 15 december 2025
Ferroelastic hysteresis, shear modulus softening, and the tetragonal↔cubic transition in davemaoite
EXPLORING PLANETARY MATERIALS THROUGH COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING I ORAL
mineral and rock physics | 15 december 2025
The First 18 Months of JGR: MLC
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTATION
05 june 2025
Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee
2025 - 2026
President
Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee
2025 - 2026
Section President
Council
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Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received January 2008