Solid Earth Dynamics People
FACULTY
 REID COOPER, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 031
401-863-2160 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Reid_Cooper@brown.edu
My research emphasizes solid-state mechanical and chemical kinetics in rocks, minerals and melts. (Also does interdisciplinary research with the GMP group).
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 KAREN FISCHER, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 163
401-863-1360 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Karen_Fischer@brown.edu
My research involves imaging the structure of the Earth's crust and mantle using seismic waves in order to better understand dynamic processes inside Earth.
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 DONALD FORSYTH, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 158
401-863-1699 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Donald_Forsyth@brown.edu
My research has four major lines: ocean-bottom seismometer and marine geophysical studies of oceanic crust and upper mantle, isostasy of continents and oceans, lateral heterogeneities and azimuthal variations in seismic velocity in the mantle related to convection, and the dynamics of mid-ocean-ridge tectonics.
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 DAVID GOLDSBY, Associate Professor, Research
Geochemistry Building, Room 034
401-863-1922 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
David_Goldsby@brown.edu
I am interested in how micro-physical properties of geological materials influence large-scale geophysical
processes. I study flow and fracture of ice to understand
deformation of glaciers and ice sheets, the frictional mechanics of
rocks and minerals to understand earthquake nucleation and coseismic
fault slip, and indentation creep of minerals to understand
low-temperature flow of rocks in the Earth.
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 JACK HERMANCE, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 167
401-863-3830 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
John_Hermance@brown.edu
My research is in the area of environmental geophysics and hydrology.
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 J. GREG HIRTH, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 035
401-863-7063 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Greg_Hirth@brown.edu
My interests are in experimental rock mechanics, deformation mechanisms in both crustal and mantle lithologies, structural geology, application of experimental flow laws to geophysical and geological observations. (Also does interdisciplinary research with the GMP group).
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 E. MARC PARMENTIER, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 162
401-863-1700 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
EM_Parmentier@brown.edu
My research centers on understanding the roles of melting, melt migration, and mantle dynamics on the long-term evolution of the interior of the Earth and other planetary bodies.
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 JAN TULLIS, Professor
Geochemistry Building, Room 033
401-863-1921 > 401-863-2058 (fax)
Jan_Tullis@brown.edu
My research involves experimental investigations of the deformation mechanisms, microstructures, and rheology of crustal rocks. (Also does interdisciplinary research with the GMP group).
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
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JAMIE BEAULIEU
Geochemistry Building Room 165
401-863-3339
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professor Marc Parmentier
Jamie_Beaulieu@Brown.edu |
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CATHERINE BOOTH
Geochemistry Building Room 156
401-863-1701
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professor Don Forsyth
Catherine_Booth@Brown.edu |
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HEATHER FORD
GeoChemistry Building Room 155
401-863-1701
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professors Karen Fischer & D. Forsyth
Heather_Ford@Brown.edu |
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AMANDA GETSINGER
Geochemistry Building Room 042
401-863-1925
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professo Greg Hirth
Amanda_Getsinger@Brown.edu |
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CHRISTOPHER HAVLIN
Geochemistry Building Room 168
401-863-1701
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professor Marc Parmentier
Christopher_Havlin@Brown.edu |
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EMILY HOPPER
Geochemistry Building Room 115
401-863-3339
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professor Karen Fischer
Emily_Hopper@Brown.edu |
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TAKAMASA KANAYA
Geochemistry Building Room 041
401-863-3339
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professor Greg Hirth
Takamasa_Kanaya@Brown.edu |
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JULIA MACDOUGALL
Geochemistry Building Room 164
401-863-1701
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Profs Karen Fischer & Don Forsyth
Julia_MacDougall@Brown.edu |
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NATSUMI SHINTAKU
Geochemistry Building Room 115
401-863-3339
401-863-2058 (fax)
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Advisor: Professor Don Forsyth
Natsumi_Shintaku@Brown.edu |
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POSTDOCS/VISITORS
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MARGARETE JADAMEC
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
GeoChemistry Building Room 160
401-863-1982
401-863-2058 Fax
Solid Earth Dynamics Group (w/Karen Fischer)
Margarete_Jadamec@Brown.edu
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YOUYI RUAN
Departmental Postdoctoral Research Associate
GeoChemistry Building Room 165
401-863-2058 Fax
Solid Earth Dynamics Group
Youyi_Ruan@Brown.edu |
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NAN ZHANG
Postdoctoral Research Associate
GeoChemistry Building Room 165
401-863-1701
401-863-3978 Fax
Solid Earth Dynamics Group (w/ Yan Liang & Marc Parmentier)
Nan_Zhang@brown.edu |
TECHNICAL & SUPPORT STAFF
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GLORIA CORRERA
Administrative Assistant/Events
GeoChemistry Room 102
401-863-2240
401-863-2058 (fax)
GeoChemistry Building Support
Gloria_Correra@Brown.edu |
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LISA SHEEHAN
Administrative Assistant/Finance
GeoChemistry Room 101
401-863-3339
401-863-2058 (fax)
GeoChemistry Building Support
Lisa_Sheehan@Brown.edu |
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RECENT ALUMS
Yun Wang, Ph.D. '12 with Donald Forsyth Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Geophysical Institute
Linda Chernak, Ph.D. '11 with Greg Hirth Rochester Institute of Technology
David Abt , Ph.D. '10 with Karen Fischer
Geophysicist, ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Amandine Cagnioncle , Ph.D. '09 with Marc Parmentier
Geophysicist, ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Nicholas Harmon , Ph.D. '07 with Donald Forsyth
Faculty, University of Southampton, UK
Catherine Rychert , Ph.D. '07 with Karen Fischer
Faculty, University of Southampton, UK
Yingjie Yang, Ph.D. '06 with Donald Forsyth
Faculty, Macquarie University, Australia
Robert Jacob , Ph.D. '06 with Jack Hermance
Assistant Professor, Bucknell University
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