DTM Postdoc Blog

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Save the date: 19 June, 2 pm, Tuve Lunch Hall or Greenewalt Lecture Hall

How to Talk to the Press: Tina McDowell, Alan Boss, Natasha Metzler

HAPPY SPRING!!
Welcome,  Willkommen, Welkom, Willkumm, Velkommen, Bene bennios, Sansofe, Yang shok, Irashaimasu, Bienvenue, Bienvenido, Benvenuto, Marhaba, 欢迎, Khosh Aamadid, hoşgeldin!, Здравствуйте…. to the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington!

DTM welcomes Christelle Wauthier!  Christelle completed her Ph.D. in September 2011 at the Université de Liège, Belgium.  She is an InSAR geodesist who uses advanced processing methods to obtain high-resolution time series of deformation in volcanic areas.  She will be working with Diana Roman to study the balance of endogenous and exogenous growth of Kilauea volcano, Hawai’i, using a combination of InSAR analysis, finite element modeling, and analysis of complementary and contemporaneous data sets (SO2 output, thermal satellite data, GPS data) collected at Kilauea.

MESSENGER Postdoctoral Fellows Christian Klimczak (center) and Paul Byrne (right) in Istanbul near the end of their visit to study planetary tectonics with former Senior Tuve Fellow Celȃl Şengör.

Welcome Carnegie Fellow Ryan Porter, who will be working with Staff Scientist Matt Fouch.  Ryan received his Ph.D. this spring in seismology at the University of Arizona.  His research interests include earthquake seismology, active tectonics, crustal and upper mantle structure, subduction zone processes, and seismic anisotropy.

Predoctoral Fellow Sabrina Ferrari returned to the University of Padua on 6 April.  On 4 April she presented a lecture entitled “The geology and structure in and around the Rembrandt basin, Mercury.”  We will miss you Sabrina!

 

 

 

 

Welcome Kelsey Druken!  Kelsey comes to us from Rhode Island, where she received her undergraduate degree in Physics and her PhD in Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography.  At DTM, Kelsey will be working with David James on the High Lava Plains experiment.

Welcome Deep Carbon Observatory Postdoctoral Fellow Marion Le Voyer!!  Bienvenue! Marion completed her Ph.D. in igneous petrology petrology from the CNRS at Clermont-Ferrand in 2009 and spent the last two years as a postdoctoral associate at Caltech.

The Caloris Waltz by Larry Nittler and guest violinist Paul Byrne at the 17 October Reception in Honor of Sean C. Solomon.    Piano solo by Larry Nittler of his Caloris Waltz.

DTM Women Postdoctoral Fellows:  Please see Position Openings link on this blog!  Other openings are also listed courtesy Dr. Elkins-Tanton, Paul Butler, Alycia Weinberger, and others.  Click on Housing/Nearby Hotels/Childcare/Preschool for info on local and nearby full-day care centers, provided by Alycia Weinberger.

*********************Upcoming Events:*********************

Save the date: 19 June, 2 pm, Tuve Lunch Hall or Greenewalt Lecture Hall

How to Talk to the Press: Tina McDowell, Alan Boss, Natasha Metzler

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CPR/First Aid Training completed after two sessions: 1st session was held on 10 April, 2nd session was on 24 April!!  Now also have 2 defibrillators on campus and lots of first aid trainees!

Posters can be printed using the titian poster printer in the map room (R162) on the first floor of the Research Building.  A new large format printer is now also available for use.  It is a Canon iPF8300S and is named asimov, and is located in R169.  Please follow Michael Acierno’s instructions to visit the Canon web site to download the appropriate driver for your operating system.

The 100th anniversary of the 3,000 cherry blossom trees bestowed on Washington, DC, by Tokyo, Japan, takes place from March 20 – April 27, 2012.  Click here for a listing of events.

 

For a trip back to DTM memory lane, click here.  All photos from the past are welcomed!