Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM)

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	L. Thomas Aldrich, Staff Member Emeritus, DTM B.A., 1939; M.A., 1946; Ph.D. (physics), 1948, University of Minnesota Electrical conductivity; seismology	(202) 478-8814
	Conel M. O'D. Alexander, Staff Member, DTM B.Sc (geology), 1983, Imperial College, University of London Ph.D. (experimental physics), 1987, University of Essex Cosmochemistry; isotopic chemistry and origin of interstellar grains	(202) 478-8478 Bio Home Page Email
	Alan P. Boss, Staff Member, DTM B.S., 1973, University of South Florida; M.A., 1975; Ph.D. (physics), 1979, University of California, Santa Barbara Theoretical astrophysics; stellar and planetary system formation; dynamics of planetary interiors	(202) 478-8858 Bio Home Page Email
	R. Paul Butler, Staff Member, DTM B.A. (physics), 1985, B.S. (chemistry), 1986, M.S. (physics), 1989, SFSU; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1993, University of Maryland Observational astrophysics; stellar spectroscopy; precision Doppler instrumentation; extrasolar planets; Sun-like stars; supergiants and Cepheid variable stars	(202) 478-8866 Bio Home Page Email
	Richard W. Carlson, Staff Member, DTM B.A., 1976, University of California, San Diego; Ph.D. (earth sciences), 1980 Scripps Institution of Oceanography Isotope geochemistry; history and nature of chemical evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle; early history of the solar system	(202) 478-8474 Bio Home Page Email
	John Chambers, Staff Member, DTM B.A., 1990, University of Oxford; Ph.D., 1994, University of Manchester Planetary formation theory; planetary dynamics	(202) 478-8855 Bio Home Page Email
	John A. Graham, Staff Member Emeritus, DTM B.Sc., 1961, University of Sydney; Ph.D., 1964, Australian National University Star formation; structure and evolution of galaxies; variable stars	(202) 478-8867 Bio Home Page Email
	Erik H. Hauri, Staff Member, DTM B.S., 1988, University of Miami; Ph.D. (geochemistry), 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Isotopic and chemical evolution of the Earth's deep interior; modeling of flow and melting in mantle plumes; high-pressure experimental petrology; secondary ion mass spectrometry	(202) 478-8471 Bio Home Page Email
	David E. James, Staff Member, DTM B.S., 1962, M.S., 1963; Ph.D. (geophysics), 1967, Stanford University Geophysics; seismology; tectonophysics; geochemistry	(202) 478-8838 Bio Home Page Email
	Alan T. Linde, Staff Member, DTM B.Sc., 1959, Honors, 1961; Ph.D. (geophysics), 1972, University of Queensland Geophysics; seismology; tectonophysics	(202) 478-8835 Bio Home Page Email
	Larry R. Nittler, Staff Member, DTM B.A. (physics), 1991, Cornell University; Ph.D. (physics), 1996, Washington University Cosmochemistry; presolar grains in meteorites; secondary ion mass spectrometry and planetary remote sensing	(202) 478-8460 Bio Home Page Email
	Vera C. Rubin, Senior Fellow, DTM B.A., 1948, Vassar College; M.A., 1951, Cornell University; Ph.D. (astronomy), 1954, Georgetown University Galactic and extragalactic dynamics; large-scale structure and dynamics of the universe	(202) 478-8861 Bio Home Page Email
	I. Selwyn Sacks, Staff Member, DTM B.S., 1955; Ph.D. (electrical engineering), 1961, University of Witwatersrand Geophysics; seismology; tectonophysics; core structure	(202) 478-8839 Bio Home Page Email
	Scott Sheppard, Staff Member, DTM B.A. (physics), 1998, Oberlin College; M.S. (astronomy), 2001, University of Hawaii; Ph.D. (astronomy), 2004, University of Hawaii Small bodies in the solar system; star, planet and solar system formation; brown dwarfs.	(202) 478-8854 Bio Home Page Email
	Steven B. Shirey, Staff Member, DTM A.B., 1972, Dartmouth College; M.S., (geology), 1975, University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., (geochemistry), 1984, State University of New York, Stony Brook Igneous petrology; isotope geochemistry; trace element geochemistry; geochemical evolution of the Earth's crust and mantle	(202) 478-8473 Bio Home Page Email
	Paul G. Silver, Staff Member, DTM B.A., 1976, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., 1982, University of California, San Diego Observational and theoretical studies in seismology and geophysics	(202) 478-8834 Bio Home Page Email
	Sean C. Solomon, Director, DTM B.S., 1966, California Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (geophysics), 1971, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Planetary geology and geophysics; seismology; marine geophysics;tectonics; geodynamics	(202) 478-8850 Bio Home Page Email
	Fouad Tera, Staff Member Emeritus, DTM B.S., 1957, Cairo University; Ph.D. (chemistry), 1962, University of Vienna Lunar, meteorite, and terrestrial isotope chronology and geochemistry	(202) 478-8472 Home Page Email
	Alycia J. Weinberger, Staff Member, DTM B.A. (physics), 1991, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. (physics), 1998, California Institute of Technology Observational astrophysics; planet formation and circumstellar disks; active galactic nuclei; high angular resolution imaging	(202) 478-8852 Bio Home Page Email

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