Updated:
28 September 2007
RTP
Advisor List - 2008
Mineral
Sciences
For
quick reference, here's an alphabetical link
to all Mineral Sciences research staff:
Castro
|
Cottrell
|
Fiske
|
MacPherson
|
McCoy
|
Melson
|
Post
|
Simkin
|
Sorensen
|
Vicenzi
|
Wise
About
the Department of Mineral Sciences
REFERENCE
Each
project advisor entry includes the following information:
| Advisor
Name |
Telephone
number
|
E-mail
address
|
Position
title. Education history. Brief description of current research
specialties.
Where
appropriate, entries also include a sample RTP research
project description, the number and name(s) of prior RTP
participants hosted by the advisor, and the publication(s)
co-authored by the RTP student/advisor team.
If
known, the annual availability is listed.
| Jonathan
Castro |
(202)
633-1810
|
castroj@si.edu
|
 Associate
Curator. B.S. (1993) Humboldt State University;
Ph.D. (1999) University of Oregon. Research
specialties: volcanology; crystallization history
of magma. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample project:
 Associate
Curator / Research Geologist. B.S. (1997) Brown
University, Ph.D. (2004) Columbia University.
Research specialties: Differentiation of planetary
bodies, experimental geochemistry and petrology,
volcanology. More
research links. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample project(s):
(1) Conducting laboratory experiments to
simulate chemical reactions in a magma ocean,
and thus improve our understanding of the early
Earth. (2) Measuring water contents in volcanic
melts to further our understanding of water
cycling in the Earth.
Dr.
Cottrell has hosted 1 participant in the RTP:
Rebecca
Fischer (2007)
- project
summary
Geologist.
B.S.E. (1954), M.S.E. (1955) Princeton University;
Ph.D. (1960) Johns Hopkins University. Research
specialties: physical volcanology of submarine
pyroclastic eruptions, especially in the Tertiary
and Recent of Japan; structural evolution of
Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, with special focus
on the volcano's history of explosive eruptions
and its mobile south flank. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample project:
Geologist.
B.S. (1972) University of California, Santa
Cruz; Ph.D. (1981) Princeton University. Research
specialties: Isotopic and petrologic studies
of chondrite meteorites and their bearing on
the earliest history of the solar system; petrologic
studies of ancient volcanic rocks (ophiolites).
Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
 Geologist,
Associate Curator. B.S. (1986)
Eastern Illinois University; M.S.
(1990) University of New Mexico;
Ph.D. (1994) University of Hawaii,
Manoa. Research specialties: meteorites,
igneous evolution of small bodies
in the early solar system, martian
volcanological history derived
from meteorites. Science Unit:
Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample
project: Examination
using optical microscopy and electron
microprobe analyses of one or more
meteorites which formed by igneous
differentiation to further our understanding
of their origin.
Two
(2) publication and Five (5) scientific
presentations resulted from their
collaboration:
-
Cowan, K.A., T.J. McCoy,
and G. MacPherson. 1998. Mass
equivalence of metal and silicate
grains in the Mt. Padbury mesosiderite
meteorite. The 29th Lunar Planetary
Science Conference, Houston,
Texas. March 1998.- - ABSTRACT
-
Dehn, G.A., T.J. McCoy,
and G. MacPherson. 1998. Mass
sorting and deformation of metal
and silicate particles in the
early history of the Solar System:
a study of the meteorite Bencubbine.
The 29th Lunar Planetary Science
Conference, Houston, Texas.
March 1998.- - ABSTRACT
-
Foley
C.N., Nittler L.R., McCoy T.J.,
Lim L., Brown M.R.M.,
Starr R.D. and Trombka J.I.
2006. Minor element evidence
that Asteroid 433 Eros is a
space-weathered ordinary chondrite
parent body. Icarus 184, 338-343.
-
McCoy T.J., E.B. Rosenshein
and T.L. Dickinson. 1999. A
unique oxide-bearing clast in
the aubrite Allan Hills 84008:
Evidence for oxidation during
magmatic processes. In Lunar
and Planetary Science XXX. (CD-ROM).
- - ABSTRACT
-
Meibom
A., Righter K., Chabot N. Dehn
G., Antignano A.A., McCoy
T.J., Krot A.N., Zolensky M.E.,
Petaev M.I. and Keil K. (2005)
Shock melts in QUE 94411, Hammadah
al Hamra 237 and Bencubbin:
Remains of the missing matrix.
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
40, 1377-1391.
-
Rosenshein
E.B., T.J. McCoy, and T.L.
Dickinson. 1999. Sulfide-bearing
clasts in aubrites: Clues to
partial melting. In Lunar and
Planetary Science XXX. (CD-ROM).
- - ABSTRACT
-
Rosenshein
E.B., M.A. Ivanova, T.L.
Dickinson, T.J. McCoy, D.S.
Lauretta, Y. Guan, L.A. Leshin
and G.K. Benedix. 2006. Oxide-bearing
and FeO-rich clasts in aubrites.
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
41, 495-503.
 Emeritus
Senior Scientist. B.A. (1961) Johns Hopkins
University; Ph.D. (1964) Princeton University.
Research specialties: igneous and metamorphic
petrology; research on rocks of the Mid-Atlantic
Ridge; studies of active volcanoes; regional
geology-Central America, Montana, Central Appalachians;
marine geology-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Melson has hosted 5 participants in the RTP:
Kristen
Iriarte (2002)
- project
summary
Sara James (1998)
- project
summary
Darren Locke (1996)
- project
summary
Dawn Stodden (2001)
- project
summary
Arwen Vidal (1999)
- project
summary
Three
(3) scientific presentations and one (1) scientific
paper has resulted from their collaboration:
-
Melson, W.G., J.T. Haynes, T. O'Hearn, R.
Hubbell, K.E. Goggin, D.R. Locke,
and D. Ross. 1998. K-Shales of the Central
Appalachian Paleozoic: Properties and Origin.
- - ABSTRACT
-
Locke, D.R., W.G. Melson, J.T. Haynes,
K.E. Goggin, and T. O'Hearn. 1997. Air-fall
Tephran incorporated in Shale of the Middle
Ordovician Edinburg Formation at the Classic
Tumbling Run Section: The Mineralogical Record
of Early Taconan Volcanism in the Central
Appalachians. Geological Society of America,
Abstract with Program 40: A-114. - - ABSTRACT
- Stodden,
D. and W.G. Melson. 2001. The Assembly
of North America: Using Garnet Zoning to Decipher
the Geologic History of the Potomac Terrane.
American Geophysical Union Meetings. Abstract
with Programs. - - ABSTRACT
-
Vidal, A. and W.G. Melson. 1999. Seasonal
variations in rainfall and their effects on
pyroclastic activity: a case study at Arenal
Volcano, Costa Rica. Geological Society of
America, Abstracts with Programs; December
25-28, 1999 meetings of the Geological Society
of America, Denver, Colorado 31(7), 1999.
- - ABSTRACT
 Mineralogist;
Curator, Gems and Minerals. B.A. (1976) University
of Wisconsin, Platteville; Ph.D. (1981) Arizona
State University. Research specialties: single
crystal and powder X-ray diffraction; electron
microscopy; manganese oxide minerals; clay minerals;
computer modeling of mineral structures, rietveld
analysis. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample
project:
 Emeritus
Geologist. B.A. (1955) Swarthmore College; M.S.
(1960), Ph.D. (1965) Princeton University. Research
specialties: global volcanism, calderas, and
magma dynamics; geology of the Galapagos Islands
and the Scottish Tertiary Province. Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Simkin has hosted 1 RTP participant:
Erin
Doak (2002)
- project
summary
There
have been no scientific publications resulting
from their collaborations.
 Geologist.
B.A. (1978), Pomona College; Ph.D. (1984) University
of California, Los Angeles. Research specialties:
metamorphic petrology; major, minor, and trace
element geochemistry of metamorphic and igneous
rocks; field studies of metasomatic fluid/rock
interactions; petrotectonic evolution of high
P/T and arc-related metamorphic terranes. Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample project:
Dr.
Sorensen has hosted 2 participants in the RTP:
Erin
DiMaggio (2001)
- project
summary
Lee Zelewicz (2004)
- project
summary
One
(1) scientific presentation resulted from their
collaboration.
-
Rougvie, J.R., E.N. DiMaggio, S.S.
Sorensen. 2001. Polymetasomatic history of
ashflow tuff and geochemical evolution during
contact metamorphism, Mammoth Crest, California.
Geological Society of America, Abstract with
Program. - - ABSTRACT
 Supervisory
Research Geochemist. B.S. (1982) McGill
University; M.S. (1985) University of Oregon;
Ph.D. (1991) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Research specialties: microchemical studies
of minerals and glasses. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Vicenzi has hosted 4 participants in the RTP:
Bryan
Cockrell (2006)
- project
summary
Jocelynn
Johnson (2003)
- project
summary
Sylvia
Moses (2006)
- project
summary
Sharon
Wilson (2001)
- project
summary
One
(1) scientific publication and one (1) scientific
presentation has resulted from their collaboration:
- Johnson,
J.J., E.P. Vicenzi, and S.D. Whittaker.
2004. A microchemical investigation of
fossilized wood: biological preservation
and the influence of mineralization. -
- ABSTRACT
- Vicenzi,
E. P.; Fisk, M. R.; Treiman, A.; Wilson,
S. 2002. Comparison of Clay Minerals
Produced During Low-Temperature Alteration
of Mafic Rocks from Earth and Mars. Meteoritics
& Planetary Science, vol. 37, Supplement,
p.A144.
 Geologist.
B.A. (1979) University of Virginia; Ph.D. (1987)
University of Manitoba. Research specialties:
mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry of pegmatites;
petrogenesis and evolution of pegmatites and
pegmatite-generating granites; systematic mineralogy;
regional distribution of pegmatites in the Appalachians.
Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Sample
project: Examination of specimens
collected from different pockets within a particular
pegmatite, identification of their minerals,
and development of the crystallization history
for the different pocket assemblages.
Dr.
Wise has hosted 15 participants in the RTP and
1 RET participant:
Amanda
Albright (2000)
- project
summary
Chris Amato (1993)
- project
summary
Madison
Barkley (2006)
- project
summary
Christopher
Clafflin (1998)
- project
summary
Amie Garcia (2004)
- project
summary
Rebecca Gentry (2002 RET) - project
summary
Ellen Hissong (1993)
- project
summary
Kadeejah Ingram (1994)
- project
summary
Tara Kirkpatrick (1995)
- project summary
Katherine Langer (1994
& 1995)
- project summary
Christina Lopano (1999)
- project
summary
Jennifer Maloney (2003)
- project
summary
Rebecca Robinson (1992)
- project
summary
Karen Viskupic (1995)
- project summary
Jennifer Weant (1996)
- project
summary
Seven
(7) scientific presentations have resulted from
their collaboration:
- Albright,
A.L. and M.A. Wise. 2000. Epidote in granitic
pegmatites of the Rincon pegmatite district,
southern California. Geological Society of
America, Abstracts with Program. - - ABSTRACT
- Hissong,
E.N. and M.A. Wise. 1994. Alteration of
amphibole and plagioclase and associated pegmatites
from the Virginia Piedmont. Geological Society
of America, Abstracts with Progam 26(4): 20.
- - ABSTRACT
- Kirkpatrick,
T.S. and M.A. Wise. 1995. Chemistry, texture
and mineralogy of fine-grained lepidolite
bodies from zoned rare-element granitic pegmatites.
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with
Program 27: 469. - - ABSTRACT
- Langer,
K.E. and M.A. Wise. 1995. The development
of amazonite in the Morefield pegmatite, Amelia,
Virginia. Geological Society of America, Abstracts
with Program 27: 470. - - ABSTRACT
- Maloney,
J.
and M.A. Wise. 2005. Cathodoluminescence study
of feldspars from the Black Mountain Pegmatite,
Maine. -
- ABSTRACT
- Robinson,
R.K., M.J. Dorais, and M.A. Wise. 1993.
Compositional zoning in tourmaline and its
relevance to aplite genesis: examples from
Southwestern Maine. Geological Society of
America, Abstracts with Program 25(6):216.
- - ABSTRACT
- Viskupic,
K.M. and M.A. Wise. 1995. Mineralogy and
geochemistry of hornblende-bearing pegmatites
associated with the Scituate granite, Rhode
Island. Geological Society of America, Abstracts
with Program 27: 470. - - ABSTRACT
Mineral
Sciences Advisors
Archive
The
following have previously hosted students
in the Research Training Program, but are
either no longer in residence at the Museum
or are otherwise unavailable to host new students.
 Deceased
(1 January 2007). Former Geologist and Head
of the Global
Volcanism Program. B.A. (1975) University
of Illinois, Urbana; M.A. (1977), Ph.D. (1980)
University of California, Berkeley. Research
specialties: Mexican volcanoes; petrology
of volcanic rocks from subduction-related
continental arcs; petrology of volcanic rocks
and xenoliths from continental rift zones;
magmatic volatiles. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
Dr.
Luhr hosted 6 participants in the RTP:
Michael
Brewer (1994)
- project
summary
James Corboy (1993)
- project
summary
Douglas Edmonds (2002)
- project
summary
Tabitha Hensley (2000)
- project
summary
Jennifer Kling (1994)
- project
summary
Brittany Meagher (2003)
- project
summary
Two
(2) scientific presentations resulted from
their collaboration:
- Hensley
T. and J. Luhr. 2000. Regional Geochemical
Variation of the Central American Volcanic
Arc: Tectonic Parameters Affecting Magma
Chemistry. Geological Society of America,
Abstract with Program. - - ABSTRACT
- Meagher,
B. and J. Luhr. 2003. Volatiles
in Sea-Floor Volcanic Glasses South of Iceland.
SACNAS national conference, Albuquerque,
NM. October 2003. Poster. Abstract with
Program. - - ABSTRACT
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