Lars Peter Stixrude#
| Membership Number: | 3292 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/EarthSci/people/stixrude |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007-present Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London
- 2005 Visiting Miller Professor, Miller Institute, University of California at Berkeley
- 2003-2007 Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
- 2000-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
- 1997-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
- 1994 Humboldt Foundation Fellow, Institut für Geophysik, Universität Göttingen
- 1992-1997 Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 1991-1992 Post-doctoral Assosicate, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Fields of Scholarship
- Mineral physics
- Geophysics
- High pressure physics
- Condensed matter theory
Honours and Awards
- 2012 ERC Advanced Grant: MoltenEarth (2.5M Euro)
- 2009 Cozzarelli Prize, U. S. National Academy of Sciences
- 2006 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
- 2005 Visiting Miller Professorship, Miller Institute, University of California at Berkeley
- 2002 Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
- 1998 James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union
- 1998 Fellow, American Geophysical Union
- 1993 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship
