Recent News

We are thrilled to announce that Professor in Residence, Gabi Laske, has agreed to the role of associate director of IGPP. Laske brings with her expertise in marine geophysics, seismology, community governance, undergraduate teaching, and IGPP history. Congrats Dr. Laske!

The findings of Professor Anne Pommier's recent investigations on the cooling of iron-nickel alloys in terrestrial planets and moons has been published in American Mineralogist. Pommier's article "Experimental investigation of the effect of nickel on the electrical resistivity of Fe-Ni and Fe-Ni-S alloys under pressure" can be found online here.  A brief synopsis follows: 

IGPP is pleased to announce the appointment of its new director: Professor Adrian Borsa. In his work, Borsa employs classical geological instruments and techniques to study a wide variety of Earth processes. He aims to describe how the shape of Earth’s surface is changing at timescales of seconds to decades, and to link observed change to geophysical processes associated with phenomena ranging from earthquakes to climate change.

IGPP is pleased to invite you to join its Virtual Seminar Series presentation featuring Ann Chen of UT Austin's Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and Dept. of Geological Sciences (by courtesy). Dr.