Paul D. Asimow

Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Mail Code 170-25
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
(626)395-4133 voice, (626)568-0935 FAX
E-mail:  asimow@gps.caltech.edu

Position:

Professor of Geology and Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology

Research Interests:

• Thermodynamic models of adiabatic mantle melting and melt transport
• Experimental investigation of silicate liquids and minerals at high pressure
• Petrologic and Geodynamic processes at mid-ocean ridges
  

Education:

• Ph.D., Geology, Caltech, May 28, 1997
• M.S., Geology, Caltech, 1993
• A.B., Geological Sciences, summa cum laude, Harvard, 1991
  

Positions held:

• 2005-2010 Associate Professor of Geology and Geochemistry, Caltech
• 1999-2005 Assistant Professor of Geology and Geochemistry, Caltech
• 1997-1999 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.
• 1996 Teaching Assistant, graduate igneous petrology, Caltech.
• 1995-97 Teaching Assistant, undergraduate igneous petrology, Caltech.
• 1992-97 Stolper group UNIX system manager.
• 1991-97 Graduate Student, Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech (advisors E.M Stolper and D.J. Stevenson).
• 1991-present Associate Conductor, Caltech/Occidental College Wind Ensemble.
• 1990 Research assistant, Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA (advisor W.M. Kaula).
• 1989 Research assistant, Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA (advisor D.D. Jackson).
• 1989-1990 Student Conductor, Harvard University Band.
  

Honors and awards:

• Phi Beta Kappa, 1990
• NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1991-1994
• Outstanding Student Paper, AGU Tectonophysics section, 1995 Spring Meeting
• Richard H. Jahns Teaching Prize, Caltech Geology and Planetary Science, 1995
• F. Beach Leighton Fellowship, Caltech, 1996-1997
• Lamont-Doherty Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 1997-1999
• National Science Foundation CAREER grant, 2003-2007
• F. W. Clarke Medal of the Geochemical Society, 2003
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 2003-2005
• James B. Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union, 2005
• Richard P. Feynman prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2012

Professional Memberships:

• American Geophysical Union
• Mineralogical Society of America
• Geochemical Society
• AAAS