California Institute of Technology

Michael C. Gurnis
John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics
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Phone: 626-395-6979
Office: 351 South Mudd Laboratory
Mailing Address:
MC 252-21
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
B.S., University of Arizona, 1982; Ph.D., Australian National University, 1987. Associate Professor, Caltech, 1994-96; Professor, 1996-2005. Smits Professor, 2005-. Associate Director, Seismological Laboratory, 1995-2003.

Research Interests

Dynamics of the Earth's interior using computational methods; relation between mantle dynamics and the geological evolution of continents.

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