Edward M. Stumble

Edward Manin Stolper (born December 16, 1952 ) is a geologist , petrologist and planetologist at the California Institute of Technology (CalTech).

Live and act

Stolper earned a bachelor's degree in geosciences from Harvard College in 1974 , a master's degree in geology from the University of Edinburgh in 1976, and a PhD in geosciences from Harvard University in 1979 . In the same year he received a first professorship (assistant professor) at the California Institute of Technology , in 1982 he became an associate professor and in 1983 he was given a full professorship. Since 1994 he has been head of the Department of Geology and Planetary Sciences there, and since 2007 he has been Provost of the University. In 2013/2014 he was interim President of CalTech.

Stolper deals with the formation and development of igneous rocks in the solar system in field studies , laboratory tests , computer simulations and theoretical considerations . He examines samples from the earth , the moon and Mars as well as from various meteorites . He was able to contribute significantly to the understanding of the melting processes in the interior of planets and to the importance of water , carbon dioxide and sulfur in these processes.

Edward Stolper has been married since 1973.

Awards (selection)

• 1986 James B. Macelwane Medal
• 1991 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1994 member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1997 Arthur Holmes Medal
• 2004 Arthur L. Day Medal
• 2008 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh
• 2010 External member of the Academia Europaea
• 2011 Foreign member of the Royal Society
• 2012 VM Goldschmidt Award
• 2012 Honorary Doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• 2017 Roebling Medal
• 2019 Wollaston Medal

The mineral Stolperit (English Stolperite ) is named after Edward Stolper.

Web links

• Edward M. Stolper and CV at the California Institute of Technology (caltech.edu)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Edward M. Stolper - Honors Program. In: honors.agu.org. August 2, 2011, accessed July 17, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter S. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved July 17, 2017 (English). 
3. ↑ Edward Stumble. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved July 17, 2017 . 
4. ^ Geological Society of America - 2004 Day Medal. In: geosociety.org. Retrieved July 17, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Ilire Hasani, Robert Hoffmann: Academy of Europe: Edward Stolper. In: ae-info.org. November 5, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Edward Stumble. In: royalsociety.org. Retrieved July 17, 2017 (English). 
7. ^ VM Goldschmidt Award at the Geochemical Society (geochemsoc.org); Retrieved July 17, 2017.
8. ^ Mineralogical Society of America - Roebling Medal. In: minsocam.org. Retrieved July 17, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Stolper to Receive Roebling Medal. (No longer available online.) In: gps.caltech.edu. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017 ; accessed on July 17, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Stolperite: Stolperite mineral information and data. In: mindat.org. July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 17, 2017 .