Steinle-Neumann, Gerd

Steinle-Neumann, Gerd
(Ph.D. 2001, Michigan)
Tel.:+49 (0)921 55 3702
Fax.:+49 (0)921 55 3769
Building:BGI, University Bayreuth
Room:5.1.01
Email.:g.steinle-neumann(at)uni-bayreuth.de
www.:Personal www-page
Research Interests:

Computational high pressure physics and mineralogy. Structure of Earth's deep interior.

Education:
  • 2001 Ph.D. (Geology) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
  • 1998 M.Sc. (Geology) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
  • 1995 Diplom (Physics) Universität Göttingen, Germany.
Professional Experience:
  • 2005-present: Akademischer Rat, Bayerisches Geoinstitut
  • 2002-2005: Junior Professur, Bayerisches Geoinstitut
  • 2001-2002: Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, USA.
Honours:
  • 2002 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Rock and Mineral Physics Committee, American Geophysical Union.
  • 2002 Ralph B. Baldwin Price for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Recent publications:
updated 01-30-2006
  • S. Akber-Knutson, G. Steinle-Neumann, and P. D. Asimow, Effect of Al on the sharpness of the MgSiO3 perovskite to post-perovskite phase transition, Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L14303 (2005)
  • K. K. M. Lee, G. Steinle-Neumann, and R. Jeanloz, Ab-initio high pressure alloying of iron and potassium: Implications for the Earth's core, Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L11603 (1-4) doi:10.1029/2004GL019839(2004).
  • G. Steinle-Neumann, L. Stixrude, and R. E. Cohen, Magnetism in dense hexagonal iron, Proc. Nat. Acad. Science (USA) 101, 33-36 (2004).
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Tel: +49-(0) 921 55 3700 / 3766, Fax: +49-(0) 921 55 3769, E-mail: bayerisches.geoinstitut(at)uni-bayreuth.de