Graduate Students

(Degrees completed 1969-1972 were granted by Northwestern University, and those from 1973 to 2007 by UC Berkeley.)

• Jeffrey M. Dick Ph.D., 2007. Calculation of the relative stabilities of proteins as a function of temperature, pressure, and chemical potentials in subcellular and geochemical environments (Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley)
• Douglas E. LaRowe Ph.D., 2005. Thermodynamic analysis of microbial metabolism in hydrothermal systems. (Postdoctoral Fellow, Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
• Jan P. Amend Ph.D., 1995. Calculation of the Standard Molal Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Biomolecules at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures. (Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, MO)
• Barbara L. Ransom Ph.D., 1991. A Chemical and Thermodynamic Model of Dioctahedral 2:1 Layer Clay Minerals in Diagenetic Processes. (NSF)
• Eric H. Oelkers Ph.D., 1987. Calculation of the Transport Properties and Dissociation Constants of Aqueous Species at High Pressures and Temperatures. (Professor, Laboratoire de Geochimie, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
• Everett L. Shock Ph.D., 1987. Standard Molal Properties of Ionic Species and Inorganic Acids, Dissolved Gases and Organic Molecules in Hydrothermal Systems. (Professor, University of Arizona)
• John C. Tanger, IV Ph.D., 1986. Calculation of the Standard Partial Molal Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Ions and Electrolytes at High Pressures and Temperatures.
• William M. Murphy Ph.D., 1985. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Constraints on Reaction Rates among Minerals and Aqueous Solutions. (Professor, Chico State University, CA)
• Kenneth Jackson Ph.D., 1983. Chemical and Thermodynamic Constraints on the Hydrothermal Transport and Deposition of Tin. (Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA)
• Teresa S. Bowers Ph.D., 1982. Calculation of the Thermodynamic and Geochemical Consequences of Nonideal Mixing in the System H2O-CO2-NaCl on Phase Relations in Geologic Systems. (Principal Research Scientist, Gradient Corporation, Cambridge, MA)
• Carol Bruton Ph.D., 1981. Calculation of the Chemical and Thermodynamic Consequences of Differences Between Fluid and Geostatic Pressure in Hydrothermal Systems. (Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA)
• William McKenzie Ph.D., 1980. Theoretical Calculation of Equilibrium Constraints in Geochemical Processes to 900 °C. (Consultant, Berkeley, CA)
• Conny Frisch M.S., 1979. Investigation of Metasomatic Phase Relations in Dolomites of the Adamello Alps. (deceased, was Head Ranger, Waldport Ranger District, Siuslaw National Forest, Waldport, OR)
• George C. Flowers Ph.D., 1979. Equilibrium and Mass Transfer During Progressive Metamorphism of Siliceous Dolomites. (Professor, Dept. of Geology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA)
• Per Aagaard Ph.D., 1979. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of Silicate Hydrolysis at Low Temperatures and Pressures. (Professor, Institute of Geology, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway.)
• John Walther Ph.D., 1978. Thermodynamic Analysis of Equilibrium Phase Relations Among Minerals and Aqueous Solutions in Metasomatic Processes. (Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX)
• Dennis K. Bird Ph.D., 1978. Chemical Interaction of Aqueous Solutions with Epidote-Feldspar Mineral Assemblages in Geologic Systems. (Professor, Department of Geology, Stanford Univerisity, Stanford, CA)
• Ronald Stoessell Ph.D., 1977. Geochemical Studies of Two Magnesium Silicates, Sepiolite and Kerolite. (Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA)
• Joan M. Delany M.S., 1976. Calculation of the Thermodynamics of Dehydration in Subducting Oceanic Crust to 100kb and 800 °C. (Adjunct Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University, Houston, TX)
• Chao-Hsia Chen M.S., 1973. Stochastic Estimation of Standard Free Energies of Formation of Silicate Minerals. (present location unknown)
• Richard Beane Ph.D., 1972 (Northwestern Univ.). A Thermodynamic Analysis of the Effect of Solid Solution on the Hydrothermal Stability of Biotite. (deceased, was Chief Geochemist & Manager of Geological Research, Bond Gold Corporation, Denver, CO)
• Thomas Brown Ph.D., 1970 (Northwestern Univ.). Theoretical Prediction of Equilibrium and Mass Transfer in the System CaO-MgO-SiO2-H2O-HCl. (deceased, was Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
• Andrew Nigrini Ph.D., 1969 (Northwestern Univ.). Prediction of Ionic Fluxes in Rock Alteration Processes at Elevated Temperatures. (deceased, was Senior Research Associate, Chevron Oilfield Research Co., LaHabra, CA)

Postdoctoral Associates

• 1990s
  • Laurent Richard
  • Raffaele Ragone
• 1980s
  • William McKenzie
  • Peter Lichtner (1981 to 1987)
  • Bill Murphy
  • Caroline Wittwer
  • Sergio Gurrieri
  • Per Aargard
  • Eric Oelkers
  • Vitalii Pokrovskii (1989 to 1994)
• 1970s
  • Wayne Nesbitt
  • Jim Wood

Collaborators and Research Associates

• 2000s
  • Yuri V. Shvarov
  • Alexandra Schmitt
• 1990s
  • Christine Owens
  • William McKenzie
  • Jamie Hovey
  • Gil Afonso
• 1980s
  • Cathy Wilson
  • Annette Knox
• 1970s
  • Denis Norton
  • Philippe Lelot
  • David Kirkham