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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - V.M. Goldschmidt Award, Geochemical Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2004 - Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America
  • 1997 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
  • 1994 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1986 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1985 - F.W. Clarke Award, Geochemical Society

Overview

Edward M. Stolper is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on geophysics. Additional subfields of study include astronomy and astrophysics, mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, and inorganic chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Recent publications showcasing Edward M. Stolper's contributions are:

  • The effects of solid-solid phase equilibria on the oxygen fugacity of the upper mantle, 2020, American Mineralogist
  • The mantle source of basalts from Reunion Island is not more oxidized than the MORB source mantle, 2021, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • The sulfur solubility minimum and maximum in silicate melt, 2022, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Controlled Cooling-Rate Experiments on Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions: Chemical Diffusion and Quantification of Eruptive Cooling Rates on Hawaii and Mars, 2020, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • Fe2+-Mg partitioning between olivine and liquid at low oxygen fugacity: an experimental and thermodynamic framework, 2022, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ery Hughes
  • Lee Saper
  • Philippa Liggins
  • Maryjo Brounce
  • John M. Eiler

The prominent venues where Edward M. Stolper has published multiple papers are:

  • American Mineralogist
  • Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Goldschmidt2022 abstracts
  • Journal of the Geological Society

Over the course of their career, Edward M. Stolper has been recognized with numerous awards, including:

  • V.M. Goldschmidt Award, Geochemical Society, 2012
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2011
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2010
  • Arthur L. Day Medal, The Geological Society of America, 2004
  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, 1997
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1994
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991
  • James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1986
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1986
  • F.W. Clarke Award, Geochemical Society, 1985

Best Publications

  • Water in silicate glasses: An infrared spectroscopic study

    Edward Stolper

  • The role of water in the petrogenesis of Mariana trough magmas

    Edward Stolper;Sally Newman

  • A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    J. P. Grotzinger;D. Y. Sumner;L. C. Kah;K. Stack

  • A possible role for garnet pyroxenite in the origin of the “garnet signature” in MORB

    Marc M. Hirschmann;Edward M. Stolper

  • Determining the composition of high-pressure mantle melts using diamond aggregates

    Michael B. Baker;Edward M. Stolper

  • An Experimental Study of Water and Carbon Dioxide Solubilities in Mid-Ocean Ridge Basaltic Liquids. Part I: Calibration and Solubility Models

    Jacqueline Eaby Dixon;Edward M. Stolper;John R. Holloway

  • Geochemical Consequences of Melt Percolation: The Upper Mantle as a Chromatographic Column

    Oded Navon;Edward Stolper

  • Metasomatized lithosphere and the origin of alkaline lavas.

    Sébastien Pilet;Michael B. Baker;Edward M. Stolper

  • Mineralogy of a Mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

    D.T. Vaniman;D.L. Bish;D.W. Ming;T.F. Bristow

  • The speciation of water in silicate melts

    Edward Stolper

  • A phase diagram for mid-ocean ridge basalts: Preliminary results and implications for petrogenesis

    Edward Stolper

  • Alkalic magmas generated by partial melting of garnet pyroxenite

    Marc M. Hirschmann;Tetsu Kogiso;Michael B. Baker;Edward M. Stolper

  • Experimental petrology of eucritic meteorites

    Edward Stolper

  • Compositions of near-solidus peridotite melts from experiments and thermodynamic calculations

    M. B. Baker;Marc M Hirschmann;M. S. Ghiorso;E. M. Stolper

  • Measurement of water in rhyolitic glasses; calibration of an infrared spectroscopic technique

    Sally Newman;Edward M. Stolper;Samuel Epstein

  • The influence of bulk composition on the speciation of water in silicate glasses

    Lynn A. Silver;Phillip D. Ihinger;Edward Stolper

  • Infrared spectroscopic measurements of CO2 and H2O in Juan de Fuca Ridge basaltic glasses

    Jacqueline Eaby Dixon;Edward Stolper;John R. Delaney

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Melt segregation from partially molten source regions: The importance of melt density and source region size

    Edward Stolper;David Walker;Bradford H. Hager;James F. Hays

  • Petrology and origin of the shergottite meteorites

    Edward Stolper;Harry Y. McSween

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Eiler
John M. Eiler California Institute of Technology
Michael B. Baker
Michael B. Baker California Institute of Technology
Paul D. Asimow
Paul D. Asimow California Institute of Technology
Youxue Zhang
Youxue Zhang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Allan H. Treiman
Allan H. Treiman Lunar and Planetary Institute
John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Samuel Epstein
Samuel Epstein California Institute of Technology
Marc M. Hirschmann
Marc M. Hirschmann University of Minnesota
Jack D. Farmer
Jack D. Farmer Arizona State University
David Walker
David Walker Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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