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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

James Badro is affiliated with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France. Their research largely focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in Geophysics. This specialization is reflected in their substantial number of publications in the subfield of Geophysics, as well as work in related areas such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, and Mechanics of Materials.

Their scholarly output includes studies covering key topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, earthquake and tectonic studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies.

Major recent papers authored or co-authored by James Badro include the following:

  • Redox state of Earth's magma ocean and its Venus-like early atmosphere (2020, Science Advances)
  • Geophysical evidence for an enriched molten silicate layer above Mars's core (2023, Nature)
  • Solubility of water in peridotite liquids and the prevalence of steam atmospheres on rocky planets (2022, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)
  • A New Reference for the Thermal Equation of State of Iron (2020, Minerals)
  • Spin state and deep interior structure of Mars from InSight radio tracking (2023, Nature)

James Badro frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Charles-Édouard Boukaré
  • Farhang Nabiei
  • Nicolas Wehr
  • Henri Samuel
  • Attilio Rivoldini

The primary publication venues where their work appears are:

  • Nature
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

James Badro's scientific contributions have been recognized through distinctions such as the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) awarded in 2008, as well as the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union in the same year.

Best Publications

  • Iron partitioning in Earth's Mantle: Toward a deep lower mantle discontinuity

    James Badro;Guillaume Fiquet;François Guyot;Jean-Pascal Rueff

  • Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride

    Eugene Gregoryanz;Chrystele Sanloup;M Somayazulu;James Badro

  • Electronic transitions in perovskite: possible nonconvecting layers in the lower mantle.

    James Badro;Jean-Pascal Rueff;György Vankó;Giulio Monaco

  • X-ray Imaging of Stress and Strain of Diamond, Iron, and Tungsten at Megabar Pressures

    Russell J. Hemley;Russell J. Hemley;Russell J. Hemley;Ho-kwang Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Guoyin Shen;Guoyin Shen;Guoyin Shen;James Badro;James Badro;James Badro

  • A seismologically consistent compositional model of Earth’s core

    James Badro;James Badro;Alexander S. Côté;Alexander S. Côté;John P. Brodholt

  • Effect of light elements on the sound velocities in solid iron: Implications for the composition of Earth's core

    James Badro;James Badro;Guillaume Fiquet;Guillaume Fiquet;François Guyot;François Guyot;Eugene Gregoryanz;Eugene Gregoryanz

  • Pressure-Induced High-Spin to Low-Spin Transition in FeS Evidenced by X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy

    J.-P. Rueff;C.-C. Kao;V. V. Struzhkin;J. Badro

  • Terrestrial Accretion Under Oxidizing Conditions

    Julien Siebert;James Badro;Daniele Antonangeli;Frederick J. Ryerson;Frederick J. Ryerson

  • Magnetism in FeO at Megabar Pressures from X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy

    James Badro;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Jinfu Shu;Russell J. Hemley

  • Core formation and core composition from coupled geochemical and geophysical constraints.

    James Badro;James Badro;John P. Brodholt;Hélène Piet;Hélène Piet;Julien Siebert

  • Copper isotope evidence for large-scale sulphide fractionation during Earth’s differentiation

    Paul S. Savage;F. Moynier;H. Chen;G. Shofner

  • Sound Velocities in Iron to 110 Gigapascals

    Guillaume Fiquet;James Badro;François Guyot;Herwig Requardt

  • An early geodynamo driven by exsolution of mantle components from Earth’s core

    James Badro;James Badro;Julien Siebert;Francis Nimmo

  • Metal–silicate partitioning of Ni and Co in a deep magma ocean

    Julien Siebert;James Badro;Daniele Antonangeli;Frederick J. Ryerson;Frederick J. Ryerson

  • Nature of the high-pressure transition in Fe2O3 hematite.

    James Badro;Guillaume Fiquet;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Maddury Somayazulu

  • Experimental evidence for a high-pressure isostructural phase transition in osmium.

    Florent Occelli;Daniel L. Farber;James Badro;James Badro;Chantel M. Aracne

  • Elastic anisotropy in textured hcp-iron to 112 GPa from sound wave propagation measurements

    Daniele Antonangeli;Florent Occelli;Herwig Requardt;James Badro

  • High-Pressure Behavior In Alpha-Alpo4 - Amorphization And The Memory-Glass Effect

    Philippe Gillet;James Badro;Bernard Varrel;Paul F. McMillan

  • Composition of the Earth's inner core from high-pressure sound velocity measurements in Fe–Ni–Si alloys

    Daniele Antonangeli;Daniele Antonangeli;Julien Siebert;Julien Siebert;James Badro;James Badro;Daniel L. Farber;Daniel L. Farber

  • Spin Crossover in Ferropericlase at High Pressure: A Seismologically Transparent Transition?

    Daniele Antonangeli;Daniele Antonangeli;Julien Siebert;Julien Siebert;Chantel M. Aracne;Daniel L. Farber;Daniel L. Farber

  • Element partitioning between magnesium silicate perovskite and ferropericlase: New insights into bulk lower-mantle geochemistry

    Anne-Line Auzende;James Badro;James Badro;Frederick J. Ryerson;Peter K. Weber

  • Silicon isotopes in angrites and volatile loss in planetesimals

    Emily A. Pringle;Frédéric Moynier;Paul S. Savage;James Badro

  • Oxygen and silicon contents of Earth's core from high pressure metal-silicate partitioning experiments

    Angele Ricolleau;Angele Ricolleau;Yingwei Fei;Alexandre Corgne;Julien Siebert;Julien Siebert

  • Sound velocity in iron carbide (Fe3C) at high pressure: Implications for the carbon content of the Earth's inner core

    Guillaume Fiquet;James Badro;Evgueni Gregoryanz;Yingwei Fei

Frequent Co-Authors

Julien Siebert
Julien Siebert Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Philippe Gillet
Philippe Gillet École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Guillaume Fiquet
Guillaume Fiquet Sorbonne University
Daniele Antonangeli
Daniele Antonangeli Sorbonne University
Frederick J. Ryerson
Frederick J. Ryerson Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
François Guyot
François Guyot French National Museum of Natural History
Russell J. Hemley
Russell J. Hemley University of Illinois at Chicago
Ho-kwang Mao
Ho-kwang Mao Carnegie Institution for Science
Alain Polian
Alain Polian Sorbonne University
Jean-Alix Barrat
Jean-Alix Barrat University of Western Brittany

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