Research Departments
Cosmochemistry, Astrophysics and Experimental Geophysics
James Badro
01 83 95 77 99
IPGP - Bureau 262 - 1, rue Jussieu - 75238 Paris cedex 05
Education
- 1994 – 1997 École normale supérieure de Lyon, PhD
- 1993 – 1994 École normale supérieure de Lyon, MS
- 1991 – 1993 École normale supérieure de Lyon, BS
Fellowships
- Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
- Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America
- Grand Prix "Louis Gentil - Emile Bourcart", French Academy of Sciences, 2009
- Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2008
- MSA Award, Mineralogical Society of America, 2008
- Bronze Medal, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2007
- Houtermans Medal, European Association for Geochemistry, 2006
- Hauy-Lacroix Prize, Societe Francaise de Mineralogie et Cristallographie, 1998
Previous en Present Lives
- 2012 - present Scientific Collaborator, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- 2008 - present CNRS Research Director, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- 2014 Blaustein Visitng professor, Stanford University
- 2013 - 2014 Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
- 2011 Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley
- 2004 - 2011 Faculty Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 1999 - 2008 CNRS Researcher, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
- 2002 - 2003 Visiting Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- 1997 - 1999 Post-doctoral fellow, Carnegie Institution for Science
Research Interests and Themes
- Experimental Petrology
- Experimental Geochemistry
- Mineral Physics
- Mantle and Core Composition
- Mantle and Core Structure and Interaction
- Earth Formation, Core Formation, Magma Ocean Evolution
- Primordial Differentiation
- Planetary Accretion
Mes publications :
Redox state during core formation on asteroid 4-Vesta,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Jul 1, Volume 373, p.75-82, (2013)
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.012
Terrestrial Accretion Under Oxidizing Conditions,
, Science, Mar 8, Volume 339, Issue 6124, p.1194-1197, (2013)
DOI: 10.1126/science.1227923
Metal-silicate partitioning of Ni and Co in a deep magma ocean,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Mar 1, Volume 321, p.189-197, (2012)
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.013
Spin Crossover in Ferropericlase at High Pressure: A Seismologically Transparent Transition?,
, Science, Jan, Volume 331, Issue 6013, (2011)
DOI: 10.1126/science.1198429
Oxygen and silicon contents of Earth's core from high pressure metal-silicate partitioning experiments,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Oct 15, Volume 310, Issue 3-4, (2011)
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.004
Effect of composition, structure, and spin state on the thermal conductivity of the Earth's lower mantle,
, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Jun, Volume 180, Issue 3-4, p.148-153, (2010)
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.02.002
Composition of the Earth's inner core from high-pressure sound velocity measurements in Fe-Ni-Si alloys,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Jun, Volume 295, Issue 1-2, p.292-296, (2010)
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.018
Sound velocity in iron carbide (Fe3C) at high pressure: Implications for the carbon content of the Earth's inner core,
, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Volume 172, Issue 1-2, p.125-129, (2009)
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.05.016
Acceptance of the Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2008 JAMES BADRO,
, American Mineralogist, Volume 94, Issue 4, p.643-643, (2009)
DOI: 10.2138/am.2009.537
Oxygen as a light element: A solution to single-stage core formation,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Oct, Volume 288, Issue 1-2, p.108-114, (2009)
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.012
The Earth's lower mantle and core,
, Elements, Volume 4, Issue 3, p.177-182, (2008)
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.4.3.177
Element partitioning between magnesium silicate perovskite and ferropericlase: New insights into bulk lower-mantle geochemistry,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 269, Issue 1-2, p.164-174, (2008)
Anomalous pressure evolution of the axial ratio c/a in hcp cobalt: Interplay between structure, magnetism, and lattice dynamics,
, Applied Physics Letters, Volume 92, Issue 11, (2008)
DOI: 10.1063/1.2897038
Chemical imaging with NanoSIMS: A window into deep-Earth geochemistry,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 262, p.543-551, (2007)
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.08.007
Acceptance of the 2006 Houtermans award,
, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 71, p.S28-S29, (2007)
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.10.014
Iron partitioning and the selfoxidation of the lower mantle,
, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Aug, Volume 71, Issue 15, p.A45-A45, (2007)
Effect of light elements on the sound velocities in solid iron: Implications for the composition of Earth's core,
, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Feb, Volume 254, Issue 1-2, p.233-238, (2007)
Metal-ligand interplay in strongly correlated oxides: A parametrized phase diagram for pressure-induced spin transitions,
, Physical Review Letters, May, Volume 98, Issue 19, p.4, (2007)
DOI: 196404 Artn 196404
Thermochemical state of the lower mantle: New insights from mineral physics,
, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Aug-Sep, Volume 70, Issue 18, p.A28-A28, (2006)
Effect of light elements on the sound velocities in solid iron: Implications for the composition of earth's core,
, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Aug-Sep, Volume 70, Issue 18, p.A28-A28, (2006)
Element partitioning at ultra-high pressure: New insights on bulk lower-mantle geochemistry,
, Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Aug-Sep, Volume 70, Issue 18, p.A25-A25, (2006)
Strength, anisotropy, and preferred orientation of solid argon at high pressures,
, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, Jun, Volume 18, Issue 25, p.S963-S968, (2006)
Lattice dynamics of molybdenum at high pressure - art. no. 115502,
, Physical Review Letters, Mar, Volume 96, Issue 11, p.5502, (2006)
DOI: DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.115502
Thermochemical State of the Lower Mantle : New Insights From Mineral Physics,
, Geophysical monograph series, Volume 160, p.241-260, (2005)
Aggregate and single-crystalline elasticity of hcp cobalt at high pressure,
, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics, Volume 72, p.134303, (2005)
Electronic properties of transition metal oxides at high pressure revealed by X-ray emission spectroscopy,
, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, Volume 17, p.S717-726, (2005)
Experimental Evidence for a High-Pressure Isostructural Phase Transition in Osmium,
, Phys. rev. lett, Volume 93, p.095502, (2004)
High-pressure formation of a binary noble metal nitride,
, Nature Materials, Volume 3, p.294-297, (2004)
Application of inelastic X-ray scattering to the measurements of acoustic wave velocities in geophysical materials at very high pressure,
, Phys. earth. planet. inter., Volume 5, p.143-144, (2004)
Electronic Transitions in Perovskite: Possible Nonconvecting Layers in the Lower Mantle,
, Science (Wash. D.C.), Volume 305, p.383, (2004)
Elastic anisotropy in textured hcp-iron to 112 GPa from sound wave propagation measurements,
, Earth planet. sci. lett., Volume 225, p.243, (2004)
Elasticity of Cobalt at High Pressure Studied by Inelastic X-Ray Scattering,
, Phys. rev. lett, Volume 93, p.215505, (2004)
Charge transfer at very high pressure in NiO,
, Phys. rev., B Solid state, Volume 67, p.081101(R), (2003)
Deformation of (Mg0.9,Fe0.1)SiO3 Perovskite aggregates up to 32 GPa,
, Earth planet. sci. lett., Volume 209, p.351, (2003)
Iron partitioning in earth's mantle: Toward a Deep Lower-Mantle Discontinuity,
, Science (Wash. D.C.), Volume 300, p.789-791, (2003)
Determination of phonon dispersion curves at gigapascal pressures by inelastic x-ray scattering,
, High press. res., Volume 22, p.73-77, (2002)
Nature of the high-Pressure transition in Fe2O3 hematite,
, Phys. rev. lett, Volume 89, p.205504, (2002)
Sound velocities in iron to 110 gigapascals,
, Science (Wash. D.C.), Volume 291, p.468-471, (2001)
Argon solubility in silicate melts at very high pressures,
, Nature (Lond), Volume 393, p.352-355., (1998)