Plenary Speaker Presentations

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Plenary Theme 1: The Deeper Reaches of the Planet: Properties of Iron and its Alloys and the Novel Materials of the Deepest Mantle

• Structure and Dynamics of the Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary

Plenary Speaker Bruce Buffett, UC Berkeley

• How Material Properties Affect Our View of the Deep Earth

Plenary Speaker Jennifer Jackson, Caltech

Plenary Theme 2: The Dynamic Ceramic Mantle

• Seismological Structures in the Deep Mantle and Core: Challenges for Mineral Physics

Plenary Speaker Thorne Lay, UCSC

• Silicate Melts and Melting Throughout the Mantle: Progress and Prospects

Plenary Speaker Paul Asimow, Caltech

• Rheological Properties of Planetary Materials

Plenary Speaker Shun Karato, Yale

Plenary Theme 3: Mineral Physics and Society

Trickle-down Science: Societal Impact of Mineral Physics

Plenary Speaker Rod Ewing, U Michigan

Deep Earth Volatile Cycles

Plenary Speaker Marc Hirschmann, U Minn

Plenary Theme 4: Enabling Cutting-Edge Science: Tools and the Accomplishments they will drive in the Next Decade of Discovery

High-Pressure Geoscience: New Tools and Expanding Outreach

Plenary Speaker Russell Hemley, Carnegie Institution

Protons to Planets: Advances and Prospects in Computational Mineral Physics

Plenary Speaker Lars Stixrude, UC London