End of Page  Staff scientist McCammon, Catherine
 Staff scientist - McCammon, Catherine
McCammon, Catherine
Staff scientist
 
Tel.:+49 (0)921 55 3709/3753
Fax.:+49 (0)921 55 3769
Room:6.1.02/4.1.06
Email.:Catherine.McCammon@Uni-Bayreuth.DE
www.:
 Research Interests:
  • Crystal chemistry of iron-bearing minerals and properties of the Earth´s mantle
  • Mössbauer spectroscopy
  • Diamond genesis
  • Redox conditions in the Earth´s mantle
 Education:
  • Ph.D. (Mineral physics) 1984, Australian National University, Australia
  • B.Sc. (Physics) 1979, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
 Professional Experience:
  • 1996 - present: Akademische Oberrätin (A14), Bayerisches Geoinstitut
  • 1990-1996: Wissenschaftliche Assistentin (C1), Bayerisches Geoinstitut
  • 1986-1990: NSERC Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • 1985-1986: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • 1984:1985: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Manitoba, Canada
 Honours:
  • MSA Fellow
  • MSA Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-2
 Recent publications:
updated: 01-18-2006
  • McCammon, C.A. (2005) The paradox of mantle redox. Science, 308, 807-808.
  • McCammon, C. (2005) Mantle oxidation state and oxygen fugacity: Constraints on mantle chemistry, structure and dynamics. In R.D. van der Hilst, J. Bass, J. Matas, and J. Trampert., Eds. Earth's Deep Mantle: Structure, Composition, and Evolution, p. 221-242. American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C.
  • Williams, H.M., McCammon, C.A., Peslier, A.H., Halliday, A.N., Teutsch, N., Levasseur, S., and Burg, J.-P. (2004) Iron isotope fractionation and the oxygen fugacity of the mantle. Science, 304, 1656-1659.
  • McCammon, C.A., Stachel, T., and Harris, J.W. (2004) Iron oxidation state in lower mantle mineral assemblages II. Inclusions in diamonds from Kankan, Guinea. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 222, 423-434.