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2001 Petrologist, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge Expedition (AMORE) to Arctic Ocean (Gakkel Ridge), PI’s – P.J. Michael, C. Langmuir, and H.J.B. Dick, USCG Icebreaker Healy 2001 Petrologist/Rock Curator, geochemical and geophysical exploration of SW Indian Ridge (9-25º E), PI’s – H.J.B. Dick, J. Lin, H. Schouten, R/V Knorr 1995 Watch Stander, exploration of the Australian Antarctic Discordance, SE Indian Ridge, PI – D. Christie, R/V Melville 1994 Volcanologist/Field Assistant, volcanologic and petrologic field work on three separate shield volcanoes in the Galapagos Islands, PI – D. Geist PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & HONORS 2006 Invited Speaker, AGU Fall Meeting – Special Session honoring the achievements of Henry J.B. Dick “Tectonics, Petrology, and Geochemistry of Ultraslow Spreading Ridges: Recent Advances” 2006 Session Co-Convener, Goldschmidt Conference - “Integrated Studies of MORB Petrogenesis: Sources, Melting Processes, and Timescales”, Melbourne Australia 2004 Committee Member, Arnold Arons Award for excellence in teaching and mentoring, WHOI 2004 Invited Speaker, Goldschmidt Conference – Dynamics of slow and ultra-slow spreading ridges, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 Session Moderator, Goldschmidt Conference – Dynamics of slow and ultra-slow spreading ridges, Copenhagen, Denmark 2003 Invited Speaker, WHOI Associates Meeting, “Fire Under Ice” 2003 Hosted Dr. Jim Head (Brown University), Geology & Geophysics Department H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar for 2003 2003 Invited Speaker, “G. Arthur Cooper Lecture Series” at Colgate University, “Ultra-slow spreading ridges: Observations from the Southwest Indian Ridge & Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean)” 2003-2004 Student Member, Department of Marine Geology & Geophysics Safety Committee 2003-today Member, The Geological Society of America 2002 Geology Department Seminar, Oregon State University, “Abyssal peridotite osmium isotope compositions from Cr-spinel” 2002 Invited Speaker with Rhea Workman, WHOI Trustees Meeting, “Volcanic Hazards on Ta'u, American Samoa 2000 Participant, RIDGE/NORDVULK Iceland Summer School on Plume-Ridge Interactions 1998 Participant, GSA Penrose Conference – Evolution of Ocean Island Volcanoes, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador 1994 Fitzgerald Scholarship, Department of Geology, Univ. of Idaho 1993-today Member, American Geophysical Union. Standish – CV Page 2 of 2 0649641
Kenneth W. W. Sims Associate Scientist Telephone: (508) 289-2634 Department of Geology & Geophysics Email: ksims@whoi.edu Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA 02543 EDUCATION Ph.D. (Geology) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley 1995. M.Sc. (Geology), Institute of Meteoritics, Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, 1989. B.A. Cum Laude (Honors Thesis in Geology), Colorado College, 1986. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Associate Scientist, Department of Geology and Geophysics (2002–present). Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Geology and Geophysics (1997–2002). Post–doctoral Scholar Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1995–1997. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico Visiting Scientist, Chemical Science and Technology Group, (1996–present). AWARDS and FELLOWSHIPS Post–doctoral Scholar Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1995–1997. IGPP Graduate Study Grant, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, 1991–1995. Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 1992. Estwing Outstanding Senior, Colorado College, 1986. Getty Oil Fellowship, Colorado College, 1984–85. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Geophysical Union, Member. Opticad Corporation, Member of the Board of Directors. Rocky Mountain Field Insitute, Member of the Board of Directors. Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands: Member of the Board of Directors. Ritt Kellog Fund, Colorado College. President and Member of the Board of Directors. EXAMPLES OF SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES Education: advised and co-advised undergraduate and graduate students and post-docs from WHOI, Colorado College, University of Urbana, IL, Ecole Narmale Superiour (Lyon, France) and NM Technical Institute; organize the WHOI geochemistry seminar; taught graduate level marine chem.istry and geochemistry courses at WHOI. Community: lectured at Sea Education Association, local Elementary and secondary schools, Youth Core (for adjudicated youth) and for College and University department seminars; assisted high school students with Science Fair projects. Technique development: developed technique for measuring Th isotopes by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry using the Cameca IMS 1270; developed techniques for measuring U-Th-Ra and U-Pa disequilibria by ICPMS using the Finnigan MAT ELEMENT; developed techniques for measuring U and Th isotopic compositions by ICPMS using the Finnigan MAT NEPTUNE; developed epithermal neutron activation technique for measuring sub microgram/gram levels of As, Sb, W and Mo in silicate matrices. COLLABORATORS OUTSIDE WHOI Donald J. DePaolo, W. Scott Baldridge, Steve J. Goldstein (LANL), Michael R. Perfit, Michael T. Murrell, Philip Kyle, Janne Blichert-Toft, Christophe Hemmond, Mark Reagan, Peter Michael, Tim Elliott, Marc Spiegelman, Dieter Mertz, Kari Cooper, Peter Kelemen, Vincent Salters, Craig Lundstrom. Pierre Gauthier, Tamsin Mather, Dave Pyle. Sims - CV Page 1 of 2 0649652
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