Scientific Healer, part of Chopelas Foundation, LLC
4747 Cadison St.
Torrance, CA 90503
Education
Ph. D. Degree, 1981, Physical Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
M. S. Degree, 1976, Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology
B. S. Degree, 1974, Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
Employment
2008- present, Scientific Healer, Owner
2009-2012, Visiting Researcher, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles 90095
2005 – 2008, Research Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2002 – 2005, Research Professor of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2000 – 2001, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1999 – 2000, Research Professor, Physics Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1986 – 2000, Staff Scientist, Max Planck Institut für Chemie,. Mainz Germany
1985 – 1986, Section Supervisor, TRW, Redondo Beach, CA
1982 – 1985, Research Chemist, Chevron Oil Field Research Company, La Habra, CA
1981 – 1982, Post‑
Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA
Honors
- Teaching Award, 1976-77, UCLA Chemistry Department
- Fellow of the American Mineralogical Society
- Elected Co-Chair of the 2002 Gordon Conference on Research at High Pressure
- Chair for the 2004 meeting; the meeting covers physics, chemistry, and planetary research at high pressure; I was the first woman to chair this conference in its 50 year
history.
Professional Activities
1992 Organizing Committee: EGS Conference
1993 – 1998, IASPEI Committee Member
1996 – 1999, Women’s representative- moderated hiring practices and discrimination
problems (handled ten cases, requiring written reports indicating all practices
mandated by law were followed by institute management) plus promotion and
encouragement of young woman scientists (kept woman scholars, postdocs and
students, informed of special opportunities; advised a dozen young women on
career promotion/employment).
1997 – 2001, Associate Editor, American Mineralogist
2000 – 2008, Committee member of COMPRES, a consortium initiative for Material Properties
Research to NSF, until 2007, UW representative to Compres
2001, AGU Special Session Convener: Spectroscopy of Minerals and Other Planetary Phases
2002, Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Research at High Pressure
2004, Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Research at High Pressure
University Service
2000 – 2001, UNLV Graduate Recruitment and Admissions Committee
2002-2003, Physics lower division course committee – evaluate new texts, course content, online homework methodology + Committee for faculty evaluation
2003, Speaker for Entering Student Focus Groups for Sciences
2004-2005; Physics non-majors course committee: redesigned and proposed new courses + Committee for faculty evaluation
2005-2007 Earth and Space Science Graduate Student Admissions Committee
2007 Science Careers Day Panel
Research Interests
Investigations of structures and dynamics of highly-compressed phases to understand bonding and chemical properties under extreme conditions; Experimental techniques include laser-Raman, laser-fluorescence spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction in the diamond anvil cell
Investigation of thermodynamic and thermoelastic properties of mineral phases relevant to the Earth and other planetary interiors; Modeling planetary interiors, particularly mineral composition, convective style and temperatures
Simultaneous High-Pressure and High-Temperature vibrational spectroscopy.
Resonance Raman spectroscopy of nanophases (nanotubes, nanocrystals, and adsorbed species)
Student/ Postdoctoral Supervision
Fiquet, Guillaume, 1991, Ph.D Committee, Rennes University, France1991-93, Postdoctoral Supervision, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Andrault, Denis, 1990, Ph.D. Committee, University Paris VI, France
Hoffbauer, Wilfried, 1989, Ph.D. Research Co-Supervision, Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Reichmann, Hans-Joseph, 1993, Ph.D. Thesis Supervisor, Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany 1999-2000, Postdoctoral Supervision, UNLV
Zerr, Andrei, Ph.D. Research Co-Supervision, Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Tschauner, Oliver, 1999, Ph.D. Research Co-Supervision, Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
von Bargen, Niklaus, 1983-87, Postdoctoral Supervision, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Zhang, Li, 1991-93, Postdoctoral Supervision, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Chudinovskikh, Lyudmila, 1993-94, Postdoctoral Supervision, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Serghiou, George, 1996-99, Postdoctoral Supervision, MPI Chemie, Mainz, Germany
Kohlmann, Holger, 2001-2002, Postdoctoral Supervision, UNLV
Edwards, Lyn, 2002 – 2003, Undergraduate Research Supervisor, UW Chemistry
Lindstrom, Peter, 2003, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Hirsch, Jesse, 2003, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Cook, James, 2003-2004, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Pendleton, Scott, 2004-2005, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Chang, Edward, 2004, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Le, Ngan, 2004, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Tumber, Sonia, 2005, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Zuidweg, Michiel, 2005-2006, Thesis Supervisor, UW Physics
Steger, Brooke, 2006, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Baerny, Jennifer, 2006, Undergraduate Research, UW Physics
Representative Invited Talks
International Mineralogical Association, Pisa, Italy, September 1994, Plenary lecture “Thermodynamic parameters of mantle minerals from vibrational spectroscopy at high pressure.”
Gordon Conference on Research at High Pressures, Meriden, NH, June, 1994 “Sound velocities and thermodynamic parameters from vibrational spectroscopy at high pressure”
XXI General Assembly, IUGG, Boulder, CO, July 1995 “Thermal properties of Perovskite”
American Geophysical Union, Fall, 1998, “Thermal Expansivity of Mantle Minerals from High Pressure Vibrational Spectroscopy”
ArizonaState University, Chemistry Department Seminar, February 16, 2000,
GeophysicalLaboratory, High Pressure Division Seminar, May 15, 2000
Teaching
Full time teaching load: 2000-2008
2000 (Fall Semester), Phys 483/683 Solid State Physics; Text, Kittel, Solid State Physics; 3 semester hours lecture per week /upper division-graduate level course
2001 (Spring Semester), Phys 155 algebra based physics; mechanics
2001 (Fall Semester), Honors 230, World View of Science (for humanities majors) 3 semester hours lecture and 2 hours lab,
2002, 2003, 2004 (Winter Quarter) and 2002 Spring Quarter, Phys 116, Optics and Quantum mechanics, algebra based
2002 (Summer Quarter) Phys 115, Thermodynamics and E and M, algebra based
2002, 2004, (Fall Quarter) Phys 214, Light and Color for humanities majors, 5 Quarter hours per week, including lab and discussion
2003, 2004, 2005 (Spring Quarter) Phys 216, Time and Change for humanities majors, 5 Quarter hours per week, including lab and discussion
2004 Winter, 2005 Spring and Summer, Phys 123, Optics and Quantum Mechanics – calculus based
2006 Winter, ESS 212, Mineralogy and Petrology
2006 Spring, ESS 103, Gems and Minerals
2006 Fall, ESS 551, Advanced Mineral Physics
Other Activities and Public Service.
Public Lecture (in German) on “Chemistry of the Terrestrial Planets” and Part time Participant in the Public 1-m Telescope at Trebur (http://homepages.fh-friedberg.de/jomo/t1ttrans.htm)
2000 and 2001, participant in Congressional Days for Scientists, Lobbying Congress for Research Funds as a member of the American Geophysical Union team (four members)( http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2000/prrl0006.html)
