Sang-Heon Dan Shim

Assistant Professor of Experimental Geophysics
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Massachusetts Institute Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue, 54-514
Cambridge, MA 02319

Office: 617 324 0249
Lab: 617 324 1521
Fax: 617 258 9697

Email: SANGSHIM at MIT dot EDU

Visit MIT mineral physics lab web site.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 2001 Ph D. Geosciences, Princeton University, NJ, USA, Advisor: Thomas S. Duffy
• 1994 M.S. Geological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
• 1992 B.S. Geological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea

Professional History

• 2003-present Assistant Professor of Experimental Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 2001-2003 Miller Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, Advisor: Raymond Jeanloz
• 1997-2001 Research Assistant, Mineral Physics Lab, Princeton University, Advisor: Thomas S. Duffy
• 1997 Research Assistant, Thermochemistry Lab, Princeton University, Advisor: Alexandra Navrotsky
• 1992-1994 Research Intern, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Advisor: Jung Ho Ahn

Honors and Awards

• 2004 Jeptha H. and Emily V. Wade Award for Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 2001-2003 Miller Research Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
• 2001 Outstanding Student Award, Mineral and Rock Physics section, American Geophysical Union
• 2000 Outstanding Student Paper Award, Tectonophysics section, American Geophysical Union
• 2000-2001 Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Fellowship, Princeton University
• 1999-2000 Research Board Tuition Award, Princeton University
• 1999 Summer Travel Grant, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, Princeton University
• 1996 Hess Fellowship, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
• 1992 Top-honors graduate, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University

Invited Lecture

• 2006 Workshop on Synergy of 21st Century High-Pressure Science and Technology
• 2006 Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
• 2006 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 2004 Union Session - The Deep Earth Engine, Fall American Geophysical Union meeting
• 2004 Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES) Workshop, Structure Determination by Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction at Megabar Pressures, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2004 Coopoerative Institute for Deep Earth Research (CIDER) Summer Workshop, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California
• 2004 GeoSoilEnviro Consortium for Advanced Radiation Source (GSECARS) / Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES) High-Pressure Workshop, Future Directions for the Laser-Heated Diamond Anvil Cell at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2004 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
• 2002 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea
• 2002 Seismological Laboratory Seminar, University of California at Berkeley
• 2002 Seismological Laboratory Seminar, California institute of technology
• 2002 Spring American Geophysical Union meeting
• 2001 Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
• 2001 Department of Geology, University of Illinois
• 2001 Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 2001 Fall American Geophysical Union meeting
• 2000 Fall American Geophysical Union meeting

Membership

• American Geophysical Union

Other Professioinal Activity

• Member of Infrastructure Development Committee, Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences (COMPRES), 2004-present
• Peer referee - Nature, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, American Mineralogist, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, NSF Geophysics, NSF Geochemistry and Petrology, NSF Materials Research, European Science Foundation EuroMinSc
• Associate Editor, American Mineralogist, 2004-2006

Teaching

• 12.080 EAPS Undergraduate Seminar (co-teach with Frederick Frey)
• 12.571 Deep Water - Geophysical Prospective (co-teach with Stephane Rondenay)
• 12.581 Phase Transitions in the Earth's Interior
• 12.580 Introduction to Mineral Physics
• 12.570 Structure and Dynamics of the Core-Mantle Boundary Region (co-teach with Stephane Rondenay)

Students and Postdoc Investigators

• Justin Hustoft, Postdoc, 2006-present
• Krystle Catalli, Graduate Student, 2005-present
• Caitlin Murphy, Undergraduate Student, 2006-present
• Sandeep Rekhi, Postdoc, 2003-2005, Now Research Scientist at Brookhaven National Lab, NY
• Javier Santillan, Ford postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2006, Now Application Scientist at Ahura Corporation, MA
• Scott Lundin, Graduate Student, 2004-2005, Now Geophysics Division Project Scientist at Ocean Surveys, RI
• Nicholas Leiby, Undergraduate student, UROP, 2004
• Sarah Slotznick, Undergraduate Student, 2006

Publications

Mineral Physics Group at MIT