Education
Bachelor of Surgery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957. Master of Surgery, Caltech, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1962.
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Thomas Julian Ahrens
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Ahrens died on November 24, 2010 at the age of 74. Geophysicist, Pan American Petroleum Corporation, from 1958 to 1959. Second Lieutenant, United States. Army, Ballistics Research Laboratory, 1959-1960.
Geophysicist, Head Geophysics Section, Poulter Laboratory, Stanford Research Institute, 1962-1967.
He was hired and worked for Thomas Poulter. Associate Professor of Geophysics, Caltech, 1967-1976.
Professor, 1976–2004. West. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Earth Sciences, 1996–2001.
Jones Professor, 2004-2005.
Jones Professor Emeritus, 2005-2010.
Achievements
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Ahrens was awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science Newcomb Cleveland Prize in 1984 along with co-authors Sally M. Rigden and Edward M. Stolper for a report "Densities of Liquid Silicates at High Pressures," Science 30 November 1984.He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992, and received the Harry H. Hess Award in 1996. The iron-rich endmember of the γ-olivine solid solution series, γ-Fe2SiO4, was named ahrensite in his honour in 2013.
Membership
National Academy of Sciences.
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November 24, 2010 (aged 74)