Materials Simulations in Geophysics

Renata Wentzcovitch, Columbia University

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Renata Wentzcovitch, Michel Marcondes, Kanchan Sarkar, Zhen Zhang, Qi Zhang, Chenxing Luo, Hongjin Wang, Jingyi Zhuang, Ziyu Cai, Tianqi Wan, chenhui yang, Yuanchen Gao, Yang Sun

Using atomistic quantum mechanical calculations, this team computes materials properties needed to model the physical state and chemical processes taking place in the interiors of Earth and of other terrestrial planets. Such studies are fundamental to establish the internal dynamical state, its surface tectonic expression (earthquakes and volcanism), and ultimately the potential habitability of a myriad of terrestrial exoplanets being discovered.