Francis Nimmo

Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz CA 95064
USA

Some photos of the UCSC campus (PDF format) #1 #2 #3 . . . and of the recent Lassen field trip

• Research Interests: understanding the structure and evolution of rocky and icy planets, in particular
  

  • Mars
  • Icy Satellites
  • Planetary Accretion

  Graduate Student and PhD Opportunities

  Recent Publications and Submitted Manuscripts

  Current/Former grad students and post-docs

  CV

  Awards

  Recent Classes Taught

  • EART111 Mathematical Methods for Earth Scientists (UCSC) Fall 2008
  • EART162 Planetary Interiors (UCSC) Spring 2008
  • EART265 Order of Magnitude Estimation (UCSC) Winter 2008
  • EART111 Mathematical Methods for Earth Scientists (UCSC) Fall 2007
  • EART160 Planetary Sciences (UCSC) Winter 2007
  • EART111 Mathematical Methods for Earth Scientists (UCSC) Fall 2006
  • EART162 Planetary Interiors (UCSC) Spring 2006
  • EART290Q The Outer Solar System (UCSC) Winter 2005
  • EART111 Mathematical Methods for Earth Scientists (UCSC) Fall 2005
  • ESS250 Mars (UCLA) Winter 2004
  • ESS9 Origin and Evolution of the Solar System (UCLA) Winter 2003

  JGR-Planets Associate Editor

  Centre for the Origin, Dynamics and Evolution of Planets (CODEP)

  Conferences

  • Mars Water Workshop (Feb 23-24 2006, NASA Ames Research Center)
  • Europa's Icy Shell: Past, Present and Future (Feb 6-8 2004, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston)
  • Planetary Geophysics (Feb 13-14 2003, Royal Astronomical Society, London)

  PhD Thesis ``Volcanism and Tectonics on Venus''

  Selection of Planetary Images

  Miscellaneous

Last updated Sept 21st, 2007

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