Summary

Rick Kraus is an Associate Professor in the w88 casino games login of Physics at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Professional history

• 2024-Present: Associate Professor of w88 casino games login, University of Nevada, Reno
• 2014-2023: w88 casino games login Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• 2013-2014: Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellow, w88 casino games login Laboratory

Professional awards

• Neil Ashcroft Early Career Award, American w88 casino games login Society, 2023
• Early-Mid Career Award, w88 casino games login Lab, 2022
• Presidential w88 casino games login for Scientists and Engineers, 2019
• Top 100 Discoveries w88 casino games login (#62), Discover Magazine, 2015
• Young Alumni of the Year, College of Science at the w88 casino games login, Reno, 2014
• Outstanding Student/Post-doc Award, American w88 casino games login Society-SCCM, 2013
• Mineral and Rock w88 casino games login Outstanding Graduate Research Award, AGU, 2012
• Jamieson Award for High Pressure w88 casino games login, Gordon w88 casino games login Conference, 2012

w88 casino games login interests

• Discovering the relations between process, w88 casino games login, property, and performance at extreme conditions.
• Modeling giant impacts and implications for the formation of terrestrial w88 casino games login.
• Determining the interior structure and thermal history of rocky w88 casino games login.
• Exploring the systematics of w88 casino games login and vaporization.
• Understanding the kinetics of w88 casino games login transitions and chemical reactions at high pressure.
• Testing the fundamentals of shock waves in heterogeneous and porous materials.
• Developing a deeper understanding of planetary defense mechanisms
• Communicating uncertainty from experimental data through numerical w88 casino games login to predictions.
• Supporting our efforts to achieve an Inertial Fusion Energy Pilot Plant.

Education

• Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard w88 casino games login, 2013
• M.S. in Applied w88 casino games login, Harvard University, 2013
• M.Phil. in w88 casino games login, University of Cambridge, 2008
• B.S. in w88 casino games login, University of Nevada, Reno, 2007

Selected publications

• R.G. w88 casino games login, R.J. Hemley, S.J. Ali, J.L. Belof, L.X. Benedict, J. Bernier, D.G. Braun, R.E. Cohen, G.W. Collins, F. Coppari, M.P. Desjarlais, D.E. Fratanduono, S. Hamel, A. Krygier, A. Lazicki, J.M. McNaney, M. Millot, P.C. Myint, M.G. Newman, J.R. Rygg, D.M. Sterbentz, S.T. Stewart, L. Stixrude, D.C. Swift, C. Wehrenberg, J.H. Eggert, Measuring the melting curve of iron at super-Earth core conditions, Science, Vol 375, 202-205, 2022
• R.G. w88 casino games login, F. Coppari, D.E. Fratanduono, R.F. Smith, A. Lazicki, C. Wehrenberg, J.H. Eggert, J.R. Rygg, G.W. Collins, Melting of Tantalum at Multimegabar Pressures on the Nanosecond Timescale, Physical Review Letters, V126, 255701, 2021
• D.E. Fratanduono, M. Millot, D.G. Braun, S.J. Ali, A Fernandez-Panella, C.T. Seagle, J-P. Davis, J.L. Brown, Y. Akahama, R.G. w88 casino games login, M.C. Marshall, R.F. Smith, E.F. O’Bannon, J.M. McNaney, J.H. Eggert, Establishing gold and platinum standards to 1 terapascal using shockless compression, Science, V372, 1063-1068, 2021
• A. Lazicki, D. McGonegle, J. R. Rygg, D. G. Braun, D. C. Swift, M. G. Gorman, R. F. Smith, P. G. Heighway, A. Higginbotham, M. J. Suggit, D. E. Fratanduono, F. Coppari, C. E. Wehrenberg, R. G. w88 casino games login, D. Erskine, J. V. Bernier, J. M. Mcnaney, R. E. Rudd, G. W. Collins, J. H. Eggert, and J. S. Wark, Metastability of diamond ramp-compressed to 2 terapascals, Nature, V589, 5320535, 2021
• E. J. Davies, M.S. Duncan, S. Root, R.G. w88 casino games login, D.K. Spaulding, S.B. Jacobsen, S.T. Stewart, Temperature and Density on the Forsterite Liquid-Vapor Phase Boundary, Journal of Geophysical Research-Planets, V126, e2020JE006745, 2021
• S.J. Ali, D.C. Swift, C.J. Wu, and R.G. Kraus, Development of uncertainty-aware equation-of-state models: Application to copper, Journal of Applied w88 casino games login, V128, 185902, 2020
• E. J. Davies, P. J. Carter, S. Root, R. G. w88 casino games login, D. K. Spaulding, S. T. Stewart, S. B. Jacobsen, Silicate Melting and Vaporization during Rocky Planet formation, JGR: Planets, 2020
• M. G. Newman, R. G. w88 casino games login, M. Akin, J. Bernier, A. Dillman, M. Homel, S. Lee, J. Lind, J. Mosenfelder, N. Sinclair, D. Pagan, P. Asmow, In-situ observation of w88 casino games login changes in shock compressed forsterite, GRL, 2018