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Professor Alexandra Navrotsky

Welcome to Professor Alexandra Navrotsky's Web Site


"In science as in life, every day is a new adventure!"- Prof. Navrotsky


2011 News:

  • A. Navrotsky was elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS).

     

     

    Points of Interest:

  • NEAT Highlights Spring 2011 Newsletter PDF 
  • Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory Brochure 2011 PDF 
  • Energy at the Molecular Frontier Brochure 2010 PDF
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    Navrotsky's Avocation- Dogs and Dog Rescue:

    2010 A. Navrotsky adopted Tahoe. Link to Tahoe's Success Story PDF
  • Link to Central California Laborador Retriever Rescue (CCLRR)




  • Alexandra Navrotsky

    PhD, University of Chicago, 1967

    Director, NEAT ORU,
    Edward Roessler Chair in
    Mathematical and Physical Sciences;
    Distinguished Professor,
    Interdisciplinary Professor of Ceramic,
    Earth, and Environmental Materials Chemistry;
    at the University of California at Davis

    NEAT ORU & Thermochemistry Facility
    Chemistry Annex
    University of California at Davis
    Davis, CA 95616-8779
    530-752-3292

    anavrotsky@ucdavis.edu


    Honors

    • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1973)
    • Mineralogical Society of America Award and Fellow (1981)
    • American Geophysical Union Fellow (1988)
    • Member, National Academy of Sciences (1993)
    • President, Mineralogical Society of America (1992-1993)
    • Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Uppsala, Sweden (1995)
    • Ross Coffin Purdy Award, American Ceramic Society Fellow (1995)
    • Geochemical Society Fellow (1997)
    • Alexander M. Cruickshank Award, Gordon Research Conference (2000)
    • Hugh Huffman Memorial Award, The Calorimetry Conference (2000)
    • Ceramic Educational Council Outstanding Educator Award (2000)
    • American Ceramic Society Fellow (2001)
    • American Ceramic Society, Best Paper Award of the Nuclear and Environmental Technology Division (2001)
    • Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth Science (2002)
    • Highly Cited Researchers Award, ISI Thomson Scientific (2002)
    • Fellow, The Minerological Society (Great Britain) (2004)
    • Urey Medal, European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) (2005)
    • Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award, American Ceramic Society(ACerS)(2005)
    • Rossini Award, International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics (IACT)(2006)
    • Harry H. Hess Medalist, American Geophysical Union (AGU)(2006)
    • Roebling Award, Mineralogical Society of America (2009)
    • Best University Paper Award, DOE Geoscience Grantee Meeting (2009)
    • Elected to the American Philosophical Society (2011)