Daniel A. Stolper [pdf of CV]
Personal Data
Date of birth: May 16, 1986
405 McCone Hall, Department of Earth and Planetary Science
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Tel: 510-642-9177
Email: dstolper@berkeley.edu
Professional History
2022-present: Associate Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
University of California, Berkeley
2017-present: Faculty Scientist
Earth & Environmental Sciences Area
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2017-2022: Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
University of California, Berkeley
2015-2016: Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Geosciences
Princeton University
2015: Petroleum Geochemistry Intern
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
2014: Postdoctoral Scholar
Division of Geological Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Education
2014: Ph.D. Geobiology
Division of Geological Sciences, California Institute of Technology
Advisors: John Eiler and John Grotzinger
2011: M.S. Geobiology
Division of Geological Sciences
California Institute of Technology
2008: A.B. Earth and Planetary Sciences Magna Cum Laude
Harvard College
Fellowships and Awards
2023: Kavli Fellow
National Academy of Sciences
2023: Heising Simons Faculty Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
2022: DOE Early Career Research Program Award
Basic Energy Sciences-Geosciences
2021: NSF CAREER Award
Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry
2020: Sloan Research Fellow
Ocean Sciences
2020: F.W. Clarke Medal
The Geochemical Society
2019: Hisashi Kuno Award
Volcanology, Geochemistry, & Petrology Section
American Geophysical Union
2019: Hellman Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
2017: Rose Hills Innovator
University of California, Berkeley
2015-2016: NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship
2013: Richard H. Jahns Teaching Prize
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology
2010-2013: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2009-2010: Eaton Fellowship
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
California Institute of Technology
2008-2009: Fulbright Scholar
University of Souther Denmark
Advisor: Don Canfield
2008: Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize
Harvard College
Classes Taught
EPS 24: Freshman Seminar (2017)
EPS 50: The Planet Earth (2019, 2021, 2023)
EPS 102: History and Evolution of Planet Earth (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)
EPS 125: Stable Isotope Geochemistry (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024)
Service
Fall 2022-present: Serve on UC Berkeley PRIZ committee that selects undergraduate University Medalist
Fall 2022-present: Serve on Geochemical Society Goldschmidt Award selection committee (Chair 2023-present)
Spring 2022-present: Steering committee member of NASA LIFE research coordination network
Spring 2022-present: Serve on AGU Kuno Award selection committee
2021-2022 and 2023-2024: Served on search committee for a tenure-track search in EPS
Spring 2020-present: Serve on Ramsden Committee for undergraduate research
Spring 2019: Interviewer for UC Berkeley undergraduate scholarships (Fiat Lux and Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholarships)
Fall 2017-present: Serve on Fulbright interviewing and selection committee
Fall 2017-present: Serve on EPS curriculum committee