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Alexander F. Goncharov
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C., 20015,
Tel: (202) 478-8947
Professional preparation:
Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Physics M.S., B.A. 1979
Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Physics Ph. D. 1983
Appointments:
2005- present: Senior Staff Scientist, Earth and Planets Laboratory (former Geophysical Laboratory), Carnegie Institution of Washington
2011-2020: Invited Professor, ISSP, Hefei, China
2012-2018: Invited Professor, IPGP, Paris, France
2002- 2005: Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1999-2002: Research Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory, CIW
1995-1999: Senior Research Associate, Geophysical Laboratory, CIW
1993-1995: Carnegie Fellow, Geophysical Laboratory, CIW
1992-1993: A. von Humboldt Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany
1989-1991: Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
1982-1989: Research Fellow, Institute of Crystallography, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Publications:
Hsieh, W.-P., A.F. Goncharov, S. Labrosse, N. Holtgrewe, S.S. Lobanov, I. Chuvashova, F. Deschamps, J.-F. Lin (2020). Low thermal conductivity of iron-silicon alloys at Earth’s core conditions with implications for the geodynamo, Nature Communications, 11, 3332; doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17106-7.
Lobanov, S. S.; Holtgrewe, N.; Ito, G.; Badro, J.; Piet, H.; Nabiei, F.; Lin, J.-F.; Bayarjargal, L.; Wirth, R.; Schreiber, A.; Goncharov, A. F. (2020). Blocked radiative heat transport in the hot pyrolitic lower mantle. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 537, 116176; doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116176.
Geballe, Z. M.; Sime, N.; Badro, J.; van Keken, P. E.; Goncharov, A. F. (2020). Thermal conductivity near the bottom of the Earth's lower mantle: Measurements of pyrolite up to 120 GPa and 2500 K. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 536, 116161; doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116161.
Lobanov, S. S., N. Holtgrewe, J.-F. Lin, A. F. Goncharov (2017). Radiative conductivity and abundance of post-perovskite in the lowermost mantle, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 479, 43-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.016
Konôpková, Z., R.S. McWilliams, N. Gómez-Pérez, A.F. Goncharov (2016). Direct measurement of thermal conductivity in solid iron at planetary core conditions, Nature, 534, 99-101. doi:10.1038/nature18009.
Chen, L.-C.; Chen, P.-Q.; Li, W.-J.; Zhang, Q.; Struzhkin, V. V.; Goncharov, A. F.; Ren, Z.; Chen, X.-J. (2019). Enhancement of thermoelectric performance across the topological phase transition in dense lead selenide. Nature Materials 18 (12), 1321-1326; doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0499-9.
Stavrou, Elissaios, Yansun Yao, Alexander F. Goncharov, Sergey S. Lobanov, Joseph M. Zaug, Hanyu Liu, Eran Greenberg, and Vitali B. Prakapenka (2018). Synthesis of Xenon and Iron-Nickel Intermetallic Compounds at Earth’s Core Thermodynamic Conditions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 096001. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.096001
McWilliams, R. S., D. A, Dalton, Z. Konôpková, M. F. Mahmood, A. F. Goncharov (2015). Opacity and conductivity measurements in noble gases at conditions of planetary and stellar interiors, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 112(26):7925-30,
Zhang W.W., Oganov A.R., Goncharov A.F., Zhu Q., Boulfelfel S.E., Lyakhov A.O., Somayazulu M., Prakapenka V.B. (2013). Unexpected stoichiometries of stable sodium chlorides. Science, 342, 1502-1505; DOI: 10.1126/science.1244989.
Howie, R. T., Guillaume, C. L., Scheler, T., Goncharov, A. F. & Gregoryanz, E. Mixed Molecular and Atomic Phase of Dense Hydrogen. Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 125501 (2012) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.125501.
Synergistic Activities:
Reviewer for Nature, Nature Materials, Physical Review Letters, Science, Physical Review B, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Applied Physics, High-pressure Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physics of Earth Planetary Interior, Physica Status Solidi, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids and others.
Panelist: Carnegie Science Venture Grant 2015; SLAC proposal review panel, 2016-present, APSUO/PUC member, APS, ANL, 2017-present.
Organizer: 2016 European High-Pressure Research Group Meeting; 2017 AIRAPT Meeting: sessions on time-resolved measurements; MRS 2020 Fall Meeting;
IUCr 2021 session chair.
Honors:
Friendship Award, China 2015
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Associate Director (CMS) Award, 2005.
Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1992-1993.
Annual European High-Pressure Research Group Award, 1991.