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Asmaa BOUJIBAR
Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory
Website: asmaaboujibar.com
Research Interests
· Accretion and differentiation of terrestrial planets, moons and asteroids
· Core segregation, crystallization of magma ocean, crustal formation and impact erosion
· Evolution of the oxidation state of terrestrial planets
· Thermodynamic modelling of chemical equilibria
· Chemical composition of planetary mantles and cores
· Geodynamos, structure and heat flow of terrestrial planets
· Comparative planetology and exoplanets
· Meteorites and asteroidal processes
Education
2014
Ph.D., Petrology, with highest honors
Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2010
M. S., Magmas & Volcanoes, with high honors
Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2008
B.S., Earth Sciences, with honors
Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
Appointements
09/18 – present
Post-doctoral associate, Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Modeling internal structure, heat flow and geomagnetic field of Super-Earths. Advisors : Peter Driscoll, Yingwei Fei
09/16 – present
Post-doctoral fellow, Carnegie Institution for Science, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, DC.
- Modeling internal structure, heat flow and geomagnetic field of Super-Earths. Advisors : Peter Driscoll, Yingwei Fei
- Experimental investigation of alkali elements partitioning during core segregation in the inner Solar System. Advisor : Yingwei Fei
- Evaluation of meteorite classifications using big data analysis. Advisors: Robert Hazen, Conel Alexander, Larry Nittler
09/14 – 09/16
Post-doctoral fellow, NASA Johnson Space Center, Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES), Houston, TX.
Experimental and numerical modeling of Mercury’s chemical composition, structure and heat flow, using NASA MESSENGER mission data.
Advisor : Kevin Righter
10/10 - 05/14
Graduate student, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (LMV), Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Experimenting and modeling chemical equilibria during the accretion and the differentiation of the terrestrial planets
Advisors : Denis Andrault, Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, M. Ali Bouhifd
07/10 - 08/10
Summer intern, Institute for study of the Earth’s interior (ISEI), Okayama University, Misasa, Japan
Kinetics of ringwoodite formation from perovskite and periclase:
implications for the dynamics of upwelling plumes
Advisors : Takashi Yoshino, Daisuke Yamazaki
01/10 - 06/10
M. S. (2nd year), Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans (LMV), Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Chemical equilibria during the formation of terrestrial planets
Advisors : Denis Andrault, Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, M. Ali Bouhifd
04/09 - 05/09
M. S. (1st year), Laboratoire Géosciences Réunion, Université de la Réunion, Saint Denis, Reunion Island, France
Petrologic and geochemical study and comparison of the plagioclase- bearing basaltic rocks of the Reunion island
Advisors : Patrick Bachèlery, Magali Smietana
Skills
Experimental
Multi anvil hydraulic press, piston cylinder, laser-heated diamond anvil cell, evacuated sealed silica glass tube,
Analytical
Electron Probe Micro-Analyzing, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Absorption Near Edge Spectroscopy, Laser Ablation- Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass spectrometry , Raman Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence
Programming
Python, Matlab, R
Field experience
Sedimentary and structural mapping (Corbières, Pic St Loup, Pyrenees, France), volcanology (Reunion Island, Aeolian islands, Massif Central, France), metamorphism (Alps, Corbières, Massif armoricain, France), volcanic and structural mapping (Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, France)
Ongoing training
Ongoing training
Feb 2019
Workshop: Machine learning and crystal structure prediction, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, USA
Feb 2019
Workshop: Exoplanetary habitability, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC
2017-2018
Online classes on programming in python and R (datacamp), Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, USA
June 2018
4D Workshop: Deep-time Data Driven Discovery and the Evolution of Earth, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, USA
May 2017
Workshop : ACCRETE (Accretion and Early Differentiation of the
Earth and Terrestrial Planets), Nice, France
July 2016
Workshop : Magma Oceanology, ELSI, Atami, Japan
Aug 2015
Summer school on the “Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems
and Habitable Planets”, Moletai Observatory, Lithuania
Feb 2015
Workshop : Early Solar System Bombardment III, USRA, LPI, Houston, USA
Nov 2014
Workshop : Volatiles in the Martian interior, USRA, LPI, Houston, USA
Oct 2013
Workshop : Planetesimal Formation and differentiation, USRA, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC
Oct 2012
Workshop : Structure and Dynamics of the Earth’s Deep Mantle, Collège de France, Paris
Feb 2011
Astrobiology school for PhD students, Le Teich, France
Nov 2010
Workshop : “Analytic methods for minerals and materials”, UPMC, Paris, France
Grants & Rewards
2016-2018
Carnegie Postdoctoral fellowship, $136.200, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution, Washington, DC, USA
August 2017
PI in the accepted proposal for beamtime request at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (Beamline 13 IDD, GSECARS), Chicago, IL, USA
July 2015
Knight decoration for National Merit, Award received from His Majesty the King of Morocco Mohamed VI, Rabat, Morocco
2014-2016
NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship (NPP), $139.000, NASA JSC, Houston, USA
April 2014
Female double culture award, received from the Consulate of Morocco in Lyon, France
Oct 2013
Travel award from the Auvergne Region for the Workshop on “planetesimal formation and differentiation” (USRA)
June 2013
Student travel award from the INSU for the Gordon Research Conference on the Interior of Earth
2010-2013
PhD scholarship from the French Ministry of Research, €5400, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2010
Misasa International Student Intern Program (MISIP) grant, ISEI, Okayama University, Japan
Invited Seminars
· University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April 2018.
· Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, December 2017.
· John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, September 2017.
· Université de Clermont, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, January 2017.
· Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France, Centre de recherches pétrographiques et géochimiques, January 2017.
· Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Earth and Space Science, July 2016.
· Okayama University, Misasa, Japan, Institute for Planetary Materials, July 2016.
· Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan, Geodynamics Research Center, July 2016.
· NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, October 2015
· Rice University, Houston, TX, October 2015.
List of Publications
Published:
Published:
1) Righter K., Pando K., Humayun M., Waeselmann N., Yang S., Boujibar A., Danielson L., Effect of Silicon on Activity Coefficients of Siderophile Elements (Au, Pd, Pt, P, Ga, Cu, Zn, and Pb) in Liquid Fe: Roles of Core Formation, Late Sulfide Matte, and Late Veneer in Shaping Terrestrial Mantle Geochemistry, 2018, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 232, 101-123, Article.
2) Andrault D., Bolfan-Casanova N., Bouhifd M. A., Boujibar A., Mezouar M., Monteux J., Parisiadis P., Pesce G., Toward a coherent mineralogical model for the melting behavior of the deep Earth’s mantle, 2017, 265: 67-81, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, Article.
3) Bouhifd M. A., Clesi V., Boujibar A., Bolfan-Casanova N., Cartier C., Hammouda T., Boyet M., Manthilake G., Monteux J., Andrault D., Silicate Melts during Earth's Core formation, 2017, 461: 128-139 , Chemical Geology, Article.
4) Righter K. Nickodem K., Pando K., Danielson L., Boujibar A., Righter M., Lapen T., Distribution of Sb, As, Ge, and In between metal and silicate during accretion and core formation in the Earth, 2017, 198: 1-16, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Article.
5) Boujibar A., Andrault D., Bolfan-Casanova N., Bouhifd M. A., Trcera N., Incorporation of Fe2+ and Fe3+ in bridgmanite during magma ocean crystallization, 2016, American Mineralogist, 101: 1560-1570, Article.
6) Boujibar A., Andrault D., Bolfan-Casanova N., Bouhifd M. A., Monteux J., Cosmochemical fractionation by collisional erosion during the Earth's accretion, 2015, Nature Communications, 6: 8295, Article.
7) Shimojuku A., Boujibar A., Yamazaki D., Yoshino T., Tomioka N, Xu J., Growth of ringwoodite reaction rims from perovskite and periclase at 22.5 GPa and 1800 °C, 2014, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 41: 555-567, Article.
8) Boujibar A., Andrault D., Bouhifd M. A., Bolfan-Casanova N., Devidal J-L., Trcera N., Metal-silicate partitioning of sulfur, new experimental and thermodynamical constraints on planetary accretion, 2014, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 391: 42-54, Article.
Under review:
Under review:
9) Boujibar A., Habermann M., Righter K., Driscoll P., Chidester B., Ross D. K., Righter M., Rapp J., Danielson L., Pando K., Andreasen R., U, Th and K partitioning between metal, silicate and sulfide and implications for Mercury's structure, thermal history and volatile content, submitted, manuscript available.
In preparation:
In preparation:
10) Boujibar A., Fei Y., Bullock E., Du Z., Righter K., Bennett N., Distribution of Na, Cs and Rb between silicate and sulfide, insights into volatile depletion in terrestrial planets, in preparation, manuscript available.
11) Boujibar A., Righter K., Fontaine E., Danielson L., Pando K., Origin of the compositional diversity of Mercury’s surface, an experimental investigation, in preparation.
Oral Conference Presentations
· Boujibar* A., Nittler L., Chabot N., McCubbin F. M., Righter K., Vander Kaaden K., McCoy T. J., Experimental investigation of chromium behavior during Mercury's differentiation, Mercury: Current and Future Science of the Innermost Planet, Columbia, MD, USA, May 2018, Talk.
· Boujibar* A., Fei Y., Du Z., Righter K., Bullock E., Na, Rb and Cs partitioning between metal, silicate and sulfide: Implications for volatile depletion in terrestrial planets , AGU, New Orleans, USA, December 2017, Talk.
· Boujibar* A. and Fei Y., Metal-silicate partitioning of Na, Rb and Cs and implications for the origin of volatile elements in the inner Solar System, ACCRETE workshop, Nice, France, May 2017, Talk.
· Boujibar* A., Habermann M., Righter K., Ross D.K., Righter M., Rapp J., Chidester B., Danielson L., Pando K., Andreasen R., U, Th, and K in planetary cores: Implications for volatile elements and heat production, AGU, San Francisco, USA, December 2016, Invited Talk.
· Boujibar* A., Bolfan-Casanova N., Andrault D., Bouhifd M.A., Trcera N., Iron behavior in bridgmanite during magma ocean crystallization: partitioning and redox state, Magma Oceanology Workshop, Atami, Japan, July 2016, Talk.
· Boujibar* A., Righter K., Rapp J. F., Ross D. K., Pando K. M., Danielson L. R., Fontaine E., Invited: Melting of the Primitive Mercurian Mantle, Insights into the Origin of its Surface Composition, Goldschmidt Conference, Yokohama, Japan, June 2016, Invited Talk.
· Boujibar* A., Righter K., Rapp J. F., Ross D. K., Pando K. M., Danielson L. R., Fontaine E., The origin of Mercury's surface composition, an experimental investigation, LPSC, The Woodlands, USA, March 2016, Talk.
· Boujibar* A., Andrault D., Bolfan-Casanova N., Bouhifd M. A., Redox state of the terrestrial planets, new insights into their parental links with chondrites, Goldschmidt Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2015, Talk.
· Boujibar* A., Andrault D., Bolfan-Casanova N., Bouhifd M. A., Cosmochemical fractionation by collisional erosion during the Earth's accretion, Workshop on Early Solar System Bombardment III, Houston, USA, February 2015, Talk.
· Boujibar A., Andrault* D., Bolfan-Casanova N., Bouhifd M. A., Early cosmochemical fractionation through collisional erosion, a solution to the Enstatite Chondrite Earth model, Workshop Accrete, Nice, France, May 2014, Talk.
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