Leigh Handy Royden

Professor of Geology and Geophysics

Department of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA 02139

Education:

1977 A.B. Harvard (cum laude, physics)
1982 Ph.D. M.I.T. (geology and geophysics)

Subjects of Special Interest:

Regional Geology and Geophysics,
Mechanics of Large Scale Continental Deformation,
Interaction of Surface Processes and Tectonics,
Subduction Dynamics

Faculty Positions Held:

1984-1988 Assistant Professor of Geology and Geophysics, M.I.T.
1988-1993 Associate Professor of Geology and Geophysics, M.I.T.
1991-1992 Visiting Associate Professor, Caltech
1993-present Professor of Geology and Geophysics, M.I.T.
2005 Visiting Professor, University of Rome

Awards and Honors:

1984-1988 Kerr-McGee Career Development Chair, M.I.T.
1985-1991 Presidential Young Investigator, NSF
1987-present Corresponding Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
1990 Donath Medal, Geological Society of America
1990 Senior Fellow, Geological Society of America
1991-1992 Visiting Professorship for Women, NSF
1991-1996 Faculty Awards for Women Scientists and Engineers, NSF
2004 Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2009-2010 Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies
2010 Best Paper Award, Tectonics Division, GSA
2011 Woollard Award, Geological Society of America
2013 Mueller Medal, European Union of Geosciences

Selected Professional Activities:

2009-2016 Editorial Board, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences
2011 External Review Committee, Department of Geology, UCSB (chair)
2012-2015 Committee on the Woollard Award, Geological Society of America
2013-2016 Committee on the Mueller Medal, European Geosciences Union
2016-present Committee on AGU Fellows, Tectonophysics
2016-present Committee on the Donath Medal, Geological Society of America

Selected M.I.T. Activities:

1996-1997 Associate Chair, MIT Faculty
2003-2010 Division Head, Program in Geology, Geochemisty and Geobiology
2013-present Director, Experimental Study Group, MIT
2017-present Chair, EAPS Diversity Council

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