About Me
Bin Chen is a Researcher in Mineral Physics and Experimental Petrology at Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Research
The focus of my research is to understand the physics and chemistry of Earth and planetary interiors through direct examination of material properties under high pressure-temperature conditions using a wide spectrum of techniques available in synchrotron and neutron facilities and in-house laboratories. Currently I am working on a project concerning the deep carbon cycle in the Earth’s interior with a focus on carbon in Earth’s core.
My research takes a two-pronged approach: using the multi-anvil apparatus for sample syntheses and high pressure-temperature measurements on large volume samples and the diamond anvil cell for determination of elastic and acoustic properties, combining with laser, X-ray and microanalytical techniques.
Teaching
- Spring 2016: GG711, Special Topics in Geology and Geophysics - Experimental Simulation of Earth and Planetary Interiors.
- Fall 2015: GG301, Mineralogy, co-teaching with Przemyslaw Dera
Education
- 2004-2009: Ph.D. in Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Urbana, Illinois, USA
- 2001-2004: M.S. in Isotope Geochemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China
- 1997-2001: B.S. in Geochemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China
Appointments
- Aug. 2023-present: Researcher/Professor, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Aug. 2019-July 2023: Associate Researcher (tenured), Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Jan. 2014-July 2019: Assistant Researcher (tenure-track), Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Mar. 2013-Dec. 2013: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois | Chief Technology Officer, COMPRES Technology Center, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
- Dec. 2011-Feb. 2013: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- May 2011-Nov. 2011: Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Aug. 2009-Apr. 2011: Texaco Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Honors and Awards
- 2018-2019: COMPRES Distinguished Lecturer
- 2016-2021: NSF Career award
- 2010: J. C. Jamieson Award, Research at High Pressure, Gordon Research Conference
- 2009: Texaco Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship, GPS, Caltech
- 2008: Roscoe Jackson Award: Dept. Geology, UIUC
- 2001, 2004: Outstanding Graduates, USTC
- 2001: Outstanding Graduates in Anhui Province, Anhui, China
- 1998: Zhongzhi Zhang Scientific Scholarship: Dept. Earth and Space Science, USTC
