CV | Benjamin T Strozewski

My full CV in PDF format (updated 05/2023)

Benjamin T. Strozewski
Seismological Laboratory, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
1200 E California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125
MS 252-21 | bstrozew@caltech.edu

Research Interests

lower mantle structure and heterogeneity; volatile transport in earth’s interior; crystal chemistry and sound velocities of hydrous phases and oxyhydroxides; mechanical and elastic properties of earth materials

Education

California Institute of Technology Ph.D. candidate, geophysics 2022-present
Pasadena, CA Advisor: Dr. Jennifer M. Jackson
M.S. geophysics 2021

Washington University in St. Louis B.A. Physics, magna cum laude 2019
St. Louis, Missouri minor: computer science
Advisor: Dr. Philip Skemer

Publications

Pardo, O.S., Dobrosavljevic, V., Sturhahn, W., Toellner, T., Strozewski, B., and Jackson, J.M. (2023) Lattice dynamics, sound velocities, and atomic environments of szomolnokite at high pressure. (in review).

Strozewski, B., Buchen, J., Sturhahn, W., Ishii, T., Ohira, I., Chariton, S., Liu, Z., Lavina, B., Zhao, J. Toellner, T.S., Jackson, J. M (2023) Equation of State and Spin Crossover of (Al,Fe)-phase H. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, doi:10/1029/2022JB026291

Strozewski, B., Sly, M. K., Flores, K. M., & Skemer, P. (2021). Viscoplastic Rheology of α‐quartz Investigated by Nanoindentation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(9), doi:10.1029/2021JB022229

Conference Abstracts and Presentations

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Strozewski B., Sturhahn W., Ishii T., Ohira I., Lavina B., Zhao J., Toellner, T.S., Jackson, J.M. (2023) Seismic wavespeeds of (Al,Fe)-phase H at high pressure: a candidate hydrous phase in Earth’s lower mantle. Interior of the Earth Gordon Research Conference, South Hadley, MA.

Skemer, Philip A., Sly, M., Kranjc, K., Padilla, K.A., Strozewski, B., Thind, A., Mishra, R., Flores, K.M. (2022). Micromechanical Testing near the Brittle-Plastic Transition. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Strozewski, B., Buchen, J., Sturhahn, W., Ishii, T., Ohira, I., Chariton, S., Liu, Z., Lavina, B., Zhao, J. Toellner, T.S., Jackson, J. M. (2022). Hydrogen Bonding and Spin State of (Al,Fe)-bearing Phase H at High Pressure. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL.

*Strozewski, B., Buchen, J., Sturhahn, W., Ishii, T., Ohira, I., Chariton, S., Lavina, B., Zhao, J. Toellner, T.S., Jackson, J. M (2022) Equation of State and Spin Crossover of (Al,Fe)-bearing phase H. Annual Meeting, COMPRES, online

Strozewski, B., Buchen, J., Sturhahn, W., Ishii, T., Ohira, I., Chariton, S., Lavina, B., Zhao, J. Toellner, T.S., Jackson, J. M (2020). Equation of State of Al-rich Phase δ-H: Behavior of Ferric Iron in a High-Pressure Oxyhydroxide. AGU Fall Meeting, online.

Sly, M., Strozewski, B., Kranjc, K., Flores, K., & Skemer, P. A. (2017). Low Temperature Plastic Rheology of Olivine, Quartz, and Calcite from Micromechanical Experiments. AGU Fall Meeting, online.

Washington University in St. Louis Undergraduate Research Symposium Poster (2017): “Low temperature plasticity of Quartz as Determined by Nanoindentation”

Teaching and Outreach

Instructor, Caltech Earthquake Fellows Program Summer 2023

Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Geophysics Winter 2023

Tutor, Caltech RISE Program Fall 2022-present

Laurel Mountain Elementary Science Fair Judge 2021, 2022

Teaching Assistant, Machine Learning in Geophysics Spring 2021, 2022

Teaching Assistant, Physics I Fall 2017

Fellowships, Awards, and Honors

International Union of Crystallography Young and Early Career Scientists Award Dec. 2022

Caltech First-Year Graduate Student Fellowship 2019-2020

NCAA postgraduate scholarship 2019

Arts and Sciences Council Student Researcher of the Week 2017

WashU Office of Undergraduate Research Summer Research Grant 2017

Academic Service and Workshops

Co-organizer, Seismological Laboratory Deep Earth Discussion Group 2021-2022

Member, Seismological Laboratory Seminar Series Organizing Committee 2021-2022

Attendee, Caltech Center for Comparative Planetary Evolution Kick-Off Workshop 2019