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Professor DAUPHAS, Nicolas

Professor DAUPHAS, Nicolas

Professor, Chair of Cosmochemistry, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU

  • 3917 1084
  • Room 325, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong

Teaching areas

  • Cosmochemistry
  • Geochemistry

 

Research Interest

  • Formation and evolution of the Solar System
  • The origin of the Moon, Mars, and Earth
  • Meteorites and samples returned by space missions
  • Analytical chemistry and mass spectrometry
  • Early martian and terrestrial surface environments
  • Nuclear Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering
  • Stable isotopic fractionation
  • Origin of Earth's atmosphere
  • Volatile element depletion in planets
  • Theory and application of stable isotopic fractionation

 

Publications

  • Dauphas, N., Zhang, Z.J., Chen, X., Barboni, M., Szymanowski, D., Schoene, B., Leya, I. and McKeegan, K.D. (2025). Completion of lunar magma ocean solidification at 4.43 Ga. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(2), e2413802121.
  • Dauphas, N. (2017). The isotopic nature of the Earth’s accreting material through time. Nature, 541(7638), 521-524.
  • Dauphas, N., Roskosz, M., Alp, E.E., Golden, D.C., Sio, C.K., Tissot, F.L.H., Hu, M.Y., Zhao, J., Gao, L. and Morris, R.V., (2012). A general moment NRIXS approach to the determination of equilibrium Fe isotopic fractionation factors: application to goethite and jarosite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 94, 254-275.
  • Dauphas, N., & Pourmand, A. (2011). Hf–W–Th evidence for rapid growth of Mars and its status as a planetary embryo. Nature, 473(7348), 489-492.
  • Dauphas, N. (2005). The U/Th production ratio and the age of the Milky Way from meteorites and Galactic halo stars. Nature, 435(7046), 1203-1205.

 

Awards and Honors

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024.
  • Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry, 2019.
  • Daly Lecturer, AGU, 2018.
  • Blavatnik National Awards Finalist, 2017.
  • Fellow of the Meteoritical Society, 2016.
  • Named Professorship (Louis Block), The University of Chicago, 2016.
  • Spitzer Lecturer, Dpt of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton, 2015.
  • Prix Scientifique, Societe Francaise des IsotopeS (SFIS), 2014.
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, 2011.
  • Macelwane Medal of the American Geophysical Union, 2011.
  • Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech, 2009.
  • Houtermans Medal of the European Association for Geochemistry, 2008.
  • David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship, 2007.
  • Nier Prize of the Meteoritical Society, 2005.
  • Paul Pellas-Graham Ryder Award, Meteoritical Society and Geological Society of America, 2002.
  • Geochemical Journal best paper award, 2002.
     
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