| Sean C. Solomon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Planetary science Geophysics |
| Institutions | Carnegie Institution |
| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | M. Nafi Toksöz |
| Known for | Science lead for MESSENGER and director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution for Science |
| Notable awards | G. K. Gilbert Award and Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship |
Sean Carl Solomon (born 1945) is the director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institute in Washington, D.C.. His research area is in geophysics, including the fields of planetary geology, geophysics, seismology, marine geophysics, and geodynamics.[1] Solomon is the principal investigator on the NASA mission MESSENGER.[2] He is also a team member on the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission and the Plume-Lithosphere Undersea Melt Experiment (PLUME).
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Solomon was born in Los Angeles, California on October 24, 1945 [3]
Solomon received his B.S. from the California Institute of Technology, his Ph.D. in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1971.
He is additionally pursuing a B.F.A. degree from California Institute of the Arts, expected completion date 2014.[4][1]
From 1972 through 1992 he was an assistant, associate, and full professor at MIT. From 1992 to the present he has been Director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Solomon has served as Principal Investigator for the Carnegie Institute's part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) and member of the Earth Institute External Advisory Board at Columbia University.[5] He has been a member of the Magellan Project Science Team, Radar Investigation Group [6] and the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Team. He has been on numerous oceanographic expeditions. Solomon continues to serve on committees.
Solomon is the recipient of the 1999 G. K. Gilbert Award from the Geological Society of America and the Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship from the National Academy of Sciences also in 1999. He was president of the American Geophysical Union 1996-1998. In 2005, Solomon was awarded the Harry H. Hess Medal by the American Geophysical Union.[7] The medal is given for outstanding achievements on research on evolution of Earth and other planets. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the California Institute of Technology in 2006.[8]
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