James A. Van Orman
Professor
Contact
james.vanorman@case.edu
216.368.3765
212 A.W. Smith
http://casfaculty.case.edu/james-van-orman/
Other Information
Degree: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (2000)
Expertise: Geochemistry and Mineral Physics
About
My group studies planetary interiors (including our own) using a combination of experiments and modeling, constrained by observations. Recent and current research topics include the role of volatiles in the formation and evolution of the Moon; the chemical evolution of planetary cores; isotope fractionation in magmatic processes; diffusion in mantle, core and crustal minerals; chemical processes in Earth’s core-mantle boundary region; and the sequence and timing of events leading up to the planet-building stage in the early solar system.