New Faculty Appointments

Mark Ghiorso has been named a Professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences. A computational petrologist, he studies how rocks form from fluid magma using the principles of thermodynamics to model the complex many-component systems that occur in nature. He was most recently at the University of Washington’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences.

Aaron Dinner has been appointed an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the James Franck Institute, and the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics. A theoretical physical chemist, his work spans biophysical chemistry, protein folding, quantum mechanical models, and simulations of signaling at

Paul Seidel joins the Department of Mathematics as a Professor. His work in the area of symplectic topology connects topology to algebraic geometry and other areas, including string theory. He was most recently at Imperial College in London.

Alexei Khokhov has been appointed Professor in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics. A computational astrophysicist who studies supernova explosions and numerical relativity, he joins the University from the Naval Research Laboratory.

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