Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences
Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Department of Physics
& Astronomy, University of Rochester
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1987
Clearing sandstorm in the Sahara (northeastern Mauritania)
Research Interests: Paleomagnetism, Geomagnetism and
Geodynamics, including rates of plate
tectonic, hotspot and polar wander (stability of Earth relative to the
spin axis); mantle plume volcanism; the origin and long-term history
of the geodynamo (paleointensity, paleosecular variation and reversal
frequency); rock magnetism; environmental magnetism; Cretaceous
climate
Currently Teaching: Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Mountain Ranges
in
California: A Field
Quest; Hotspots and Plate Motions; Paleomagnetism; Marine Geology;
Planetary Science: Geologic Evolution and Planetary Habitability
Brief Bio
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Publications
Selected News Articles
When crocodiles roamed the Arctic - New Scientist, June 18, 2008 - subscription required
John Traduno explores traveling
‘hotspots’ - Currents, February 4, 2008
Prof.
Tarduno receives the Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching - Currents, May 14, 2007
Prof.
Tarduno named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union - March 1, 2007
Prof.
Tarduno named Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - April 20, 2006
Prof.
Tarduno
elected fellow of AAAS - January 5, 2004
Prof.
John Tarduno receives Goergen Award for Contribution to Undergraduate
Education - Currents, August 27, 2001
Tarduno leads students on `Field Quest' - Currents, May 1, 2000
John Tarduno to Discuss Hawaiian Hotspots As Part of JOI/USSAC Lecture - Franklin and Marshall News Release, September, 2000
Fossil
Evidence Tells of Arctic Warming - Currents, January 11, 1999
Braving
the Arctic Tundra: Geology Is Where You Find It, Students Say - Rochester Review, 1997
Professor Tarduno with students near Lone Pine, California
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