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Janne Blichert-Toft

Janne Blichert-Toft is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Janne Blichert-Toft rather than just read about it. In short: Janne Blichert-Toft is a geochemist, specializing in the use of isotopes with applications in understanding planetary mantle-crust evolution, as well as the chemical composition of matter in the universe. To further this research, Blichert-Toft has developed techniques for high-precision Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry measurements.

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Janne Blichert-Toft is a geochemist, specializing in the use of isotopes with applications in understanding planetary mantle-crust evolution, as well as the chemical composition of matter in the universe. To further this research, Blichert-Toft has developed techniques for high-precision Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry measurements.

Biography 1988 to 1991: Visiting scientist at the Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, as part of her degrees 1996: Visiting scientist at University of California at Berkeley 2000: Visiting professor at Harvard University 2003: Associate professor at Caltech Subsequently, Blichert-Toft was at the Australian National University in 2004, at Cambridge University in 2005, at Tokyo University in 2006, and at the University of Chicago in 2011. From 2008 to 2015, she was also adjunct faculty and Distinguished Wiess Visiting Scholar at Rice University.

Education 1990: M.Sc., University of Copenhagen 1993: Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of Copenhagen 1996: École normale supérieure de Lyon, Marie-Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow 2000: Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I. After her Marie-Curie post-doctorate, Blichert-Toft joined the CNRS in 1997 and became director of research in 2002 working at the École normale supérieure de Lyon.

Work After her Marie-Curie Post-Doctorate, Blichert-Toft joined the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in 1997 and became director of research in 2002, working at the École normale supérieure de Lyon. She pioneered the application of hafnium isotopes to the evolution of the Earth and the early solar system.

Publications Blichert-Toft is currently on the Editorial Board of at least the following three publications:

G-Cubed (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems) published by the American Geophysical Union Geochemical Perspectives published by the European Association of Geochemistry Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta published by the Geochemical Society From 2022–2024 she was the geochemistry principal editor of the scientific magazine "Elements", and previously served as associate editor for the Geochemical Society's newsletter "Geochemical News". The magazine "Elements" is jointly published by the Mineralogical Society of America, the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Geochemical Society, The Clay Minerals Society, the European Association of Geochemistry, the International Association of GeoChemistry, the Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie, the Association of Applied Geochemists, the Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft, the Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, the International Association of Geoanalysts, the Polskie Towarzystwo Mineralogiczne (Mineralogical Society of Poland), the Sociedad Española de Mineralogía (Spanish Mineralogical Society), the Swiss Geological Society, the Meteoritical Society, the Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences and the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits.

Awards 2001: Bronze Medal, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) 2005: Prix Etienne Roth du Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA), Académie des Sciences 2010: Geochemistry Fellow of the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry 2010: The Medal of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon 2012: Fellow of the American Geophysical Union 2012: Silver Medal, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) 2015: The Danish Geological Society's Steno Medal 2015: Invited Plenary Speaker at the Goldschmidt Conference, Prague 2016: Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 2018: The Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London 2022: The American Geophysical Union's Harry Hess Medal 2022: The BRGM Dolomieu Prize

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Janne Blichert-Toft

In research: Janne Blichert-Toft appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
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