LOWELL MIYAGI

Dr. Lowell Miyagi leads the Rock and Mineral Physics group at the University of Utah. He graduated from Oberlin College in 2004 with dual B.A. degrees in Geology and East Asian Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. He was a Bateman Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University from 2009-2011. This was followed by a visiting faculty position in the Department of Earth Sciences at Montana State University, Bozeman. In 2013 he joined the faculty in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Utah and is currently an Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics as well as an Adjunct Professor in Material Science and Engineering. In 2017 he was awarded the American Geophysical Union, Rock and Mineral Physics Early Career Award. His primary research interest is studying mechanical properties of rocks and minerals at ultra-high pressures and temperatures and using this information to understand large scale dynamic processes such as meteor impacts, slab subduction, and mantle convection.