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Dr. David Walker
Higgins Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Geochemistry
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113 Comer
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8658
dwalker@ldeo.columbia.edu
Fields of interest: 
Experimental Petrology

Examination of the chemical and physical evolution of the terrestrial planets by the methods of experimental petrology. Parallel interest in the development of new experimental techniques and new materials.

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
AB
Oberlin
1968
AM
Harvard
1970
Ph.D.
Harvard
1972
Honors & Awards: 
Clarke Medal, Geochemical Society 1975
Day Medal, Geological Society of America 1994
Member, National Academy of Sciences 1999
Educational Activities: 
Introduction to Mineralogy W4113x
Chemical Geology W4009x (alternate years)
Alternate Energy Resources W4200y
Field Mapping W4013y (alternate years)
Advanced Petrology Seminar (as appropriate)
Rocks and Minerals
Solubility and Radwaste
Is the Earth's Core Leaking?
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Is the Earth's Core Leaking?