Lisa Tauxe Explained

Lisa Tauxe
Workplaces:	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Awards:	Benjamin Franklin Medal (2014)
Website:	http://magician.ucsd.edu/

Lisa Tauxe is a geophysicist, professor and former department chair at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Tauxe is a researcher and international authority on the behavior of the ancient geomagnetic field and applications of paleomagnetism to geological problems.

Career

Tauxe's contributions include the study of remanent magnetism in geological and archaeological materials, as well as co-founding a collaborative data system for compiling and sharing geological magnetic data from around the globe, the Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC).^[1] To facilitate paleomagnetic measurements, Tauxe uses a demagnetized space in San Diego.^{[2] [3]} Tauxe is a leader in research that documents when the Earth's magnetic poles reversed. Because technology and electrical grids depend on the Earth's magnetic field to protect it from the Sun's magnetic storms, Prof. Tauxe's work has global significance. She pioneered paleointensity analysis of undersea basaltic glasses and copper slag residues found in archaeological sites, fundamentally changing the process of collecting magnetic field data and the volume of data available to study.

Prof. Tauxe graduated from Columbia University with a Ph.D. in 1983.

In 2014, Prof. Tauxe was awarded the prestigious Ben Franklin Medal for Earth and Environmental Science "[f]or the development of observational techniques and theoretical models providing an improved understanding of the behavior of, and variations in intensity of, the Earth's magnetic field through geologic time."^{[4] [5]}, Tauxe was the general secretary of the American Geophysical Union.

Prof. Tauxe has authored two textbooks, over 150 academic papers,^[6] including 44 in AGU journals.

Advisory positions and distinctions

• Science advisory board of the Beijing Paleomagnetism and Geochronology Laboratory (2006 to present)^[7]
• Research Advisory Committee of the Institute for Rock Magnetism (2005–2007).
• Magnetics Information Consortium Database Team and Meta-data Committee (2005 to present).
• Fellow of American Geophysical Union^[8]
• Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 2015^[9]
• Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2016^{[10] [11]}

Select awards

• Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2020)
• Arthur L. Day Medal, 2014^[12]
• Benjamin Franklin Medal, 2014
• George P. Woollard Award, Geological Society of America, 2003^[13]
• The Antarctic Service Medal

Personal life

Tauxe has a brother, Dr. Robert Tauxe, who works at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.^[14]

External links

• Tracking Variations in the Earth's Magnetic Field
• Lisa Tauxe, 2014 Laureate of the Franklin Institute of Earth and Environmental Science
• Women in Geosceince Panel Discussion

Notes and References

1. Web site: Magnetic Information Consortium (MagIC).
2. News: Special room cancels earth's magnetic field. . 15 July 1984. The Advocate. 6 July 2018. Copley News Service. Newark, Ohio. 6A. Newspapers.com (Publisher Extra).
3. News: 'Magical' lab blocks out magnetic field for fossil dating. . 29 July 1984. Sunday News Journal. 6 July 2018. Associated Press. Wilmington, Delaware. Newspapers.com (Publisher Extra).
4. Web site: Lisa Tauxe. . April 2014. The Franklin Institute Awards. The Franklin Institute. July 4, 2018.
5. News: Franklin Institute awards to honor nine. Avril. Tom. 3 November 2013. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 6 July 2018. A2. Newspapers.com (Publisher Extra).
6. Web site: Lisa Tauxe Publications. Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
7. Web site: Lisa Tauxe. . . Leadership. American Geophysical Union. 6 July 2018.
8. Web site: Tauxe. . . Honors Program. American Geophysical Union. 6 July 2018.
9. Web site: Lisa Tauxe. . . Member Directory. National Academy of Sciences. Washington, D.C.. 6 July 2018.
10. American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects Three UC San Diego Professors Scripps Oceanography's Farooq Azam and Lisa Tauxe become new members of prestigious society. 20 April 2016. Scripps Institute of Oceanography. 6 July 2018. Scripps News. Mario Aguilera, media contact.
11. Book: Book of Members. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 590. T. https://www.amacad.org/multimedia/pdfs/publications/bookofmembers/ChapterT.pdf. 2018-07-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20140830050459/https://www.amacad.org/contentu.aspx?d=941. 2014-08-30. dead.
12. Web site: Lisa Tauxe: 2014 Day Medal. Kent. Dennis. . GSA Honors and Awards. Geological Society of America. 4 July 2018.
13. Web site: 2003 George P. Wollard Award, GSA Medals & Awards. Kent. Dennis. The Geological Society of America.
14. News: Exotic Trips, Exotic Risks. Marchione. Marilynn. 6 February 2005. Green Bay Press-Gazette. 6 July 2018. Associated Press. Green Bay, Wisconsin. D12, D10. Newspapers.com (Publisher Extra). Part 2 of article.