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 Abby Kavner, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Materials

Diamond anvil cell studies of materials at high pressures and temperatures and applications to Earth and Planetary Interiors

Strength of materials under extreme conditions

Stable isotope geochemistry of aqueous electrochemical processes

Electrical conductivity and electrochemical geochemistry of high pressure minerals.

Strength and elastic properties of hydrous and anhydrous minerals of Earth's mantle and transition zone.

Laser-heated diamond cell measurements of high-pressure and high-temperature thermoelastic and geochemical properties of Earth and planetary materials

PhD., Geophysics University of California, Berkeley 1997
M.S., Materials Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1992
B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 1989

A. Kavner, S. G. John*, S. Sass**, and E. A. Boyle (2008). Redox- driven stable isotope fractionation in transition metals: Application to Zn electroplating. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, vol 72, pp. 1731-1741. (PDF)

A. Kavner and C. Nugent* (2008) Precise measurements of two- dimensional radial temperature gradients in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell and application to graphite thermal diffusivity anisotropy. Rev. Sci. Instrument, vol. 79, 024902; DOI: 10.1063/1.2841173 8pp. (PDF)

M. Weinberger*, S. Tolbert and A. Kavner (2008) Osmium metal studied under high pressure and nonhydrostatic stress. Phys. Rev. Lett., 100 045506 4pp. (PDF)

H.-Y. Chung, M. B. Weinberger, J. B. Levine, R. Cumberland. A. Kavner, J.-M. Yang, S. H. Tolbert, and R. B. Kaner, (2007) Response to comment on ‘Synthesis of ultra-incompressible, super-hard rhenium diboride at ambient pressure’. Science, 318, 1550.

A. Kavner (2007) Garnet yield strength at high pressures and implications for upper mantle and transition zone rheology J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, vol. 112, B12207, doi:10.1029/2007JB004931. (PDF)

A. Kavner, “Garnet yield strength at high pressures and implications for upper mantle and transition zone rheology” J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth (2007) In Press

H.-Y. Chung, M. B. Weinberger, J. B. Levine, A. Kavner, J.-M. Yang, S. H. Tolbert, and R. B. Kaner “Synthesis of ultra-incompressible, super-hard rhenium diboride at ambient pressure, Science, vol. 316, pp. 436-439 (2007) (PDF)

A. Kavner, D. Walker, M. Newville, S. Sutton  “Externally-driven charge transfer in silicates at high pressure and temperature:  A XANES study”, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 256 pp. 314-327 (2007) (PDF)

N. Conil and A. Kavner:  “Elastic behavior and strength of Al2O3 fiber/Al matrix composite and implications for equation of state measurements in the diamond anvil cell ”, Journal of Applied Physics, vol 100, 043517 1-11 (2006) (PDF)

A. Kavner and D. Walker: “Core/mantle-like interactions in an electric field”  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., v. 248, pp. 301-314 (2006) (PDF)

N. Conil and A. Kavner:  “Numerical study of pressure relationships between sample and calibrant in the diamond anvil cell” J. Phys. Cond. Matter, vol. 18, S1039-S1047 (2006) (PDF)

Kavner, A. A. Shahar, F. Bonet, J. Simon, and E. Young “The isotope effects of electron transfer:  an explanation for Fe isotope fractionation in nature”, Geochimica et Cosmochimca Acta, vol 69(12), pp. 2971-2979, 2005 (PDF)

Kavner, A. and W. Panero “Measurement and evaluation of thermoelastic properties in the synchrotron-based laser heated diamond cell”, Phys. Earth Planet. Sci. vol. 143-144, p. 527-539, 2004. (PDF)

Kavner, A. and T. S. Duffy "Elasticity and Rheology of platinum at high pressure and nonhydrostatic stress", Phys. Rev. B, vol. 68, 144101 (2003) 9 pages. (PDF)

Kavner, A., "Elasticity and strength of hydrous ringwoodite ", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 214 (3-4) pp 645-654. 2003. (PDF)

For papers prior to 2002, please email akavner@ucla.edu

At NSLS X17C Front to Back: Nathalie. Conil, Anat Shahar, Jingzu. Hu (Click images for larger versions.)

Examining Fe isotope fractionation: Front to Back: Anat Shahar, Justin Simon (Click images for larger versions.)

Teaching high pressure mineral physics: L-R: Prof. Kavner, Student Emmett (Click images for larger versions.)

Prof. Kavner and Dr. Conil studying ice VII and high pressure composites at the Advanced Light Source in Berkeley, CA. Sept 2004. (Click images for larger versions.)