CURRICULUM VITAE

Richard Maxwell Thompson

Contact Information:

  • Gould-Simpson Building
  • University of Arizona
  • Tucson Arizona 85721-0077
  • Fax: 520-621-2672
  • rmthomps@u.arizona.edu

Education:

  • University of Arizona 1998 B.S. Mathematics
  • University of Arizona 2000 M.S. Geological Sciences
  • University of Arizona 2004 Ph.D. Geological Sciences

Courses Taught:

  • Natural Science 101 The Earth and its Environment: Geological Perspective Spring 2005
  • Geosciences 216 Dinosaurs! Spring 2006
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Geosciences/Global Change 496s/596s Selected Topics for Science Educators: Global Climate Change Fall 2006
  • Geosciences 216 Dinosaurs! Spring 2007
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Geosciences/Global Change 496s/596s Selected Topics for Science Educators: Edges of Life Spring 2008
  • Geosciences 216 Dinosaurs! Spring 2008

Abstracts from Meetings:

  1. Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (1999) Quantitative analysis of the closest-packing of anions in mineral structures as a function of pressure, temperature, and compositions. EOS Transactions, AGU, 80 (46), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract F1107.
  2. Thompson, R.M., Downs, R.T., and Lienert, C. (2001) Ideal Pyroxene Topologies. In Eleventh Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Abstract#3149, LPI Contribution No. 1088, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston (CD-ROM). May 20-24, Hot Springs, VA.
  3. Thompson, R.M., Downs, R.T., and Teter, D.M. (2001) Packing systematics of stishovite. EOS Transactions, AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract F1156. (html file)
  4. Origlieri, M.J., Thompson, R.M., Downs, R.T., and Gibbs, G.V. (2002) The relationship between compression anisotropy observed in the pyroxenes and oxide anion non-bonded repulsions. 18th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, 1-6 Sept, 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland. Programme With Abstracts, page 71.
  5. Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (2002) Model Pyroxenes and Transition Pathways. 18th General Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, 1-6 Sept, 2002, Edinburgh, Scotland. Programme With Abstracts, page 85.
  6. Thompson, R.M., Downs, R.T. (2004) Volume of C2/c pyroxenes at mantle P, T, and x. EOS Transactions, AGU, 85 (47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract MR11A-0891.
  7. Mangin, K.L., Thompson, R.M., Wilch, M., and Gori, D.F. (2006), Teachers learning to teach science by doing science at the University of Arizona, EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED12A-04.
  8. Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (2006), The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract MR21B-0018.
  9. Downs, R.T., Thompson, R.M., Pommier, C.J.S., McCarthy, A.C., Yang, H. (2007) Crystal chemistry of pyroxene compression. Study of Matter at Extreme Conditions Conference, Miami Beach, April 15-20, 2007.
  10. Thompson, R.M., McCarthy A.C., and Downs, R.T., (2007) Crystal chemical controls on EOS. EOS Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract DI44A-03.

Journal Publications:

  1. Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (2001) Quantifying distortion from ideal closest-packing in a crystal structure with analysis and application. Acta Crystallographica B57, 119-127. (pdf file)
  2. Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (2001) The systematic generation of all nonequivalent closest-packed stacking sequences of length N using group theory. Acta Crystallographica B57, 766-771. (pdf file)
  3. Thompson, R.M. and Downs, R.T. (2003) Model pyroxenes I: Ideal pyroxene topologies. American Mineralogist 88, 653-666. (pdf file)
  4. Origlieri, M.J., Downs, R.T., Thompson, R.M., Pommier, C.J.S., Denton, M.B., and Harlow, G.E. (2003) High-pressure crystal structure of kosmochlor, NaCrSi2O6, and systematics of anisotropic compression in pyroxenes. American Mineralogist, 88, 1025-1032. (pdf file) (erratum)
  5. Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (2004) Model pyroxenes II: Structural variation as a function of tetrahedral rotation. American Mineralogist 89, 614-628. (pdf file)
  6. Thompson, R.M., Downs, R.T., and Redhammer, G.J. (2005) Model pyroxenes III: Volume of C2/c pyroxenes at mantle P, T, and x. American Mineralogist 90, 1840-1851. (pdf file)
  7. Uchida, H., Downs, R.T., and Thompson, R.M. (2007) Reinvestigation of eakerite, Ca2SnAl2Si6O18(OH)2*2H2O: H-atom positions by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and correlation with Raman spectroscopic data. Acta Crystallographica E63, i47-i49. (pdf file)
  8. Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (2008) The crystal structure of diopside at pressure to 10 GPa. American Mineralogist 93, 177-186. (pdf file)
  9. McCarthy, A.C., Downs, R.T., and Thompson, R.M. (2008) Compressibility trends of the clinopyroxenes, and in-situ high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study of jadeite. American Mineralogist 93, 198-209. (pdf file)
  10. Nestola, F., Boffa Ballaran, T., Liebske, C., Thompson, R.M., and Downs, R.T. (2008) The effect of the hedenbergitic substitution on the compressibility of jadeite. American Mineralogist 93, 1005-1013. (pdf file)