Dr. Christian Huber

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Biography

Christian Huber is a Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences at Brown University. He grew up in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, specifically in Geneva. Huber studied Earth Sciences, earning a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science before pursuing a Bachelor in Physics. In 2005, he moved to Berkeley to complete his PhD in 2009. He held a tenure-track position at Georgia Tech in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, with a courtesy appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering, before joining Brown's DEEPS. His research focuses on the role of multiphase processes and dynamics in Earth and planetary bodies, emphasizing volcanology, geodynamics, and porous media flows through various theoretical, numerical, and experimental approaches. Huber has received multiple awards, including the Hishashi Kuno Award from the American Geophysical Union in 2015, the NSF CAREER Award the same year, and the Paul Niggli Medal from the Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology in 2010.

Research Interests

Awards

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Hishashi Kuno Award

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NSF CAREER Award

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Class of 1940 Teaching Effectiveness Award

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PRF ACS Young Investigator Award

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Paul Niggli Medal

Courses

EEPS 0250 - Computational Approaches to Modelling Quantitative Analysis in Natural Sciences EEPS 1620 - Continuum Physics of the Solid Earth EEPS 1960Z - Physical Volcanology EEPS 2910T - Lattice Boltzmann Modeling in Natural Sciences GEOL 0250 - Computational Approaches to Modelling Quantitative Analysis in Natural Sciences GEOL 1620 - Continuum Physics of the Solid Earth GEOL 1960B - Special Topics in Geological Sciences: Physical Hydrology GEOL 1960Z - Physical Volcanology GEOL 2300 - Mathematical Computational Earth Sciences GEOL 2920Y - Seminar on Melting and Melt Distribution in the Mantle

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics