Curriculum Vitae

This is a shortened version of my full CV. If you would like to see the full version for any reason, mail me.

Personal details

• Name: Francis Nimmo
• Sex: Male
• Marital status: Single
• Date of birth: 11 May 1971
• Nationality: British Citizen
• Address: Bullard Labs, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EZ, UK
  Tel. +44 (0)1223 337185, Fax +44 (0)1223 366079

Education

• 1993 - 1996: St John's College, University of Cambridge
• PhD, Volcanism and tectonics on Venus (abstract here).

• 1990 - 1993: St John's College, University of Cambridge
• B.A. (Hons.), Natural Sciences (Geological Sciences), grade I.

• 1982 - 1989: Wolverhampton Grammar School
• 10 O-levels; 1 AO-level; 4 A-levels; 2 S levels.

Employment

• 1999,2000: Visitor at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

• 1998-2001: Junior Research Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge.

• 1997-1998: Post-doctoral research assistant, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Grant Awards

• 2000 NASA Mars Data Analysis Program, co-investigator with D. Stevenson, $200k

• 1998 Geological Society Fieldwork award, $0.8k

Scholarships/Prizes

• 1998 - 2001: Junior Research Fellowship (nationally advertised, across all sciences)

• 1993 - 1996: Shell PhD scholarship

• 1992: Wiltshire prize for outstanding performance in Geology

Teaching experience

• 1993 - 1996: Tutorials with groups of 2-3 undergraduate students.

• 1997- : One lecture and practical each to final year physicists and geologists on geophysics of Venus.

• 1997- : Joint supervisor of Dave Barnett, a PhD student on geophysics of Venus.

Research Interests

• Thermal evolution and melt generation on terrestrial and icy bodies

• Estimates of lithospheric rigidity from gravity and topography

• History of radiogenic elements in planetary crusts and atmospheres.

Work experience

• 1989 - 1990: Assistant teacher/housemaster, St George's School, Vancouver.

• Summer 1992: Mapping project in association with Minera de Bolivia.

• Summer 1995: Work placement with Esso.

Other interests

• Walking and camping (UK; Pyrenees; Ecuador; Bolivia)
• Running (Three Peaks, KIMM mountain marathon, Tough Guy).
• Sport (squash, badminton).

Publications

• Gaidos, E. and F. Nimmo, Tectonics and water on Europa, Nature 405, 637, 2000. (abstract here).
• Nimmo, F. and D. Stevenson, The influence of plate tectonics on the thermal evolution of Mars, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 11969-11980, 2000. (abstract here).
• Nimmo, F., Dike intrusion as a possible cause of linear Martian magnetic anomalies, Geology 28, 391-394, 2000. (abstract here).
• Barnett, D., F. Nimmo and D. McKenzie, Elastic thickness estimates for Venus using line of sight accelerations from Magellan cycle 5, Icarus 146, 404-419, 2000. (abstract here).
• McKenzie, D., F. Nimmo, J.A. Jackson, P. Gans and E. Miller, Characteristics and consequences of lower crustal flow, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 11029-11046, 2000. (abstract here).
• McKenzie, D. and F. Nimmo, The generation of Martian floods by melting permafrost above dykes, Nature 397, 231-233, 1999 (abstract here).
• Nimmo, F. and D. McKenzie, Volcanism and tectonics on Venus, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 26, 23-51, 1998 (abstract here).
• McKenzie, D. and F. Nimmo, Elastic thickness estimates for Venus from line of sight accelerations, Icarus 130, 198-216, 1997 (abstract here).
• Nimmo, F. and D. McKenzie, Convective thermal evolution of the upper mantles of Earth and Venus, Geophys. Res. Lett. 24, 1539-1542, 1997 (abstract here).
• F. Nimmo and D. McKenzie, Modelling plume-related melting, uplift and gravity on Venus, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 145, 109-123, 1996 (abstract here).
• A.N. Foster and F. Nimmo, Comparison between the rift systems of East Africa, Earth and Beta Regio, Venus, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 143, 183-196, 1996 (abstract here).
• N.D.L. Clark, F. Nimmo and C.J. Nicholas, A new occurrence of Scottish plesiosaurian remains from the Island of Skye, Scottish J. Geol. 29, 197-199, 1993 (abstract here).

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