William Landuyt Recent Graduate Email Me Office: 306 KGL Phone: (203) 436-4050 My Web Page Research Interests: Lithospheric and mantle dynamics, thermal evolution of the lithosphere; rheological and material science aspects of Earth evolution. Selected Publication(s): Zhong, S., M.H. Ritzwoller, N.M. Shapiro, W. Landuyt, J. Huang, and P. Wessel, Bathymetry of the Pacific Plate and its implications for the thermal evolution of the lithosphere and mantle dynamics, submitted to J. Geophys. Res.(pdf) Landuyt W., P. Skemer and S. Karato, A thermodynamic model for the dissolution of volatiles in nominally volatile-free minerals, EOS, Transactions Amer. Geophys. Un., 84(47), Fall Meeting, 2003.(jpg) Ritzwoller, M.H. and W. Landuyt, Two-stage cooling of the Pacific lithosphere, EOS, Transactions Amer. Geophys. Un., 83(19), Spring Meeting, 2002. Ritzwoller, M.H., N.M. Shapiro, S. Zhong, W. Landuyt, and G.M. Leahy, Lithospheric thickness and seafloor topography inferred from a global seismic model, EOS, Transactions Amer. Geophys. Un., 82(47), Fall Meeting, 2001.(pdf ) Hermann, A.M., P.A. Ramakrishnan, P.A. Badri, P. Mardilovich, and W. Landuyt, Metal hydride batteries research using nanostructured additives, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 26(12), 1295-1299, 2001. (pdf) Here is my CV (pdf )