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| Thesis | Volcanism and tectonics on Venus |
Francis Nimmo (born 1971) is a Professor of Planetary Science at theUniversity of California Santa Cruz.[1][2]
Nimmo attended Wolverhampton Grammar School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Geological Sciences fromSt John's College,Cambridge University, in 1993 and completed hisPh.D. on Volcanism and Tectonics onVenus from Cambridge in 1996.
His research focuses on the origin and evolution of solid body surfaces and interiors from observations and geophysical modelling. Some of his research achievements include his showing that a giant impact could have generated theMartian hemisphericdichotomy, identification of shear-heating as an important process onEnceladus,Europa andTriton and the explanation of the link between plate tectonics and dynamo activity on Mars and Venus.
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