Lars Ehm

Associate Professor and Director of MPI

Mineral Physics Institute

Office: ESS 169

Photo of Associate Professor, Director of MPI Lar Ehm

Diploma, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 2000
Dr. rer. nat., Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Science, 2003-2005
Postdoctoral Associate, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University, 2005-2007
Research Faculty, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University, 2007-2018
Faculty member at Stony Brook since 2018


Professor Ehm’s research interests are the structure-property relationships of Earth Materials at extreme conditions. A detailed description of his research interests and activities may be found here.

Selected Publications:
Chen, G. D. Gwanmesia, L. Ehm, C. Le Losqe, D.R.Neuville, B.L.Phillips, B. Li, R.C. Liebermann. Synthesis and characterization of polycrystalline KAlSi3O8 hollandite [liebermannite]: Sound velocities vs. pressure to 13 GPa at room temperature. Comptes Redus Geoscience, in press.

Sims, S.J. Jaret, E.R. Carl, B. Rhymer, N. Schrodt, V. Mohrrholz, J. Smith, Z. Konopkova, H.P. Liermann, T.D. Glotch, and L. Ehm. Pressure-induced amorphization in plagioclase feldspars: A time-resolved powder diffraction study during rapid compression. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 517:166-174, 2019.

S.S. Lonabov, J.A. Daly, A.F. Goncharov, X.J. Chan. S.K. Ghose, H. Zhong, L. Ehm, T. Kim, and J.B. Parise. Iodine in Metal-Organic Frameworks at High Pressure. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 122:6109-6117, 2018.

E.-R. Carl, H.-P. Liermann, L. Ehm, A. Danilewsky, and T. Kenkmann. Phase transitions of αquartz at elevated temperatures under dynamic compression using a membranedriven diamond anvil cell: Clues to impact cratering? Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52:1465-1474, 2018.

James, M. Esfahani, W.R. Woerner, A. Sinclair, L. Ehm, A.R. Oganov, and J.B. Parise, Theoretical and Experimental Investigations into Novel Oxynitride Discovery in the GaN-TiO2System at High Pressure. Crystals 8:15, 2018

E.-R. Carl, U. Mansfeld, H.-P. Liermann, A. Danilewsky, F. Langenhorst, L. Ehm, G. Trullenque, and T. Kenkmann. High-pressure phase transitions of α-quartz under nonhydrostatic dynamic conditions: A reconnaissance study at PETRA III. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 52:1465-1474, 2017.