Prof. Dr. David C. Rubie
Prof. Dr. David C. Rubie
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI)
Professional background
2009 - present Research Professor, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany 1995 - 1999 and 2002 - 2006 Director, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany 1993 - 2009 C4 Professor, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany 1988 - 1993 Research Scientist, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany. 5/1987 - 9/1987 Visiting Scientist, Tokyo University and Okayama University, Japan 1985 - 1988 Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 1983 - 1984 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Bern, Switzerland 1980 - 1983 Postdoctoral Research Associate, ETH, Zürich, Switzerland 1976 - 1980 Associate Professor, American College of Switzerland, Leysin, Switzerland 1974 - 1976 Assistant Lecturer, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK 1973 - 1974 Instructor, Plas-y-Brenin National Mountaineering Centre, North Wales, UK 1971 Research Associate, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh, UK
Education
| 1973 | Postgraduate Certificate in Education, University College of North Wales, Bangor, UK. |
| 1972 | Ph.d. (Geology), University of Leicester, Leicester, U.K. |
| 1967 | B.Sc. (Geology) University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K. |
Awards and other responsibilities
| 2011 | Fellow of the Geochemical Society |
| 2008 | Abraham-Gottlob-Werner Medal, German Mineralogical Society |
| 2008 | Schlumberger Award, Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland |
| 1999 | Fellow of the American Geophysical Union |
| 1996 | Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America |
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI)
- Accretion and core formation in terrestrial planets
- Experimental mineralogy and mineral physics at high pressures
- Kinetics and mechanisms of mineral reactions
- Mechanisms of solid-state deformation
- Dynamics of subduction and the origin of deep earthquakes
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI)
Selected publications
2022
Blanchard, Ingrid; Petitgirard, Sylvain; Laurenz, Vera; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Wilke, Max; Rubie, David C.; Lobanov, Sergey S.; Hennet, Louis; Morgenroth, Wolfgang; Tucoulou, Rémi; Bonino, Valentina; Zhao, Xuchao; Franchi, Ian
Chemical analysis of trace elements at the nanoscale in samples recovered from laser-heated dia ...
in Physics and Chemistry of Minerals volume 49 (2022)
doi:10.1007/s00269-022-01193-7 ...
Morbidelli, A.; Baillié, K.; Batygin, K.; Charnoz, S.; Guillot, T.; Rubie, David C.; Kleine, T.
Contemporary formation of early Solar System planetesimals at two distinct radial locations
in Nature Astronomy volume 6 (2022) . - page 72-79
doi:10.1038/s41550-021-01517-7 ...
Blanchard, Ingrid; Rubie, David C.; Jennings, Eleanor S.; Franchi, Ian A.; Zhao, Xuchao; Petitgirard, Sylvain; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Jacobson, Seth A.; Morbidelli, Alessandro
The metal–silicate partitioning of carbon during Earth's accretion and its distribution in the ...
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters volume 580 (2022)
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117374 ...
2021
Cambioni, Saverio; Jacobson, Seth A.; Emsenhuber, Alexandre; Asphaug, Erik; Rubie, David C.; Gabriel, Travis S. J.; Schwartz, Stephen R.; Furfaro, Roberto
The Effect of Inefficient Accretion on Planetary Differentiation
in The Planetary Science Journal volume 2 (2021) issue 3
doi:10.3847/psj/abf0ad ...
Jennings, Eleanor S.; Jacobson, Seth A.; Rubie, David C.; Nakajima, Y.; Vogel, A. K.; Rose-Weston, L. A.; Frost, Daniel J.
Metal–silicate partitioning of W and Mo and the role of carbon in controlling their abundances ...
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 293 (2021) . - page 40-69
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.09.035 ...
Nakajima, Miki; Golabek, Gregor J.; Wünnemann, Kai; Rubie, David C.; Burger, Christoph; Melosh, Henry J.; Jacobson, Seth A.; Manske, Lukas; Hull, Scott D.
Scaling laws for the geometry of an impact-induced magma ocean
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters volume 568 (2021)
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.116983 ...
Blanchard, Ingrid; Abeykoon, Sumith; Frost, Daniel J.; Rubie, David C.
Sulfur content at sulfide saturation of peridotitic melt at upper mantle conditions
in American Mineralogist volume 106 (2021) issue 11. - page 1835-1843
doi:10.2138/am-2021-7649 ...
Zhu, Meng-Hua; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Neumann, Wladimir; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Day, James M. D.; Rubie, David C.; Archer, Gregory J.; Artemieva, Natalia; Becker, Harry; Wünnemann, Kai
Common feedstocks of late accretion for the terrestrial planets
in Nature Astronomy volume 5 (2021) . - page 1286-1296
doi:10.1038/s41550-021-01475-0 ...
Rebaza, Anna M.; Posner, Esther S.; Thielmann, Marcel; Rubie, David C.; Steinle-Neumann, Gerd
Experimental determination of carbon diffusion in liquid iron at high pressure
in American Mineralogist volume 106 (2021) issue 12. - page 1950-1956
doi:10.2138/am-2021-7644 ...
2020
Morbidelli, Alessandro; Libourel, G.; Palme, H.; Jacobson, Seth A.; Rubie, David C.
Subsolar Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios of non-carbonaceous chondrites reveal planetesimal formation du ...
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters volume 538 (2020)
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116220 ...
2018
O'Brien, David P.; Izidoro, Andre; Jacobson, Seth A.; Raymond, Sean N.; Rubie, David C.
The Delivery of Water During Terrestrial Planet Formation
in Space Science Reviews volume 214 (2018)
doi:10.1007/s11214-018-0475-8 ...
Vogel, Antje K.; Jennings, Eleanor S.; Laurenz, Vera; Rubie, David C.; Frost, Daniel J.
The dependence of metal-silicate partitioning of moderately volatile elements on oxygen fugacit ...
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 237 (2018) . - page 275-293
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2018.06.022 ...
Posner, Esther S.; Schmickler, Bettina; Rubie, David C.
Self-diffusion and chemical diffusion in peridotite melt at high pressure and implications for ...
in Chemical Geology volume 502 (2018) . - page 66-75
doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.10.014 ...
Morbidelli, Alessandro; Nesvorny, D.; Laurenz, Vera; Marchi, S.; Rubie, David C.; Elkins-Tanton, L.; Wieczorek, M.; Jacobson, Steven
The timeline of the lunar bombardment : Revisited
in Icarus volume 305 (2018) . - page 262-276
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.12.046 ...
Monteux, Julien; Golabek, Gregor J.; Rubie, David C.; Tobie, G.; Young, Edward D.
Water and the Interior Structure of Terrestrial Planets and Icy Bodies
in Space Science Reviews volume 214 (2018)
doi:10.1007/s11214-018-0473-x ...
2017
Posner, Esther S.; Rubie, David C.; Frost, Daniel J.; Steinle-Neumann, Gerd
Experimental determination of oxygen diffusion in liquid iron at high pressure
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters volume 464 (2017) . - page 116-123
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.02.020 ...
Jacobson, Seth A.; Rubie, David C.; Hernlund, John; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Nakajima, Miki
Formation, stratification, and mixing of the cores of Earth and Venus
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters volume 474 (2017) . - page 375-386
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.023 ...
Posner, Esther S.; Rubie, David C.; Frost, Daniel J.; Vlcek, Vojtech; Steinle-Neumann, Gerd
High P-T experiments and first principles calculations of the diffusion of Si and Cr in liquid ...
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 203 (2017) . - page 323-342
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.024 ...
Petitgirard, Sylvain; Malfait, Wim J.; Journaux, Baptiste; Collings, Ines E.; Jennings, Eleanor S.; Blanchard, Ingrid; Kantor, Innokenty; Kurnosov, Alexander; Cotte, Marine; Dane, Thomas; Burghammer, Manfred; Rubie, David C.
SiO₂ Glass Density to Lower-Mantle Pressures
in Physical Review Letters volume 119 (2017) issue 21
doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.215701 ...
Posner, Esther S.; Steinle-Neumann, Gerd; Vlček, Vojtěch; Rubie, David C.
Structural changes and anomalous self-diffusion of oxygen in liquid iron at high pressure
in Geophysical Research Letters volume 44 (2017) issue 8. - page 3526-3534
doi:10.1002/2017GL072926 ...
2016
Rubie, David C.; Laurenz, Vera; Jacobson, Seth A.; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Palme, Herbert; Vogel, Antje K.; Frost, Daniel J.
Highly siderophile elements were stripped from Earth’s mantle by iron sulfide segregation
in Science volume 353 (2016) issue 6304. - page 1141-1144
doi:10.1126/science.aaf6919 ...
de Vries, Jellie; Nimmo, Francis; Melosh, Henry J.; Jacobson, Seth A.; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Rubie, David C.
Impact-induced melting during accretion of the Earth
in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science volume 3 (2016)
doi:10.1186/s40645-016-0083-8 ...
Laurenz, Vera; Rubie, David C.; Frost, Daniel J.; Vogel, Antje K.
The importance of sulfur for the behavior of highly-siderophile elements during Earth's differe ...
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 194 (2016) . - page 123-138
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.012 ...
Rubie, David C.; Jacobson, Seth A.
Mechanisms and Geochemical Models of Core Formation
Deep Earth : Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2016. - page 181-190 . - (Geophysical Monograph Series; 217)
doi:10.1002/9781118992487.ch14 ...
Young, Edward D.; Kohl, Issaku E.; Warren, Paul H.; Rubie, David C.; Jacobson, Seth A.; Morbidelli, Alessandro
Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact
in Science volume 351 (2016) issue 6272. - page 493-496
doi:10.1126/science.aad0525 ...
2015
Rubie, David C.; Jacobson, Seth A.; Morbidelli, Alessandro; O'Brien, David P.; Young, Edward D.; de Vries, Jellie; Nimmo, Francis; Palme, Herbert; Frost, Daniel J.
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions ...
in Icarus volume 248 (2015) . - page 89-108
doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.015 ...
Cerantola, Valerio; Walte, Nicolas P.; Rubie, David C.
Deformation of a crystalline olivine aggregate containing two immiscible liquids : Implications ...
in Earth and Planetary Science Letters volume 417 (2015) . - page 67-77
doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.014 ...
Petitgirard, Sylvain; Malfait, Wim J.; Sinmyo, Ryosuke; Kupenko, Ilya; Hennet, Louis; Harries, Dennis; Dane, Thomas; Burghammer, Manfred; Rubie, David C.
Fate of MgSiO₃ melts at core–mantle boundary conditions
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America volume 112 (2015) issue 46. - page 14186-14190
doi:10.1073/pnas.1512386112 ...
Fischer, Rebecca A.; Nakajima, Yoichi; Campbell, Andrew J.; Frost, Daniel J.; Harries, Dennis; Langenhorst, Falko; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Pollok, Kilian; Rubie, David C.
High pressure metal–silicate partitioning of Ni, Co, V, Cr, Si, and O
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 167 (2015) . - page 177-194
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.06.026 ...
King, Scott D.; Frost, Daniel J.; Rubie, David C.
Why cold slabs stagnate in the transition zone
in Geology volume 43 (2015) issue 3. - page 231-234
doi:10.1130/G36320.1 ...
2014
Jacobson, Seth A.; Morbidelli, Alessandro; Raymond, Sean N.; O'Brien, David P.; Walsh, Kevin J.; Rubie, David C.
Highly siderophile elements in Earth's mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact
in Nature volume 508 (2014) . - page 84-87
doi:10.1038/nature13172 ...
2013
van Mierlo, Willem L.; Langenhorst, Falko; Frost, Daniel J.; Rubie, David C.
Stagnation of subducting slabs in the transition zone due to slow diffusion in majoritic garnet
in Nature Geoscience volume 6 (2013) . - page 400-403
doi:10.1038/ngeo1772 ...
2012
Mann, Ute; Frost, Daniel J.; Rubie, David C.; Becker, Harry; Audétat, Andreas
Partitioning of Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Ir and Pt between liquid metal and silicate at high pressures a ...
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 84 (2012) . - page 593-613
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.01.026 ...
2009
Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Holzapfel, Christian; Asahara, Yuki; Dubrovinsky, Leonid; Frost, Daniel J.; Rubie, David C.; Drechsler, Markus; Niwa, Ken; Ichihara, Masaki; Yagi, Tsubasa
Combining FIB milling and conventional Argon ion milling techniques to prepare high-quality sit ...
in Journal of Microscopy volume 238 (2009) issue 3. - page 200-209
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03341.x ...
Walte, Nicolas P.; Heidelbach, Florian; Miyajima, Nobuyoshi; Frost, Daniel J.; Rubie, David C.; Dobson, D. P.
Transformation textures in post-perovskite : Understanding mantle flow in the D″ layer of the E ...
in Geophysical Research Letters volume 36 (2009) issue 4
doi:10.1029/2008GL036840 ...
2007
Walte, Nicolas P.; Heidelbach, Florian; Rubie, David C.; Frost, Daniel J.
The perovskite – post-perovskite phase transition of CaIrO₃ during experimental deformation : I ...
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 71 (2007) issue 15, Suppl.
doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.06.029 ...
17th Annual V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Köln
2003
Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Rubie, David C.; Dalpé, Claude; Reid, Joy; Capmas, Françoise; Gessmann, Christine K.
Partitioning of Re and Os between liquid metal and magnesiowüstite at high pressure
in Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors volume 139 (2003) issue 1-2. - page 77-91
doi:10.1016/S0031-9201(03)00146-8 ...
Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Günther, Detlef; Dingwell, Donald B.; Rubie, David C.
Temperature dependence of Pt and Rh solubilities in a haplobasaltic melt
in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta volume 67 (2003) issue 1. - page 123-131
doi:10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01047-5 ...
2001
Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Günther, Detlef; Dingwell, Donald B.; Rubie, David C.
Temperature dependence of Pt and Rh solubilities in a haplobasaltic melt
in Annual Report ... and list of publications / Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik, Universität Bayreuth (2001)
2000
Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Dingwell, Donald B.; Rubie, David C.
Effect of sodium metasilicate on W and Mo solubilities in anorthite-diopside melt at 1 bar and ...
in Annual Report ... and list of publications / Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik, Universität Bayreuth (2000) . - page 55-57
Rubie, David C.; Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Holzapfel, Christian; Frost, Daniel J.; Langenhorst, Falko; Gessmann, Christine K.
Kinetics of metal-silicate equilibration during formation of the Earth's core
in Annual Report ... and list of publications / Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik, Universität Bayreuth (2000) . - page 57-59
http://www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/?page=5&lng=en&view ...
Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Dingwell, Donald B.; Rubie, David C.; Capmas, Françoise; Birck, Jean-Louis
Oxygen fugacity dependence of osmium solubility in haplobasaltic melt at one bar : a study usin ...
in Annual Report ... and list of publications / Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik, Universität Bayreuth (2000) . - page 53-55
http://www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/?page=5&view=1&year ...
Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Rubie, David C.; Reid, Joy; Dalpé, Claude; Campas, Françoise; Birck, Jean-Louis; Gessmann, Christine K.
Partitioning of Re and Os between liquid metal and magnesiowüstite at high pressure
in Annual Report ... and list of publications / Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik, Universität Bayreuth (2000) . - page 50-53
http://www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/index.php?page=5&vi ...
1998
Fortenfant, Sophie S.; Dingwell, Donald B.; Rubie, David C.; Birck, Jean-Louis; Schiano, Pierre; Tuprett, M.; Horn, I.
Experimental study of metal/silicate highly siderophile element partitioning : effect of temper ...
in Annual Report ... and list of publications / Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik, Universität Bayreuth (1998) . - page 40-43
http://www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/?page=5&lng=de&view ...
Faculty of Biology, Chemistry & Earth Sciences
Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI)
Prof. Dr. David C. Rubie
University of Bayreuth
95440 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0) 921 / 55-3711
E-mail: dave.rubie@uni-bayreuth.de
Homepage: Dave Rubie