February 15, 2001 Sp64 Contact: Sarah Maxwell Director of Media Relations 507.646.4183 Michael Kendall to Serve as Geophysicist-in-Residence at Carleton Northfield — Michael Kendall, a reader in geophysics at the School of Earth Sciences, University of Leeds, will serve as Carleton College’s Bernstein Geophysicist-in-Residence from Feb. 20-23, 2001. He will give a public lecture titled "Continents on the Earth’s Core-Mantle Boundary," on Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 4:30 p.m. in Carleton’s Mudd Hall of Science, room 73. Kendall is one of the most active geophysicists in the world, having published over 50 articles and received numerous awards for his presentations and publications. He has administered several high-profile seismology experiments, including vast geophone arrays deployed in northwestern Canada, the United Kingdom and continental Europe. Kendall’s research interests include global, theoretical and exploration seismology, with an emphasis on wave propagation in anisotropic media and its application to studying a wide variety of geological settings. His current work focuses on the structure of the lowermost-mantle, mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones. Kendall received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in geophysics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He worked for a short time as a geophysicist with Chevron Canada Resources Limited in Calgary, Alberta, and also was a postdoctoral research fellow and Green Scholar at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif. Prior to joining the faculty at University of Leeds, Kendall taught at the University of Toronto. Kendall currently is an associate editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research, a committee member of the British Geophysical Association and chair of the subcommission on seismic anisotropy for the International Association for Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior. During his residency at Carleton, Kendall will participate in geology classes and meet informally with students. The Parnassus Foundation, which supports the Bernstein Geologist-in-Residence program, was established by Raphael Bernstein, a Carleton parent and past trustee, and his family to support scholarly work and a distinguished lecture series in the Carleton College geology department. # # # #